POY

I watched both the "Marlboro Marine" and "A New Dawn?"  In my opinion, both slideshows exhibited both excellent technical work in the editing booth, and excellent reporting.  I feel like both stories were told so that the audience could gain insight into the daily struggles of both the Marine struggling with PTSD and the pain-killer addicted mother.  From the perspective of the audience, I was better able to relate and empathize with both people through the extensive detailing in both stories. From the technical or editing side of the stories, I found the devices the journalists used helped successfully convey the message of each story.  Specifically, I noticed how both stories used photo series to help convey the feeling of motion.  In "A New Dawn?," motion is conveyed during the baptism section by matching the action in the photos with the spoken words of those being photographed.  In "Marlboro Marine," series of photos are used to convey motion several times.  I especially like the use of photo series at the very beginning when the Marines are filing out of a building and when the subject of the story is riding his motorcycle.