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2008 Online Journalism Awards
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Knight Award for Public ServiceWinnerWashingtonPost.com, Fixing D.C. schoolsThe winning entry is an excellent package that focuses on a specific issue of tremendous importance to the community. A very strong investigation, very well-written stories, and obviously a matter of great public import. If I was a parent in Washington DC I would be studying this.
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large SiteWinnerCNN.comA site that made substantial changes in the past year, making it one of the more dynamic destinations out there. One that takes user content seriously and integrates it into the whole, opening a new era of networked content. One judge predicted, 'Everyone will copy it.'
Finalists
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site (Non-English)WinnerELPAIS.com, Spain The winner sets the benchmark by which others are measured. On a bedrock of first-class journalism it has built a brilliant suite of infographics that are rich in information, yet easy to consume. The site is a shining example of how traditional media can blossom in the digital arena. Finalists
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium SiteWinnerLasVegasSun.comA winner with an impressive visual approach to journalism that helped them stand out as being a little bit different and very strong. One of the best newspaper Web sites I have seen, with high quality multimedia content that is integral to the site, not an afterthought or secondary element. Finalists
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small SiteWinnerArmy TimesThe winner clearly knows its audience, speaks to it honestly and helps it speak to itself. It is relentlessly helpful, packed with news and information that focuses on the needs of its users. What it gets back is an engaged community. Finalists
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site (Non-English)WinnerSoitu.es, Spain The winner is a brilliant example of the new, smaller independent online news, information and community sites. It balances rigorous journalism with the most innovative application of Web 2.0 practices, all packaged in a gorgeous design with unique attention to small touches of navigational genius. Finalists
Breaking News, Large SiteWinnerNYTimes.com, Eliot Spitzer's ResignationThe winner 'hit it out of the park.' The winner could have held the story but chose not to. They broke the story on the Web and used the Web to keep it going. They used the tools. For almost an entire news cycle nobody else had anything. It was a remarkable story remarkably handled.
Breaking News, Medium SiteWinnerSTLtoday.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kirkwood ShootingsThe winner's coverage stands out. They sent people out immediately and put together a nice collection of multimedia. That included an impressive piece of multimedia for them to toss together in a relatively quick period of time when they were still trying to figure out exactly what happened.
Online Commentary, Large SitesWinnerGod-O-Meter, Beliefnet.com The winner gives a voice to an increasingly hot topic - religion in politics - and tackles it in interesting ways. Finalists
Online Commentary, Medium SiteWinnerThe Bottom Line, DallasNews.com, The Dallas Morning News The winner presented a different way to tell a story with a very strong opinion and with photos that fit among the legendary images in the photographic canon of American journalism. Finalists
Online Commentary, Small SitesWinnerMark Fiore, MarkFiore.com, animated political cartoons The winner is pretty funny. He engages his users and his users respond in text and sound, promoting the whole concept of discussion. He takes up different issues, and he does it every week. Finalists
Outstanding Use of Digital Technology, Large SiteWinnerDesMoinesRegister.com, Iowa CaucusesThe winning entry was cited for the enormity of the undertaking with a relatively small staff. The execution was outstanding. They did a phenomenal job speaking to their audience.
Outstanding Use of Digital Technology, Small SiteWinnerEveryblock.comThe winner simply was one of the most interesting things that have happened on the Web in the last year. They blew it out. Finalists
Multimedia Feature, Large SiteWinnerReuters.com/MediaStorm, Bearing WitnessThe winner showed the best combination of strong content and compelling presentation. The entry worked on several different levels and made you want to go back and see it again.
Multimedia Feature, Medium SiteWinnerSTLtoday.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reporting for DutyThe winning entry was a really strong presentation with incredible video, great use of ambient sound and nice touches such as shareable photos and a You Tube channel for the video.
Multimedia Feature, Small SiteWinnerGEO.fr, Hidden World The winning entry was one of the best examples of connecting a lot of deep, rich content into one fluid experience. It was clear and crisp and addicting.
Online Video Presentation
Specialty Site JournalismWinnerWebMDThe winner offers up so much information, but you can still find your way around it. The depth of that information is unprecedented. It has a strong grasp of its topic, authoritative reports and helpful tools. Finalists
Investigative, Large SiteWinner (tie)DallasNews.com, The Dallas Morning News, Unequal JusticeThe Dallas Morning News entry dug under the surface of conventional wisdom, asked why is this happening and put a face on the problem - what an investigative piece is all about. It was effecting, effective and well produced. TheGlobeandMail.com, Talking to the TalibanThe Globe and Mail took a simple idea, asked one of those obvious questions that never quite get asked and put together an impressive package that couldn't have worked in any other medium.
Investigative, Small Site
Student JournalismWinner (tie)University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & Universidad de los Andes, South of HereUNC-Chapel Hill and Universidad de los Andes won with excellent journalism, stunning photography, creative navigation, elegant structure, refreshing and enlightening content, all superbly executed technically. Taylor Hayden, Western Kentucky University, Closer to Home: A Daughter Becomes CaregiverTaylor Hayden at Western Kentucky put together a wonderful intimate portrait of a daughter and her parents with well-done video, still imagery within and a spare design that works well for the project.
Topical Reporting, Large SitesWinnerUSAToday.com, Today in the Sky The winner was on top of what's happening, giving users the tools they need, truly covering what's beyond the normal.
Topical Reporting, Small SitesWinnerAzstarnet.com, Arizona Daily Star, Immigration in the SpotlightThe winner brought together all the best elements in a project that was newsworthy, impressive in its aims, showing commitment to a topic vital within and beyond the immediate community. Breaking News, Small SiteNo award The winners were announced at the Online Journalism Awards Banquet during the ninth annual national conference of the Online News Association, September 11-13 at the Capital Hilton, Washington, D.C. The finalists and the winners were selected through a two-step process. First, a group of more than 100 journalists screened and ranked the close to 800 entries in each category. The OJA judges, journalists with extensive experience in new media, review the nominees and select the finalists and winners. The judges follow a strict recusal policy, leaving the judging room during discussions and not voting in any category in which their own sites came up for review. The judges for the 2008 English language awards were:
Scott Anderson, online media consultant; Meredith Artley, Executive Editor, LATimes.com; Lane Beauchamp, Managing Editor, CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group (cbslocal.com); John Bolton, Online Editor, Arizona Daily Star (azstarnet.com); Curt Chandler, Senior Lecturer, Penn State University (psu.edu); Jeff Dionise, Design Director, USAToday.com; Jon Dube, Vice President of ABCNews.com; Rick Jaroslovsky, Executive Editor, Bloomberg News; John Swansburg, Associate Editor, Slate.com; Jonathan Weber, Publisher and CEO, NewWest.net; Sarah Wright, Assistant Managing Editor of Multimedia, Yahoo! News (Yahoo.com). Judges for the non-English awards were:
Paul Brannan, Editor, Emerging Platforms, BBC.com; Eric Scherer, Director of Strategic Planning, Agence-France Presse; Katie King, Creative and Development Editor, MSN UK; and Rosental Alves, Professor & Knight Chair in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of the U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950 the foundation has granted more than $400 million to advance journalism quality and freedom of expression. Knight Foundation focuses on ideas and projects that create transformational change. The Gannett Foundation is a corporate foundation sponsored by Gannett Co., Inc. whose mission is to invest in the future of the communities in which Gannett does business, and in the future of our industry. It supports projects that take a creative approach to fundamental issues such as education and neighborhood improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving, assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural enrichment.
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