2002 Awards

Breaking News, Affiliated

Winner:

• Sept. 11 coverage, CNN

Finalists:

• Sept. 11 coverage, ABC News
• Canadian Federal Budget, Globe and Mail
• Sept. 11 coverage, New York Times
• Operation Plunder Dome, TurnTo10.com

Breaking News, Independent

Winner:

• Trouble @ Home, CNET

Finalists:

• The Sinking of Starbound, Rockland Village Soup
• Scarpaci Slaying, Benicia News
• Sept. 11 Coverage — Health and Safety, HealthScoutNews
• 9/11 Coverage, The Street

Creative Use of the Medium, Affiliated

Winner:

• Airport Security, MSNBC

Finalists:

• Title IX at 30, Houston Chronicle
• NFL DraftCast, ESPN
• Ready or Not: Crashing into Adulthood, Los Angeles Times
• Photographer’s Journal, New York Times

Creative Use of the Medium, Independent

Winner:

• The Enron Blame Game, Slate

Finalists:

• Seeing the Picture, DigitalJournalist.org
• Find the Terrorist, Mark Fiore

Enterprise Journalism, Affiliated

Winner:

• Blue Wall of Silence, Washington Post

Finalists:

• Torn From the Land, Associated Press
• Inside the Church of Nativity, Los Angeles Times
• Airport Security, MSNBC
• The Terrorist Within, The Seattle Times

Enterprise Journalism, Independent

Winner:

• Online Banking Vulnerable to Hackers, CNET

Finalists:

• Inside Job, CamasMagazine.com
• Enron coverage, Salon
• ImClone, The Street

Feature Journalism, Affiliated

Winner:

• All Aboard?, CSMonitor.com

Finalists:

• The Truth About Bob, Des Moines Register
• Red Planet Rising: A Virtual Exploration of Mars, Associated Press
• Ghost Hunter, Houston Chronicle

Feature Journalism, Independent

Winner:

• Seeing The Horror, DigitalJournalist.org

Finalists:

• The Enemy Within, NewClearMedia
• Salmon: Spirit of the Land and Sea, One World Journeys
• Return to Pakistan, Salon
• Child Pornography series, Wired

General Excellence in Online Journalism – Affiliated, Large

Winner:

• Washington Post

Finalists:

• MSNBC
• ESPN
• New York Times
• USA TODAY

General Excellence in Online Journalism – Affiliated, Small

Winner:

• Stories from a Small Planet, Frontline/World

Finalists:

• American Radio Works
• PackerInsider.com
• WBUR
• Salon
• Slate
• The Street

General Excellence in Online Journalism – Independent, Small

Winner:

• Benicia News

Finalists:

• Gotham Gazette
• Ivanhoe.com
• St. Thomas Source

General Excellence in Online Journalism – Independent

Winner:

• CNET

Online Commentary

Winner:

• Mark Fiore, Mark Fiore

Finalists:

• Gersh Kuntzman, American Beat, Newsweek
• Christopher Byron, MSNBC
• James Taranto, Best of the Web Today, The Wall Street Journal
• Dan Gillmor, eJournal, SiliconValley.com

Service Journalism, Affiliated

Winner:

• School Report Card, Chicago Tribune

Finalists:

• Changing Currents, Minnesota Public Radio
• Consumer Reports
• Today’s Nursing Homes, PBS NewsHour
• Loaded for Trouble, Philadelphia Inquirer

Service Journalism, Independent

Winner:

• Rebulding NYC, Gotham Gazette

Finalists:

• BabyCenter.com and ParentCenter.com
• TerrorismAnswers.com

Judges:

• Bernie Gwertzman, The New York Times
• Bruce Koon, Knight Ridder Digital & ONA president
• Dorian Benkoil, ABC News.com
• Jamie Heller, The Wall Street Journal
• Joe Weiss, Durham Herald-Sun
• John Garcia, NBC
• Lisa Napoli, freelance
• Rich Jaroslovsky, Ziff Brothers Investments
• Robert Anthony, freelance
• Scott Horner, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
• Steve Outing, The Poynter Institute
• Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal