A team of 12 journalists representing a diverse cross-section of the industry met Aug. 27 and 28 at the university's Coral Gables, Fla., campus to select the finalists, which range from independent and nonprofit news and community sites to major media and international organizations. The winners will be announced at the 2009 ONA Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Hilton San Francisco.
"We were regularly awed, inspired and delighted by the quality and innovation evident online today," said Anthony Moor, Deputy Managing Editor of The Dallas Morning News, who, along with AP Digital's Director of Online Services Ruth Gersh, co-chairs the Online Journalism Awards Committee.
This year, changes were introduced to acknowledge the important role of emerging technology, the influence of the independent digital journalist and the growth of community reporting efforts. Six awards now come with a total of $30,000 in prize money, courtesy of the Gannett Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the General Excellence in Online Journalism Award was expanded to include "micro sites."
The finalists are:
Knight Award for Public Service
- The Chauncey Bailey Project
- Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times, Culture of Resistance
- Toronto Star, Crime and Punishment
- Wisconsin State Journal, Down to a Whisper: State's Native Languages Threatened with Loss
- Associated Press, AP Mobile
- Attributor
- Medill School, Northwestern University, News Mixer
- Publish2
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site
- MediaStorm
- PolitiFact, Staff of the St. Petersburg Times
- ProPublica
- The Daily Beast
- LasVegasSun.com
- NewsOK.com, from the OPUBCO Communications Group Staff
- spokesman.com, The Spokesman-Review
- bbcnews.com, BBC News
- nytimes.com, The New York Times
- Wired.com
- washingtonpost.com, Washington Post Digital
- Radio Azattyq, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Kazakh Service (Kazakhstan)
- Il Centro, Quotidiano dell'Abruzzo (Italy)
- lainformacion.com (Spain)
- SOITU.ES (Spain)
- Lanacion.com (Argentina)
- Rue89 (France)
- Pressconnects.com/Press & Sun-Bulletin, Massacre on Front Street
- The Daily Astorian, Gearhart Plane Crash
- The Desert Sun, Desert Hot Springs Gang Sweep
- Knoxnews.com, Church Shooting
- LasVegasSun.com, Snow
- NewsOK.com, from the OPUBCO Communications Group Staff, Ice Storm
- The Dallas Morning News, Stadium Collapse
- BBC News, Mumbai Attacks
- The New York Times, Plane Crash in the Hudson
- Houston Chronicle/chron.com, Hurricane Ike
- Design Observer
- Forward.com, Forward
- PolitiFact, Staff of the St. Petersburg Times
- Yale Environment 360
- FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Military Times, Army Times Publishing Company,
- The Center for Public Integrity, Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes
- The Chauncey Bailey Project
- Kelly Bennett and Will Carless, voiceofsandiego.org, A Staggering Swindle
- Tom Lasseter and Matt Schofield, McClatchy, Guantanamo: Beyond the Law
- Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times, Culture of Resistance
- Washington Post Digital, Who Killed Chandra Levy?
- National Film Board of Canada/JAM3MEDIA/Primitive Entertainment, Waterlife
- Ottawa Citizen, The Karsh Generation
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Women.Children.Crisis.
- The Courier-Journal/courier-journal.com, Tragedy on the Track
- LasVegasSun.com, Quenching Las Vegas' Thirst
- The Oregonian/OregonLive.com, Pregnant with Cancer
- Lane DeGregory, Melissa Lyttle, Desiree Perry, Jack Rowland & Ted McLaren, Tampabay.com, The Girl in the Window
- The Boston Globe/Boston.com, Ted Kennedy.
- Los Angeles Times, Mexico Under Siege: The Drug War at Our Doorstep
- Washington Post Digital, Sacred Ground: The Building of the Pentagon Memorial
- Gotham Gazette, Searchlight on City Hall
- The Flame Trench, Florida Today's Space Team Blog
- The Vancouver Sun, Kim Bolan's The Real Scoop
- The New York Times, The Lede - Iran
- The New York Times, The Well Blog
- NPR.org, Planet Money
- Wired.com, Danger Room
No Award
Online Commentary/Blogging, Medium Site
- What Would Bing Do?, BNET
- Christopher Buckley, The Daily Beast
- The Daily Juggle, MinnMoms.com/St. Paul Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com
- Hero Complex, Los Angeles Times
- Mark Easton's UK, Mark Easton, BBC News
- Mazz, Tony Massarotti, The Boston Globe/Boston.com
- Muckety
- ProPublica.org, ChangeTracker
- The Sacramento Press
- msnbc.com, Politics Dashboard
- The New York Times, Interactive Graphics
- Wired.com, Global iPhone Study
- AARP Bulletin Today, Journey to Remember
- AARP Bulletin Today, What Will Happen to Andy?
- Danny Wilcox Frazier, Produced by MediaStorm, Driftless: Stories from Iowa
- Hank Wilson, No Snitching, No Suspects
- ESPN.com, You Tube Baby
- Slate V, The Power Recap
- Washington Post Digital, Fashion Week in New York City
- Washington Post Digital, Seeds of Peace
- Los Angeles Times, Mapping L.A.
- The Miami Herald, Operation Pedro Pan Network
- Next Door Media, MyBallard
- Joy Lewis, Western Kentucky University, Sister Wife
- Lisa Pickoff-White, University of California, Berkeley, It Happens at Midnight
- University of Miami School of Communication, Special Olympics Live
- NYCity News Service/City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, Election 2008: A Date with History
- UNC-Chapel Hill, Andaman Rising
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, South Africa: At the Crossroads of Hate and Hope
- Rosental Alves, Professor and Knight Chair in Journalism, University of Texas
- Rich Beckman, Knight Chair of Visual Journalism, School of Communication, University of Miami
- Paul Brannan, Editor, Emerging Platforms, BBC News
- Alberto Cairo, James H. Shumaker Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Stephen Engelberg, Managing Editor, ProPublica
- Rich Jaroslovsky, Technology/Digital Media Columnist, Bloomberg News
- Keith W. Jenkins, Supervising Senior Producer for Multimedia, NPR.org
- Tom Kennedy, Multimedia Journalism Consultant
- Katie King, Creative and Development Editor, MSN UK
- Solana Larsen, Managing Editor, Global Voices
- Suzanne Levinson, Director of Site Operations, Miami Herald Media Co.
- Michelle Nicolosi, Executive Producer, seattlepi.com
- Eric Scherer, Director of Strategic Planning, Agence-France Presse
- Tenny Tatusian, Associate Editor, latimes.com
- Matt Thompson, Interim Online Community Manager, Knight Foundation
- Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNETTV.com
This year is the first in a partnership with the University of Miami's School of Communication, which utilized its state-of-the-art resources to facilitate the judging process. Under Beckman's direction, the school will highlight the work of winners during the awards presentation and continue to share best practices throughout the industry.
"Our partnership with ONA confirms our commitment to cutting-edge journalism education and our support for the online journalism industry," Beckman said. "It was a great beginning to a partnership that benefits everyone and further helps us all define standards for journalism excellence."
Launched in May 2000, the OJAs are administered by the Online News Association, in partnership with the University of Miami's School of Communication. This year's honorees will be announced on Oct. 3, the final night of ONA09, the Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet, held Oct. 1-3 in San Francisco.
For more information, contact:
Jane McDonnell
Executive Director
646-290-7900
director@journalists.org
Sherry Skalko
Editor, Journalists.org
312-881-6477
sskalko@journalists.org
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