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2008 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced

Monday, August 04, 2008   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Sherry Skalko
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Finalists for the 9th annual Online Journalism Awards, which honor excellence in digital journalism, were announced today by the Online News Association (ONA). A team of journalists, representing a diverse cross-section of the industry, judged the contest during a two-day event in Chicago, August 1-2.

The winners will be announced at the 2008 ONA Conference Awards Banquet on Sept. 13 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

The finalists are:

Breaking News, Large Site Breaking News, Medium Site General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site (Non-English) General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site (Non-English) General Excellence, Large Site General Excellence, Medium Site General Excellence, Small Site Investigative, Large Site Investigative, Small Site Knight Award for Public Service Multimedia Feature, Large Site Multimedia Feature, Medium Site Multimedia Feature, Small Site Online Commentary, Large Sites Online Commentary, Medium Site Online Commentary, Small Sites Online Video Presentation Outstanding Use of Digital Technology, Large Site Outstanding Use of Digital Technology, Small Site Specialty Site Journalism Student Journalism Topical Reporting, Large Sites Topical Reporting, Small Sites Breaking News, Small Site
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The 11 judges of this year's awards were:

Scott Anderson, online media consultant; Meredith Artley, Executive Editor, LATimes.com; Lane Beauchamp, Managing Editor, CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group (cbslocal.com); John Bolton, Online Editor, Arizona Daily Star (azstarnet.com); Curt Chandler, Professor, Penn State University (psu.edu); Jeff Dionise, Design Director, USAToday.com; Jon Dube, Director of Digital Media, CBC.ca; Rick Jaroslovsky, Executive Editor, Bloomberg.com; John Swansburg, Associate Editor, Slate.com; Jonathan Weber, Publisher and CEO, NewWest.net; Sarah Wright, Assistant Managing Editor of Multimedia, Yahoo! News (Yahoo.com).

Judges for the non-English awards were:

Paul Brannan, Editor, Emerging Platforms, BBC.com; Eric Scherer, Director of Strategic Planning, Agence-France Presse; Katie King, Creative and Development Editor, MSN UK; and Rosental Alves, Professor & Knight Chair in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism.

Judges were recused from discussing categories in which their own organization or organizations they are associated with were entered.

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