2017 Online Journalism Awards winners include Le Temps, The Washington Post and STAT
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Journalists from 29 news organizations honored
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superlative reporting on leaked
data, prison reform and undue police force led coverage that garnered top honors
for 29 media organizations Saturday night at the 2017 Online Journalism Awards,
which closed the Online News Association Conference.
At the 17th annual awards dinner, emceed by host of WAMU and NPR's 1A Joshua
Johnson, Nexo Jornal, Le Tempsand The Globe and Mail each took home a $3,000
General Excellence in Online Journalism award, courtesy of the Gannett
Foundation. The $15,000 University of Florida Awards for Investigative Data
Journalism were won by The Intercept and First Look Media's "Trial and Terror"
and The Globe and Mail for "Unfounded."
The Knight Award for Public Service, with a $5,000 prize from the John S. and
James L. Knight Foundation, went to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for
"Doctors and Sex Abuse." The Guardian US Mobile Innovation Lab won the $5,000
Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital
Journalism for its app, "Live Notifications." The Knoxville News Sentinel / USA
TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE and The New York Times were recognized in the Breaking
News categories.
Two new categories were added this year to honor evolving forms of journalism:
Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling, which recognizes exceptional efforts
in telling stories through digitally-focused audio, including podcasts, audio-
centric online works and other emerging media; and Excellence in Immersive
Storytelling, which honors exceptional efforts in telling stories through
digital, immersive media: virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality,
360 video and other emerging media. FRONTLINE and The Emblematic Group shared
the Excellence in Immersive Storytelling category for their bold, compelling
presentation in "After Solitary." Reveal from The Center for Investigative
Reporting, KNBA and AIR received the inaugural Excellence in Audio Digital
Storytelling awards.
ONA also named documentary photographer and freelance photojournalist Tara
Todras-Whitehill the recipient of the 2017 James Foley Award for Conflict
Reporting for her unflinching coverage of vulnerable populations, particularly
women and refugees, in the Middle East. Jim Brady was honored with the 2017 Rich
Jaroslovsky Founder Award for his longtime work in digital media, including
innovations in social and community engagement.
Here are the winners in each category:
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Newsroom
Nexo Jornal, nexojornal.com.br
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Newsroom
Le Temps, letemps.ch
General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Newsroom
The Globe and Mail, theglobeandmail.com
Knight Award for Public Service
Doctors & Sex Abuse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Breaking News, Medium Newsroom
Gatlinburg Fire, The Knoxville News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE
Breaking News, Large Newsroom
Orlando, The New York Times
Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital
Journalism
Live Notifications, The Guardian US Mobile Innovation Lab
Planned News / Events, Small Newsroom
CrossCheck France, First Draft
Planned News /Events, Medium Newsroom
Election 2016, WBUR
Planned News / Events, Large Newsroom
Electionland, ProPublica and the Electionland Coalition
Explanatory Reporting, Small Newsroom (tie)
Middle East Lobbying: The Influence Game, Al-Monitor
Game of Genomes, STAT
Explanatory Reporting, Medium Newsroom
Under Our Skin, The Seattle Times
Explanatory Reporting, Large Newsroom
Weigh Anchor, The Globe and Mail
Topical Reporting, Small Newsroom
Truckbeat, AIR:Finding America and WUOT
Topical Reporting, Medium Newsroom
Standing Rock and Beyond, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and
Inside Energy
Topical Reporting, Large Newsroom
Trump Charities, The Washington Post
Online Commentary
Race/Related, The New York Times
Feature, Small Newsroom (tie)
Dope Sick, STAT
AMERICA RELOADED: The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI's Fake Documentary About the
Bundy Family, The Intercept | First Look Media
Feature, Medium Newsroom
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard, Mother Jones
Feature, Large Newsroom
The Fine Line, The New York Times
Sports, Small/Medium Newsroom
Berlin Marathon 2016 - How Fast Your City Runs, Berliner Morgenpost
Sports, Large Newsroom
Francesco Totti King of Rome, La Repubblica
The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award, Small
City of Smoke: Air Pollution in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky, UC Berkeley
Graduate School of Journalism
The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award, Large
Cuba's New Wave, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of
Media and Journalism
Pro-Am Student Award
Turning Tides: The Story of the Salton Sea, USC/JOVRNALISM and The Desert Sun
The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Small Newsroom
Drinks, Dinners, Junkets and Jobs: How the Insurance Industry Courts State
Commissioners, The Center for Public Integrity
The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Medium Newsroom
Toxic Armories, The Oregonian / OregonLive
The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award, Large Newsroom
Unfounded, The Globe and Mail
Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Small Newsroom
Future Cities, Future Cities
Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Medium Newsroom
Titletown, TX, McClatchy Video Lab
Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large Newsroom
Fragments of a Life: A Curbside Mystery, The New York Times
The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism, Small/Medium
Newsroom
Trial and Terror, The Intercept | First Look Media
The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism, Large
Newsroom
Unfounded, The Globe and Mail
Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling, Small Newsroom
Frontier of Change, Independent | Producing Station: KNBA
Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling, Large Newsroom
The Wall, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Excellence in Immersive Storytelling
After Solitary, FRONTLINE and Emblematic Group
2017 Rich Jaroslovsky Founder Award
Jim Brady, CEO, Spirited Media
2017 James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting
Tara Todras-Whitehill, Freelance Photographer and Reporter
The awards ceremony, which was live-streamed directly from the Washington
Marriott Wardman Park, will be available for viewing within 48 hours
at awards.journalists.org/live.
A group of 119 industry-leading journalists and new media professionals, led by
ONA Board members and OJA co-chairs co-chair P. Kim Bui and David Smydra, teamed
up to screen entrants and select finalists. Thirty judges, representing a
diverse cross-section of the industry, then conferred to determine winners from
independent, community, nonprofit, major media, start-up and international news
sites.
Launched in 2000, the OJAs are administered by ONA and are the only
comprehensive set of journalism prizes honoring excellence in digital
journalism, focusing on independent, community, nonprofit, major media and
international news sites.
About ONA
The Online News Association is the world's largest association of online
journalists. ONA's mission is to inspire innovation and excellence among
journalists to better serve the public. The membership includes news writers,
producers, designers, editors, bloggers, technologists, photographers,
academics, students and others who produce and distribute news for digital
delivery systems. ONA also hosts the annual Online News Association annual
conference and administers the Online Journalism Awards.
About Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that
promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and
foster the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and
communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org
About the Gannett Foundation
The Gannett Foundation is a corporate foundation sponsored by Gannett Co., Inc.
whose mission is to invest in the future of the communities in which Gannett
does business, and in the future of our industry. It supports projects that take
a creative approach to fundamental issues such as education and neighborhood
improvement, economic development, youth development, community problem-solving,
assistance to disadvantaged people, environmental conservation and cultural
enrichment.
About the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications is driving
innovation and engagement across the disciplines of advertising, journalism,
public relations and telecommunication. The strength of its programs, faculty,
students and alumni - in research and in practice - has earned the college
ongoing recognition as one of the best in the nation among its peers. The
college offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and certificates, both
online and on campus. The college's strength is drawn from both academic rigor
and experiential learning. CJC students have the opportunity to gain practical
experience in the Innovation News Center, which generates content across
multiple platforms, and a strategic communication agency with expertise in
targeting messages to millennial audiences. The college includes seven broadcast
and digital media properties and the nation's only chair in public interest
communications.
About Journalism 360
Journalism 360 is a global network of storytellers accelerating the
understanding and production of immersive journalism. Our mission is to help
news organizations, journalists, technologists, content creators and journalism
educators experiment with all forms of immersive storytelling, including but not
limited to 360 video, augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality. Its
founding partners are the Knight Foundation, Google News Lab and the Online News
Association.
For more information, contact: The Online News Association at
awards(at)journalists.org.
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Datum: 11.10.2017 - 19:47 Uhr
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