Four years ago, when we set out on this adventure to better incorporate video into our DNA, we were laser-focused on getting our 30 news organizations into the video game.
Fast-forward to today, and we have hundreds of millions of video views across a variety of digital platforms each year, and video producers in newsrooms all over the country. It was all accomplished under the internal brand of The Video Lab.
As the word “lab” implies, we’ve been hypothesizing, experimenting and then scaling our results. We’ve also taken on more than just video, with podcasting, long-form episodic programming, and smart-speaker news delivery.
While that ethos of experimentation with purpose will continue to thrive, we’ve outgrown the name. Read more on our origins from Andy Pergam, McClatchy's VP of Video and New Ventures.
The Video Lab has been recognized with the following awards and nominations:
- White House News Photographers Association, 2018
- First place, Sports – "Hope and a Back Handspring" by Jessica Koscielniak for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Third place, Feature Story – "After saving others, Pulse survivor struggles to save himself" by Jessica Koscielniak for the Miami Herald
- 2017 Lone Star Emmy Awards
- Sports/Program Series – "Titletown, TX" by Jessica Koscielniak, Jon Forsythe, Jared L. Christopher and Rick Press for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and McClatchy
- Promotion/Sports – "Titletown, TX" by Jessica Koscielniak and Jared L. Christopher for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and McClatchy
- Photographer/Program – "Titletown, TX" by Jessica Koscielniak and Jared L. Christopher for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and McClatchy
- 2017 Online News Association's Online Journalism Awards
- Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Medium – “Titletown, TX” by Jared L. Christopher, Jessica Koscielniak, Rick Press and Jon Forsythe for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and McClatchy
- 59th Annual Capital Emmy Awards
- Graphic Arts – "Voters Make the Call" by Sohail Al-Jamea, Nicole Cvetnic, Ben Connors and JulieAnn McKellogg for McClatchy
- Nominated for the 46th Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards
- Public/Current/Community Affairs-Program/Special – “No Safe Place” by Jessica Koscielniak, Jason Shoultz, Sue Morrow and Renee Byer for the Sacramento Bee
- Society for News Design's Best of Digital Design, 2016
- Award of Excellence – "How the brain makes memories" by Sohail Al-Jamea for the Miami Herald
- White House News Photographers Association, 2017
- First place, Documentary – "No Safe Place" by Jessica Koscielniak, Renee C. Byer, Jason Shoultz, Sue Morrow for the Sacramento Bee
- Second place, Sports – "Titletown, TX Episode 10: Letter of Intent" by Jessica Koscielniak, Jared Christopher, Rick Press and Jonathan Forsythe for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Second place, Animation – "Offshore Corporations - The Secret Shell Game" by Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi, Kevin Hall, Tim Johnson for McClatchy
- Second place, Multimedia Package – "Titletown, TX" by Jessica Koscielniak, Jared Christopher, Rick Press and Jonathan Forsythe for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Third place, Sports – "Becoming Royal: Ian Kennedy, new Royals starting pitcher, balances family and baseball" by Brittany Peterson for the Kansas City Star
- Third place, Features – "Becoming Donald Trump" by Jessica Koscielniak for McClatchy
- Honorable mention, Documentary – "First Women" by Natalie Fertig, Ali Rizvi, Patrick Gleason for McClatchy
- Honorable mention, Multimedia Package – "How Trump's election changed my life" by Brittany Peterson for McClatchy
- Digiday's Publishing Awards, 2016
- Best Use of VR/AR – "Big Red" from the McClatchy Video Lab Branded Content Studio and Save Mart
- White House News Photographers Association, 2016
- First place, Sports – "King of the Swamp" by Jessica Koscielniak, Nicole Cvetnic, Sohail Al-Jamea and Jonathan Forsythe for the SunHerald
- Second place, Animation – "Black Market Peso Exchange" by Sohail Al-Jamea for the Miami Herald
- Honorable mention, Issue Reporting – "Irradiated" by Brittany Kamalei Peterson for the McClatchy Washington Bureau
- 2016 Online News Association's Online Journalism Awards
- Sports, Medium – "Becoming Royal" by Brittany Peterson, Todd Feeback, John Sleezer for the Kansas City Star
- 52nd Annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards
- Sports, Daily or Weekly Program – "Derby Diary" by Brittany Peterson for the Lexington Herald-Leader
- Nominated for the 42nd Annual Southeast Regional Emmy Awards
- Specialty Assignment Report, News Feature – "Katrina Dolphins: from Peril to Paradise" by Jessica Koscielniak and JulieAnn McKellogg for the SunHerald
- Sports, Program Feature/Segment – "King of the Swamp" by Jessica Koscielniak, Nicole Cvetnic, Sohail Al-Jamea and Jonathan Forsythe for the SunHerald
- Nominated for the 45th Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards
- Public/Current/Community Affairs-Feature/Segment – “Serving time by fighting wildfires” by Jessica Koscielniak for the Sacramento Bee
- Nominated for the 40th Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
- Informational/Instructional – “Offshore Corporations - The Secret Shell Game” by Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi, Kevin Hall, Tim Johnson for the Miami Herald
- Graphic Arts – "How the brain makes memories" by Sohail Al-Jamea for the Miami Herald
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