{"id":2505462,"date":"2024-10-28T03:58:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T10:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2505462"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:27:59","slug":"meet-the-2024-arcgis-storymaps-competition-judges","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/meet-the-2024-arcgis-storymaps-competition-judges","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition judges"},"author":9422,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[398132,538552,27881],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-2505462","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-competition","tag-storytelling","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Who will be the 2024 Storytellers of the Year? Meet the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition judges who will select the winning stories.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition<\/a> opened on September 4, 2024, with an ambitious challenge: tell a story about the world you want to see.<\/strong><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_jo56qoev","time":false,"start":0},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In less than two months, we’ve received story submissions from students and professionals in twenty countries. The stories fall evenly into the five competition categories, with the strongest showing in Nature and Physical Science.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Digital Humanities and Popular Culture
\n\u2022 Health and Safety
\n\u2022 Humanitarian and Disaster Response
\n\u2022 Nature and Physical Science
\n\u2022 Planning and Infrastructure<\/p>\n

And we’re seeing more submissions from local government organizations and professors at colleges and universities than in previous years.<\/p>\n

Beyond the numbers, the stories are increasingly more intentional and polished. The current submissions use ArcGIS StoryMaps features like the timeline block<\/a>, media actions<\/a>, and map tour<\/a> in interesting and sometimes unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

Haven’t started your story? Still crafting the narrative and maps? No problem \u2014 we’ve got you covered. Read the new post, Your guide to entering the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition<\/a><\/em>, for important competition rules and storytelling tips.<\/p>\n

Meet this year’s competition judges below for inspiration.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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International Union for the Conservation of Nature<\/h2>\n

Category Judge: Nature and Physical Science<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0International Union for the Conservation of Nature\u00a0<\/a>(IUCN), the world\u2019s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnesses the knowledge, resources, and reach of more than 1,400 member organizations and 16,000 experts. Together they influence, encourage, and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.<\/p>\n

Watch the video in Mapping a path to protecting 30% of the planet by 2030<\/a><\/em> to learn more about current conservation efforts.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2185612,"id":2185612,"title":"2023 storymaps competition winners blog thumbnail","filename":"2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","filesize":107719,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/meet-the-2023-storytellers-of-the-year\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail","alt":"","author":"9422","description":"","caption":"Read the winning stories of the 2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition.","name":"2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2173422,"date":"2023-12-05 22:28:18","modified":"2024-10-29 04:47:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":826,"height":465,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","large-width":826,"large-height":465,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","1536x1536-width":826,"1536x1536-height":465,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","2048x2048-width":826,"2048x2048-height":465,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2023-storymaps-competition-winners-blog-thumbnail.jpg","wide_image-width":826,"wide_image-height":465}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/announcements\/meet-the-2023-storytellers-of-the-year\/"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Last year, Esri and IUCN teamed up as cohosts of the 2023 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition<\/a>, which focused on conservation and local communities.<\/p>\n

Our shared commitment to GIS for conservation continues this year as IUCN judges the Nature and Physical Science<\/strong><\/a> submissions to the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition. Story submissions should answer the question: how can technology support conservation success? Browse\u00a0the conservation story collection<\/a> for inspiration.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2546602,"id":2546602,"title":"2023-01-25_11-21-50","filename":"2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","filesize":129,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/meet-the-2024-arcgis-storymaps-competition-judges\/2023-01-25_11-21-50-10","alt":"","author":"9422","description":"","caption":"","name":"2023-01-25_11-21-50-10","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2505462,"date":"2024-10-28 15:32:34","modified":"2024-10-28 15:32:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1304,"height":128,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50-213x128.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":128,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":46,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":75,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","large-width":1304,"large-height":128,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","1536x1536-width":1304,"1536x1536-height":128,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","2048x2048-width":1304,"2048x2048-height":128,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50-826x81.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":81,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2023-01-25_11-21-50.png","wide_image-width":1304,"wide_image-height":128}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Old Dominion University<\/h2>\n

Category Judge: Planning and Infrastructure<\/em><\/p>\n

What does it take to build thriving and resilient communities that are thoughtfully designed for the future while maintaining critically important culture, history, and lessons from the past?\u00a0 The significance of geography and unique location-based characteristics lies at the heart of this challenge.<\/p>\n

Take Old Dominion University<\/a> (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia, as a living case study.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2074562,"id":2074562,"title":"","filename":"coastalfloodin_agsm.png","filesize":4479970,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/rising-to-the-challenge\/coastalfloodin_agsm","alt":"","author":"345372","description":"","caption":"A map of Norfolk, Virginia, showing where places are likely to experience flooding due to sea level rise (blue) and low elevation areas (green). Click to read Coastal Flooding, created by NOAA\/NOS, ODU, and Esri using ArcGIS StoryMaps. ","name":"coastalfloodin_agsm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2074032,"date":"2023-09-12 22:34:22","modified":"2023-09-13 18:34:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1868,"height":1052,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":433,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","large-width":1868,"large-height":1052,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm-1536x865.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":865,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","2048x2048-width":1868,"2048x2048-height":1052,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm-826x465.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/09\/coastalfloodin_agsm.png","wide_image-width":1868,"wide_image-height":1052}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/4faf6d052c8f41b3b9b99c506642bca5"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Situated on low-lying land and surrounded by water, Norfolk\u2019s sea level is rising at a rate higher than anywhere else on the East Coast. Combined with routine tidal variations that are synonymous with coastal locations, Norfolk faces frequent tidal flooding. That coastal landscape informs the research conducted by ODU and Dr. George McLeod, the Director of the Center for Geospatial Science, Education, and Analytics at ODU.<\/p>\n

A longtime advocate of GIS, Dr. McLeod expanded his work in 2009 to include sea level rise and coastal resilience, becoming a beacon for the state of Virginia in its efforts to create a coastal resilience master plan. Dr. McLeod and his team bring this experience to the 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition as they judge Planning and Infrastructure<\/strong><\/a> story submissions.<\/p>\n

Learn more about their work:<\/p>\n