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

Virtually no laws mandate safety standards in U.S. highway work. Motorists and construction workers are dying as a result. (NYT) View

Scantily clad Richard Irby, wearing only a headband and Speedo, wins fans in Florida's state capital city of Tallahassee. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Scott Wade, the "DaVinci of Dirt," creates impermanent paintings with the dust on the windows of his Mini Cooper. (KarmaTube / Texas Country Reporter) View

Andy Swift's life revolves around the world of firefighting. But why is he so passionate about restoring antique fire engines? View

A new superhighway linking its four major cities is bringing old and new India into jarring proximity... for better and worse. View

Stripping to your skivvies on public transit has become an annual event in 44 cities around the world. Follow one intrepid soul on his half-naked journey.(Time) View

Pulled back from disaster, the determined U.S. auto industry enters a new age. Multimedia series looks in the rear-view mirror ... and at the rough road ahead. (Detroit Free Press) View

A 40th anniversary six-part assessment of Apollo 11's historic accomplishments, narrated by a science reporter who covered it. (NYT) View

Riders congregate at a Manhattan cathedral for their annual ritual of prayers and holy water -- and to confess their cycling sins.(NYT) View

Two inventors -- one in France, one in Australia -- design pollution-free vehicles that run on compressed air. Detroit, are you listening? View

Take a 2.6-mile bike spin around Denver's Sloan's Lake in about a minute in this stylized accelerated video. (Rocky Mountain News) View