BBC News, Flipboard, the Los Angeles Times, Zeit Online and the Washington Post were among the news and technology organizations winning 2011 Online Journalism Awards. This year, the awards introduced changes to acknowledge the explosion of journalistic innovation on new digital platforms. Entries for all awards were open to news produced for any digital device.
BBC News, The Globe and Mail, Voice of San Diego, NJ Spotlight, OWNI and LA NACION each won General Excellence Awards in their respective categories. Each award includes a $3,000 prize, courtesy of the Gannett Foundation. The Asbury Park Press took home the Knight Award for Public Service for “Barnegat Bay Under Stress,” which comes with a $5,000 prize from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Los Angeles Times (“Breach of Faith”) and Pro Publica (“Dialysis: High Costs and Hidden Perils of Treatment Guaranteed for All”) each won $2,500 and the Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism at the 12th annual awards ceremony.
Here are the winners in each category, with links to their winning entries:
Knight Award for Public Service
Barnegat Bay Under Stress – Asbury Park Press
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site
BBC News
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site
The Globe and Mail
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site
voiceofsandiego.org – Voice of San Diego
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Micro Site
NJ Spotlight
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Small Site
OWNI
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Large Site
LA NACION
Breaking News, Large Site
Coverage of the uprisings in Egypt – Al Jazeera
Breaking News, Small Site
A Snow Storm Hits New York and WNYC Listeners Map the Cleanup – WNYC Radio
Specialty Site Journalism, Affiliated
NPR Music – NPR (Tie)
Pipeline – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/post-gazette.com (Tie)
Specialty Site Journalism, Independent
edweek.org – Education Week, Editorial Projects in Education
Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Large Site
Breach of Faith – Los Angeles Times
Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism, Small Site
Dialysis – ProPublica
Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large Site
Traumatic Brain Injury: Coming home a different person – The Washington Post
Multimedia Feature Presentation, Medium Site
Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon – CBC News, Radio-Canada, ALT Digital Design Studio
Multimedia Feature Presentation, Small Site
Crisis Guide: Pakistan – Council on Foreign Relations / MediaStorm
Multimedia Feature Presentation, Student Site
Global Warning – Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large Site
CNN Belief Blog – CNN Digital
Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Medium Site
Ward Room – NBCChicago.com
Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site
OpenSecrets.org
Online Commentary/Blogging, Large Site
Arianna Huffington – The Huffington Post
Online Commentary/Blogging, Medium Site
No award
Online Commentary/Blogging, Small
No award
Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Professional
Tell-All Telephone – Zeit Online
Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Student
No award
Online Video Journalism, Large Site
Caught in the Crossfire: Victims of Gang Violence – Los Angeles Times
Online Video Journalism, Medium Site
Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon – CBC News, Radio-Canada, ALT Digital Design Studio
Online Video Journalism, Small Site
Powering a Nation: Spilling Over – UNC News21
Online Video Journalism, Student
Haiti’s Lost Children – University of Miami (Tie)
Now What Argentina? – University of North Carolina & Universidad Pontifica de Argentina(Tie)
Community Collaboration
The Tiziano Project | 360 Kurdistan
The Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Journalism
Flipboard
Launched in 2000 and administered by the Online News Association, in partnership with the University of Miami’s School of Communication, the OJAs are the only comprehensive set of journalism prizes honoring excellence in digital journalism, focusing on independent, community, nonprofit, major media and international news sites. Six awards now come with a total of $33,000 in prize money, courtesy of the Gannett Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
