2011 Awards

Breaking News, Large Site

Winner:

• Coverage of the Uprisings in Egypt, Al Jazeera

Finalists:

• Japan Earthquake, The Wall Street Journal
• Congresswoman Shot, Associated Press
• The Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis in Japan, New York Times

Breaking News, Small Site

Winner:

• A Snow Storm Hits New York and WNYC Listeners Map the Cleanup, WNYC

Finalists:

• Aggregation Breaking News – Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami 2011, ProducerMatthew.com
• Slave Lake Wildfires in Northern Alberta, Global Edmonton
• Stanley Cup Hockey Riots in Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun

Community Collaboration

Winner:

• The Tiziano Project | 360 Kurdistan, The Tiziano Project

Finalists:

• Overtown: Inside/Out, University of Miami School of Communication, Stretch Photography, LLC and University of Illinois School of Media
• Andy Carvin, Social Media’s Arab Spring, NPR
• Hurricane Katrina, Then and Now, CNN

Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Breach of Faith, Los Angeles Times

Finalists:

• OTL: Painkiller Misuse Numbs NFL Pain, ESPN
• What Really Happened to Phoebe Prince?, Slate
• Top Secret America, Washington Post

Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Dialysis, ProPublica

Finalists:

• Breakdown: Traveling Dangerously in America, News 21 and The Center for Public Integrity
• Dollars for Doctors, ProPublica
• The Truth Left Behind: Inside the Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl: Pearl Project, Georgetown University and Center for Public Integrity’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• On Shaky Ground, California Watch and Center for Investigative Reporting
• Lifesaving Drugs, Deadly Consequences, InvestigateWest

Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism

Winner:

• Flipboard

Finalists:

• ScraperWiki
• ScribbleLive
• Power to the People: Voter Education for All, e-thePeople

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• BBC News

Finalists:

• The Wall Street Journal
• Al Jazeera
• New York Times

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site

Winner:

• The Globe and Mail

Finalists:

• CBC News
• Las Vegas Sun
• The Oklahoman

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Micro Site

Winner:

• NJ Spotlight

Finalists:

• The Tiziano Project
• Yale Environment 360
• OnEarth

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• voiceofsandiego.org

Finalists:

• California Watch and Center for Investigative Reporting
• Frontline
• ProPublica
• The Texas Tribune

General Excellence in Online Journalism-Non-English, Large Site

Winner:

• Lanacion.com

Finalists:

• G1
• 20minutos

General Excellence in Online Journalism-Non-English, Small Site

Winner:

• OWNI

Finalists:

• Il Tirreno
• El Nuevo Herald

Knight Award for Public Service

Winner:

• Barnegat Bay Under Stress, Asbury Park Press

Finalists:

• On Shaky Ground, California Watch and Center for Investigative Reporting
• Deadly Neglect, Chicago Tribune
• Breach of Faith, Los Angeles Times
• Assault on Learning, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large Site

Winner:

• Traumatic Brain Injury: Coming Home a Different Person, Washington Post

Finalists:

• Quieting Dylan’s Brain, Los Angeles Times
• A Year at War, New York Times

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Medium Site

Winner:

• Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon, CBC News, ALT Digital Design Studio and Radio-Canada

Finalist:

• The ’60 Bucs (Parts 4-7), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Small Site

Winner:

• Crisis Guide: Pakistan, Council on Foreign Relations and MediaStorm

Finalists:

• The Poppy File, openfile
• Apart from War, News21 Team at Syracuse University

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Student

Winner:

• Global Warning, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism

Finalists:

• Vwa Fanm: Stories on Statelessness and Migration, Knight Center for International Media and University of Miami
• Haiti’s Lost Children, University of Miami School of Communication
• Now What Argentina, University of North Carolina and Universidad Pontifica de Argentina

Online Commentary/Blogging, Large Site

Winner:

• Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post

Finalists:

• LZ Granderson, CNN
• Peter S. Goodman, Providing A Voice of Authority for the Everyman, The Huffington Post
• Roger Simon, Simon Says, Politico

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large Site

Winner:

• CNN Belief Blog, CNN

Finalists:

• Eric Berger, SciGuy, Houston Chronicle
• Helen Popkin, Social Media Coverage, MSNBC
• Will Alden, How Are Local Municipalities Impacted by The Great Recession, The Huffington Post

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Medium Site

Winner:

• Ward Room, 5 NBC Chicago

Finalists:

• Nancy Leson’s All You Can Eat blog, The Seattle Times
• The Closing of the Sahara, Las Vegas Sun
• Casey Anthony Extended Coverage, WESH

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site

Winner:

• Center for Responsive Politics

Finalists:

• Ecotrope: Fresh Ideas on Nature and Community, Oregon Public Broadcasting and NPR
• MindShift: How We Will Learn, KQED and NPR
• Doctors Behaving Badly: Shedding Light on Poor Doctor Oversight by Medical Boards, ReportingonHealth.org
• Persian Letters, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Online Video Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Caught in the Crossfire: Victims of Gang Violence, Los Angeles Times

Finalists:

• Chasing the Swell, Los Angeles Times
• Torn Apart, San Jose Mercury News
• Video Portraiture, New York Times Magazine

Online Video Journalism, Medium Site

Winner:

• Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon, CBC News, ALT Digital Design Studio and Radio-Canada

Finalist:

• Life on the Line, The Toronto Star

Online Video Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Powering a Nation: Spilling Over, News21 at University of North Carolina

Finalists:

• The Price of Gas, California Watch and Center for Investigative Reporting
• When the Water Ends, Yale Environment 360 and MediaStorm
• Cheap Shrimp, Hidden Costs, The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Online Video Journalism, Student

Winners:

• Haiti’s Lost Children, University of Miami School of Communication
• Now What Argentina, University of North Carolina and Universidad Pontifica de Argentina

Finalists:

• Florida Cowboys, University of Miami School of Communication
• Giants of the Seas: Jamaica Meets the Mega-Ships, University of Miami School of Communication
• The World Journalism Project, Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Professional

Winner:

• Tell-All Telephone, Zeit Online

Finalists:

• Crime L.A., Los Angeles Times
• California Budget Balancer, Los Angeles Times

Specialty Site Journalism, Affiliated

Winners:

• NPR Music, NPR
• Pipeline, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Finalists:

• The Civil Rights Cold Case Project, Center for Investigative Reporting and Paperny Films
• USATODAY Travel, USA TODAY

Specialty Site Journalism, Independent

Winner:

• Education Week, Editorial Projects in Education, Education Week

Finalist:

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Spectrum

Judges:

• Angela Pimenta, Exame
• Brian Storm, Founder and Executive Producer, MediaStorm
• Burt Herman, Founder, Hacks/Hackers, and CEO and Co-Founder, Storify
• Chris Anderson, Assistant Professor of Media Culture, College of Staten Island
• Chrys Wu, User Engagement Strategist, Matchstrike LLC
• Dan Sinker, Project Lead, Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership
• Elise Hu, Editorial Coordinator Digital, NPR
• Eric Scherer, Director of Future Media, France Televisions
• Gary Kebbel, Dean, College of Journalism and Mass Communications University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Jacqui Maher, Senior Developer, The New York Times
• Jeanne Carstensen, Managing Editor, Bay Citizen
• Johanna Hoadley, Senior Project Manager and Social Media Product Manager, SFGate.com
• Joshua Hatch, Online Content Manager, Sunlight Live
• Ju-Don Roberts, Vice President and Editor in Chief, Revolution Health
• Julie Moos, Director, Poynter Online and Poynter Publications
• Katie King, Senior Product Manager, Portal and Partnerships, MSN UK
• Lisa Williams, CEO and Founder, Placeblogger.com
• Mario Tedeschini, Content Editor, Kataweb.it, Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso
• Mark Katches, Editorial Director, Center for Investigative Reporting and California Watch
• Matt Thompson, Editorial Product Manager, Project Argo / National Public Radio
• Michelle Nicolosi, Executive Producer, www.seattlepi.com
• Nick Wrenn, Vice President of Digital Services, CNN International
• Paul Brannan, Senior Program Editor, Independent Television News (ITN)
• Paul Bucci, Deputy Managing Editor Digital, The Vancouver Sun/Vancouversun.com
• Rich Beckman, Professor John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Visual Journalism, University of Miami School of Communication
• Rich Jaroslovsky, Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg News/Businessweek
• Ron Coddington, AME Visuals, Chronicle of Higher Education
• Rosental Alves, Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas
• Ryan Thornburg, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
• Shazna Nessa, Director Interactive, Associated Press
• Tatyana Lockot, Head of New Media Sequence, Mohyla School of Journalism, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
• Vadim Lavrusik, Journalist Program Manager, Facebook, and Adjunct Professor in Social Media, Columbia University
• Vera H-C Chan, Senior Editor Special Projects, Yahoo!
• Wendy Warren, Vice President and Editor, Philly.com, 2011