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SonicMemorial.org Receives a Peabody Award

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May 19, 2003 - New York - Probing investigative reporting, compelling drama, and powerful documentaries comprise the 62nd Annual Peabody Awards, given to programs produced in 2002. Thirty-one programs have been cited by the Peabody Board for recognition based on the Peabody's only criterion - excellence.

"Once again," said Peabody Director, Horace Newcomb "the Peabody Awards cross all media boundaries and explore all media avenues to recognize excellence wherever it can be found."

The Sonic Memorial Project and SonicMemorial.org were cited for "capturing the voices of those whose memories of the World Trade Center present the September 11 losses in a new perspective. The outstanding Website continues to make those voices available and guides users to the rich significance within these recorded memories."

Produced by dotsperinch and Picture Projects in collaboration with the NPR's Lost and Found Sound, SonicMemorial.org is an open archive and network audio experience dedicated to recording the 30 year history of life at the World Trade Center. Using sound as their compass, visitors discover various threads in the life of the Towers; from the site's ambient sounds to interviews with couples married at Windows on the World.

For the first time in the award's history, the ceremony will get a national berth. Barbara Walters will present the 62nd George Foster Peabody Awards on May 19, 2003 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and the A&E Network will air the Peabody Awards ceremony May 2003.

about the Peabody Awards

The George Foster Peabody Awards - often referred to as the Pulitzer Prize for radio and broadcasting - were first awarded in 1941 for radio programs broadcast in 1940. The awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by radio and television networks, stations, producing organizations, cable television organizations and individuals. They perpetuate the memory of the banker-philanthropist whose name they bear. The awards program is administered by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Selection is made by the Peabody Board following review by special screening committees of faculty, students and staff.

about dotsperinch

dotsperinch specializes in Experience Design for information rich environments. From tangible objects and installations to projects for the web, local networks and wireless devices, we create situations that encourage exploration, self-reflection and open dialogue.

Partners and clients span the arts, museum, and education communities - including UNICEF, the National Building Museum, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the National Arts Council of Ireland, and independant artists and non-profit organsisations. Recent projects include the National Building Museum's online exhibit Building-America.org, and the UNICEF Video Booth located @ 3 UN Plaza in New York City.

about Picture Projects

Alison Cornyn and Sue Johnson founded new media documentary firm Picture Projects in 1995 to create an online space for voices traditionally overlooked by mainstream media.

The firm is known for new media documentaries including 360degrees.org: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System, akaKURDISTAN.com, and Farewell to Bosnia (www.picture-projects.com/bosnia.html).

about Lost & Found Sound

The brainchild of producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson, a.k.a. The Kitchen Sisters, and Jay Allison, Lost & Found Sound chronicles 20th century history with richly layered radio documentaries mixed with found-sound fragments. Heard periodically on NPR's All Things Considered since 1999, the series won a 1999 Peabody Award, a 2000 Webby in the Radio category, a Clarion award from Women in Communications, and a Silver Reel from the NFCB.

Lost & Found Sound, an ongoing cross-media collaboration, is spearheading THE SONIC MEMORIAL PROJECT.