Here are the winners in the online Deadline Reporting category for the Society of Professional Journalists 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism:
• Deadline Reporting (Affiliated): “The Southern California Wildfires,” The Staff of Los Angeles Times.
• Deadline Reporting (Independent): “MSBlast Echoes Across the Net,” Rob Lemos and Ina Fried of CNET News.com in San Francisco, Calif. Informative reporting about vulnerable technology and how the virus spread.
