The Online Journalism Awards, launched in May 2000 to honor excellence in digital journalism around the world, are administered by the Online News Association, in partnership with the
University of Miami's School of Communication. The OJAs are traditionally awarded at the Online News Association's annual conference. This year’s honorees will be announced on the final night of
ONA10, the Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet, Oct. 28-30 in Washington, D.C.
Over the past decade, the OJAs have recognized major media, international and independent sites and individuals producing innovative work in multimedia storytelling. The Awards Committee and judges place special emphasis on entries that are original to the Web or demonstrate mastery of the special characteristics of digital journalism.
The winners are selected through a two-step process. First, a group of more than 100 journalists screen and rank the entries in each category. A panel of industry-leading journalists and new media professionals then judge finalists and select winners at the University of Miami's School of Communication.
For 2010, ONA has introduced changes to acknowledge the role of investigative journalism, development of emerging platforms and achievements at the collegiate level, as well as a new site that streamlines the entry experience and judging process. Eight awards now come with a total of $33,000 in prize money, courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gannett Foundation, which also is supporting innovative investigative work with two new $2,500 awards.
The newest category honors Outstanding Use of Emerging Platforms, achievement by an organization in the use of devices such as smart phones, eReaders and tablets to tell a story and serve a community. To better reflect work being produced by future journalists, students may now enter in three categories — Multimedia Feature Presentation, Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies on the Web and Online Video.
The 2010 categories are:
- The Knight Award for Public Service
- General Excellence in Online Journalism
- General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English
- The Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism
- Breaking News
- Specialty Site Journalism
- The Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism
- Multimedia Feature Presentation
- Online Topical Reporting/Blogging
- Online Commentary/Blogging
- Community Collaboration Award
- Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies on the Web
- Outstanding Use of Emerging Platforms
- Online Video Journalism
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