The Best Videojournalism Stories of 2009 ... Celebrating excellence in video, journalism and storytelling. View

Emmy-winning portrait of the average Afghan insurgent, derived from 42 video interviews, reveals why they are fighting. (Toronto Globe and Mail) View

Emmy-winning video series shows the riveting, gritty journey of soldiers and their families, and the impact of their service in Iraq. View

Aretha Franklin's Grammy award-winning hit gets its propers in this celebratory Emmy-winning multimedia package. View

Pit bull lovers say the dogs are friendly when raised correctly, and that rogue owners ruin their reputation by raising them to fight. View

A 23-year-old lifeguard from the impoverished town of Limbe, Cameroon embarks on a harrowing journey that takes him halfway across Africa. View

Poet Kwame Dawes explores how HIV/AIDS has shaped the lives of islanders in an artful award-winning multimedia package. View

Stark survival stories abound amidst the rubble of Sichuan Province's devastating 7.9 temblor that killed 60,000 and left millions homeless. Emmy nominee.(WP) View

Six-part video series provides a rare look inside a modern-day orphanage, where foster kids grow up together while waiting to be adopted. (Detroit Free Press) View

After 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis were massacred, thousands of surviving women contracted HIV and bore children as a result of being raped. (MediaStorm) View

Intimate look at the harsh reality of the AIDS pandemic in Africa reminds us how tenuous our connection is to each other. View

After a photographer makes a soldier's face an emblem of the Iraq war, the image changes both of their lives and connects them in ways neither imagined. View