The Online News Association has once again released its nominees for the annual Online Journalism Awards. The complete list can be found on the ONA site, but we’ve included links to the finalists’ entries for breaking news, overall excellence, multimedia features, online video presentation and student journalism.
For broadcasters, it’s disturbing to note how few radio or TV news outlets are represented on the list. Just five of the entries included below were created in broadcast newsrooms, and just one of those at the local level (WRAL-TV). What’s wrong here when there are no TV news operations nominated in the online video presentation category?
Still, it’s worth browsing all the entries to see some of the best in multimedia storytelling.
Breaking News, Large Site
- LATimes.com, Wildfires
- NPR.org, China Earthquake
- NYTimes.com, Eliot Spitzer’s Resignation
- SignOnSanDiego.com, San Diego Union Tribune, Wildfires
- StarTribune.com, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Bridge Collapse
Breaking News, Medium Site
- LasVegasSun.com, Monte Carlo Fire
- OregonLive.com, The Oregonian, Oregon Storm Map
- STLtoday.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kirkwood Shootings
- Tennessean.com, Tennessee Tornado
General Excellence, Large Site
General Excellence, Medium Site
General Excellence, Small Site
- Army Times
- CQPolitics.com, Congressional Quarterly Politics
- NewWest.net
- RapidCityJournal.com, Rapid City (S.D.) Journal
Multimedia Feature, Large Site
- CNN.com, Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination
- LATimes.com, Burnover
- MSNBC.com, Battle of the bags: Paper vs. plastic
- Reuters.com, Bearing Witness
Multimedia Feature, Medium Site
- Cleveland.com, Johanna: Facing Forward
- TheGlobeandMail.com, Talking to the Taliban
- HonoluluAdvertizer.com, When Pedestrians Die
- LasVegasSun.com, Boomtown
- STLtoday.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reporting for Duty
Multimedia Feature, Small Site
- Arkansas Online, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, The Soldier’s Wife
- GEO.fr, Hidden World
- OttawaCitizen.com, 70 Years of Superman
- Roanoke.com, The Roanoke Times, Age of Uncertainty
Online Video Presentation
- Border Stories
- DesMoinesRegister.com, Insights into the Candidates
- OregonLive.com, The Oregonian, Living to the End
- Slate.com, Hillary’s Inner Tracy Flick
Student Journalism
- University of California, Berkeley, Mauro’s Shift
- Justin McLachlan, West Virginia University, Where Doubt Remains
- Taylor Hayden, Western Kentucky University, Closer to Home: A Daughter Becomes Caregiver
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & Universidad de los Andes, South of Here
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