2009 Awards

Breaking News, Large Site

Winner:

• Mumbai Attacks, BBC News

Finalists:

• Hurricane Ike, Houston Chronicle
• Plane Crash in the Hudson, New York Times

Breaking News, Medium Site

Winner:

• Church Shooting, Knoxnews.com

Finalists:

• Stadium Collapse, The Dallas Morning News
• Snow, Las Vegas Sun
• from the OPUBCO Communications Group Staff, Ice Storm, The Oklahoman

Breaking News, Small Site

Winner:

• Massacre on Front Street, pressconnects.com

Finalists:

• Gearhart Plane Crash, The Daily Astorian
• Desert Hot Springs Gang Sweep, The Desert Sun

Community Collaboration

Winner:

• My Ballard, Next Door Media

Finalists:

• Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
• Operation Pedro Pan Network, The Miami Herald
• Publish2

Finalists:

• News Mixer, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism
• AP Mobile, Associated Press
• Attributor

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

Winner:

• Publish2

Finalists:

• Associated Press, AP Mobile
• Attributor
• Medill School, Northwestern University, News Mixer

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• The New York Times, New York Times

Finalists:

• BBC News, BBC News
• Washington Post Digital, Washington Post
• Wired

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site

Winner:

• Las Vegas Sun

Finalists:

• The Oklahoman
• The Spokesman-Review
• The Daily Beast

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Micro Site

Winner:

• Gotham Gazette

Finalists:

• Center for Public Integrity
• St. Louis Beacon

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• ProPublica

Finalists:

• MediaStorm
• PolitiFact

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

Winner:

• Radio Azattyq, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Finalist:

• lainformacion.com
• Quotidiano dell’Abruzzo (Italy), Il Centro

General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English

Winner:

• soitu.es

Finalists:

• Lanacion.com
• Rue89

Investigative Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Guantanamo: Beyond the Law, Tom Lasseter and Matt Schofield, McClatchy

Finalists:

• Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, Culture of Resistance, The Seattle Times
• Who Killed Chandra Levy?, Washington Post

Investigative Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• The Chauncey Bailey Project

Finalists:

• Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes, The Center for Public Integrity
• Kelly Bennett and Will Carless, A Staggering Swindle, voiceofsandiego.org

Knight Award for Public Service

Winner:

• The Chauncey Bailey Project

Finalists:

• Down to a Whisper: State’s Native Languages Threatened with Loss, Wisconsin State Journal
• Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, Culture of Resistance, The Seattle Times
• Crime and Punishment, Toronto Star

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large Site

Winner:

• Sacred Ground: The Building of the Pentagon Memorial, Washington Post

Finalists:

• Mexico Under Siege: The Drug War at Our Doorstep, Los Angeles Times
• Ted Kennedy., The Boston Globe

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Medium Site

Winner:

• Quenching Las Vegas’ Thirst, Las Vegas Sun

Finalists:

• Tragedy on the Track, The Courier-Journal
• Pregnant with Cancer, The Oregonian
• Lane DeGregory, Melissa Lyttle, Desiree Perry, Jack Rowland & Ted McLaren, The Girl in the Window, Tampa Bay Times

Multimedia Feature Presentation, Small Site

Winner:

• Waterlife, National Film Board of Canada

Finalists:

• Women.Children.Crisis., Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
• The Karsh Generation, Ottawa Citizen

Online Commentary/Blogging, Large Site

Winner:

• Hero Complex, Los Angeles Times

Finalists:

• Mark Easton, Mark Easton’s UK, BBC News
• Tony Massarotti, Mazz, The Boston Globe

Online Commentary/Blogging, Medium Site

Winner:

• Christopher Buckley, The Daily Beast

Finalists:

• What Would Bing Do?, BNET
• The Daily Juggle, Pioneer Press

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large Site

Winner:

• Planet Money, NPR

Finalists:

• The Lede – Iran, New York Times
• The Well Blog, New York Times
• Danger Room, Wired

Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site

Winner:

• Florida Today’s Space Team Blog, The Flame Trench

Finalists:

• Kim Bolan, The Real Scoop, The Vancouver Sun
• Searchlight on City Hall, Gotham Gazette

Online Video Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• The Power Recap, Slate

Finalists:

• You Tube Baby, ESPN
• Fashion Week in New York City, Washington Post
• Seeds of Peace, Washington Post

Online Video Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Driftless: Stories from Iowa, Danny Wilcox Frazier and MediaStorm

Finalists:

• What Will Happen to Andy?, AARP Bulletin Today
• Journey to Remember, AARP Bulletin Today
• No Snitching, No Suspects, Hank Wilson

Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies, Large Site

Winner:

• Interactive Graphics, New York Times

Finalists:

• Politics Dashboard, MSNBC
• Global iPhone Study, Wired

Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies, Small Site

Winner:

• Muckety

Finalists:

• ChangeTracker, ProPublica
• The Sacramento Press

Rich Jaroslovsky Award

Winner:

• Doug Feaver

Specialty Site Journalism, Large Site

Winner:

• Army Times Publishing Company, Army Times Publishing Company

Finalist:

• a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, FactCheck.org

Specialty Site Journalism, Small Site

Winner:

• Yale Environment 360

Finalists:

• Forward.com
• Design Observer Group
• PolitiFact

Student Journalism, Large Team

Winner:

• Andaman Rising, University of North Carolina

Finalists:

• South Africa: At the Crossroads of Hate and Hope, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Special Olympics Live, University of Miami School of Communication
• Election 2008: A Date with History, NYCity News Service and City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism

Student Journalism, Small Team

Winner:

• Lisa Pickoff-White, It Happens at Midnight, University of California, Berkeley

Finalist:

• Joy Lewis, Sister Wife, Western Kentucky University

Judges:

• Alberto Cairo, James H. Shumaker Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill
• Bob Greiner, Manager, Editorial Tools and Projects, washingtonpost.com
• Danny Sanchez, Digital Platform Manager, Hartford Courant/Fox61
• Eric Scherer, Director of Strategic Planning, Agence-France Presse
• Katie King, Creative and Development Editor, MSN UK
• Keith W. Jenkins, Supervising Senior Producer for Multimedia, NPR.org
• Margaret Rosas, Founder and Chief Strategist, Quiddities Dev, Inc.
• Matt Thompson, Interim Online Community Manager, Knight Foundation
• Michelle Nicolosi, Executive Producer, seattlepi.com
• Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNETTV.com
• Paul Brannan, Editor, Emerging Platforms, BBC News
• Rich Beckman, Knight Chair of Visual Journalism, School of Communication, University of Miami
• Rich Jaroslovsky, Technology/Digital Media Columnist, Bloomberg News
• Rosental Alves, Professor and Knight Chair in Journalism, University of Texas
• Solana Larsen, Managing Editor, Global Voices
• Stephen Engelberg, Managing Editor, ProPublica
• Steve Outing, Digital Media Consultant; Columnist, Editor & Publisher
• Suzanne Levinson, Director of Site Operations, Miami Herald Media Co.
• Tenny Tatusian, Associate Editor, latimes.com
• Tom Kennedy, Multimedia Journalism Consultant