2007 Awards

Breaking News, Large Site

Winner:

• Virginia Tech Shootings, Associated Press

Finalists:

• Breaking News of the Virginia Tech Shootings, CNN
• Christmas Blizzard, Denver Post
• The Deadly Rampage at Virginia Tech, New York Times
• Coverage Of Deadly Tornadoes, Orlando Sentinel

Breaking News, Small Site

Winner:

• Virginia Tech Shootings, The Roanoke Times

Finalist:

• The Great Debate, The Times and Democrat

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• USA TODAY

Finalists:

• ESPN
• New York Times
• Slate
• Washington Post

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site

Winner:

• Denver Post

Finalists:

• The Oklahoman
• Des Moines Register
• Globe and Mail

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Ventura County Star

Finalists:

• Center for Public Integrity
• KING 5
• New West

Investigative Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Brian Ross Investigates: The Mark Foley Investigation, ABC News

Finalists:

• An Un-American Tragedy Pat Tillman, ESPN
• Investigating the Gap, Newsday
• House of Lies, Miami Herald
• Mark Benjamin, Deploying Sick Troops To Iraq, Salon
• Walter Reed and Beyond, Washington Post

Investigative Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Danger On Your Plate, Center for Investigative Reporting

Finalists:

• A Man of Two Lives, Chitown Daily News
• David Phinney, CorpWatch
• A risky game: ASU Sun Devil Stadium, East Valley Tribune
• Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid After 9/11, Center for Public Integrity

Knight Foundation Award For Public Service

Winner:

• Not Just a Number, The Oakland Tribune

Finalists:

• Teens at the Wheel, Chicago Tribune
• House of Lies, Miami Herald
• Lost in Migration, Toronto Star
• Saving our Springs, Tallahassee Democrat

Online Beat Reporting, Large Site

Winner:

• Defense, Wired

Finalists:

• The Law Blog, The Wall Street Journal
• Science Guy, Houston Chronicle
• Microsoft and Vista, CNET
• People of the Web, Yahoo! News

Online Beat Reporting, Small Site

Winner:

• Space Beat, Florida Today

Finalists:

• Colorado Confidential
• Supreme Court Coverage, Education Week
• GLBT Beat, Minnesota Monitor

Online Commentary, Large Site

Winner:

• William Saletan, Slate

Finalists:

• Christopher Dickey, Newsweek
• My Cancer, NPR
• Blogging the Bible, Slate

Online Commentary, Medium Site

Winner:

• Walt Handelsman, Newsday

Finalists:

• Al Lewis, Talk Back to Al, Denver Post
• Stuck in the 80s, Tampa Bay Times
• Pulp Culture, Delaware Online

Online Commentary, Small Site

Winner:

• Wild Bill, New West

Finalists:

• The American Prospect
• This I Believe

Outstanding Use of Digital Media, Large Site

Winner:

• Everest Beyond the Limit, Discovery Channel

Finalists:

• Wonderful World, Honolulu Advertiser
• OnBeing, Washington Post
• 40 years of RESPECT, Detroit Free Press
• Altered Oceans, Los Angeles Times
• Frugal Traveler: American Road Trip, New York Times
• A People Torn: Liberians in Minnesota, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Outstanding Use of Digital Media, Small Site

Winner:

• Hip Hop 101, Wisconsin State Journal

Finalists:

• The Trial of the Vincent Brothers, Bakersfield.com
• Orphans and Angels, Florida Today
• Off the Scale, The Roanoke Times

Service Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Lost in Migration, Toronto Star

Finalists:

• News Consumer Reporting, CBC News
• Nursing Homes, Consumer Reports
• Lean Plate, Washington Post
• Charter Schools, Orlando Sentinel

Service Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Not Just a Number, Oakland Tribune

Finalists:

• Iowa Caucuses, Des Moines Register
• Crime Map, FresnoBee.com
• Assignment Guatemala, LoHud.com

Specialty Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Livescience.com

Finalists:

• BeliefNet
• WebMD

Specialty Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Council on Foreign Relations

Finalists:

• HoopGurlz
• Speaking of Faith
• Go Vols
• The Next Mayor

Student Journalism

,:

• Border Beat
• Our Tahoe

Finalists:

• 1001Words
• Atacama Stories
• The Science of Sex

Judges:

• Jeff Dionise, Design Director, USAToday
• Jill Hunter Pellettieri, Slate Magazine
• Jonathan Weber, Founder and Editor in Chief, New West
• Kim Moy, Managing Editor, Broadband at Yahoo!
• Lane Beauchamp, Managing Editor, CBS Television Stations Digital Media
• Laura Sellers, Online Director, East Oregonian Publishing Co.
• Logan Molen, Vice president / Interactive Media, The Bakersfield Californian
• Rich Jaroslovsky, Executive Editor, government and economy, Bloomberg News
• Sandeep Junnarkar, Associate Professor, The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
• Suki Dardarian, Managing Editor, News Coverage and Enterprise, The Seattle Times