Peeps show

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Melissa Worden

I have to share this creative, funny, reader-interactive photo gallery from The Washington Post’s first-ever Peeps Diorama Contest. (I think “Peeping Peeps” is the funniest.)

The story has the artists’ comments; I’d love it if the interactive had included audio clips of them describing their work. It looks like this was produced for print and then pulled together for the Web.

Again, perhaps the best part is that washingtonpost.com dares to put this stuff in their main display spot on the front. It’s right next to their lead headline: McCain to Bet ‘08 Bid on Need for Victory in Iraq. Hm. I wonder which one will get more page views? ;)

We did a Peeps audio slideshow of our own at heraldtribune.com last week, where two Peeps joust in a microwave. Very, very silly, but it was fun and quick to produce. Self-critique: Next time we have a project like this (and the necessary equipment), we should use video to tell the story.

Comments

3 Responses to “Peeps show”

Mindy McAdams on April 7th, 2007 9:44 pm

Yo, I think you guys have a hot spot in your microwave! The Peep on the left always ballooned up, while the Peep on the right stayed almost normal. These matches were rigged!! :D
Danny Sanchez on April 12th, 2007 11:26 am

I do believe this may be the first time an online journalism blogger gets a shoutout on the Orlando Sentinel’s most-esteemed What the Blog?!
Melissa Worden on April 12th, 2007 10:35 pm

Danny … well how about that! You just made my day. Thanks for the shoutout. :)

Mindy … ha! I hadn’t even noticed that!