2005 Awards

Breaking News, Large Site

Winners:

• Asia’s Deadly Waves, New York Times
• Laguna Landslide, The Orange County Register

Finalists:

• 2004 Hurricane Season, Orlando Sentinel
• 2004 Hurricane Season, Palm Beach Post
• Tsunami Coverage, Washington Post

Breaking News, Small Site

Winner:

• McGowan Family Tragedy, The Palm Springs Desert Sun

Finalists:

• Microsoft to Gut Longhorn, Microsoft Watch
• BTK Serial Killer Confesses, The Wichita Eagle
• Local Floods, Times Herald-Record

Enterprise Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• What is Torture?, Slate

Finalists:

• In Harm’s Way, Houston Chronicle
• Echo Company, Knight Ridder
• The Seattle Times
• Murder in Room 103, CourtTV

Enterprise Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Sex, Money and Meth Addiction, New West

Finalists:

• Beyond Borders, San Bernardino Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• The Attack at the Silk Forest Plant, Winston-Salem Journal
• Outsourcing the Pentagon, Center for Public Integrity

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• New York Times

Finalists:

• ESPN
• BBC News
• CNN
• NOVA

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site

Winner:

• The Spokesman-Review

Finalists:

• CBS 2 Chicago
• Newsday
• Frontline/World

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• New West

Finalists:

• Congressional Quarterly
• Bluffton Today
• Center for Public Integrity
• Online Athens

Online Commentary, Large Site

Winner:

• Seth Stevenson, Ad Report Card, Slate

Finalists:

• Page 2, ESPN
• David Kuo, Shooting from the Heart, Beliefnet
• Mickey Kaus, Kausfiles, Slate
• William Saletan, Human Nature, Slate
• Adam Penenberg, Media Hack, Wired

Online Commentary, Medium Site

Winner:

• Joel Mathis, Cup o’ Joel, Lawrence.com

Finalists:

• Chas Rich, NEO Babble Blog, Cleveland.com
• Al Mascitti, First Statement, The Delaware News Journal
• Greg Mitchell, Pressing Issues, Editor & Publisher
• Mark Fiore, Mark Fiore

Online Commentary, Small Site

Winner:

• Arthur O’Donnell, The Business Electric, Energy Pulse

Finalists:

• John Paczkowski, Good Morning Silicon Valley
• Terry Caesar, Inside Higher Ed, Purely Academic
• Bill Marx, Arts:OpEd, WBUR

Outstanding Use of Multiple Media, Large Site

Winner:

• Class Matters, New York Times

Finalists:

• A Husband for Vibha, St. Petersburg Times
• 25 years in Hip Hop, Sun-Sentinel
• AIDS in Africa: A Turning Point, Globe and Mail

Outstanding Use of Multiple Media, Small Site

Winners:

• Mission to Mante, Boulder Daily Camera
• State of the Hudson, Poughkeepsie Journal

Finalists:

• Hip-Hop at 30, Newsday
• My House, My Shack, SixBillion.org

Service journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Your Right to Know, Journal News

Finalists:

• Borrower Beware, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Get Schooled, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• My Favorite Teacher, Philadelphia Inquirer

Service Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Unsafe Haven, The Crisis in Home Health Care, Winston-Salem Journal

Finalist:

• Living Through Windows: Alzheimer’s Disease, Grand Island Independent

Specialty Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education

Finalists:

• ESPN Insider, ESPN
• Computer World
• O.C. Varsity, The Orange County Register

Specialty Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Nature

Finalists:

• Speaking of Faith, American Public Media
• Heritage and Culture, The Scotsman
• PaidContent.org, ContentNext Media
• Fashion Week, Newsday

Student Journalism

Winner:

• Global Messengers, University of North Carolina

Finalists:

• Crossing Borders, Arizona State University
• Hartman Murder Files, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Judges:

• Anthony Moor, editor, OrlandoSentinel.com
• Beau Brendler, director, Consumer Reports WebWatch
• Chris Jennewein, director of Internet operations, Union-Tribune Publishing Co.
• Kevin Roderick, journalist and creator of L.A. Observed blog
• Michael Parks, professor and director, School of Journalism, USC Annenberg School for Communication
• Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and executive producer, CNN.com
• Neal Scarbrough, vice president and senior news editor, ESPN.com
• Rich Jaroslovsky, executive editor, government and economy, Bloomberg News
• Ruth Gersh, Director of Online Services, AP Digital and president of the ONA
• Sue Gardner, senior director, CBC.Ca
• Susan Mernit, Partner, Founder 5ive Group