Seventy finalists for the 8th annual Online Journalism Awards, honoring excellence in digital journalism, have been announced by USC Annenberg and the Online News Association.
The finalists were chosen by a team of distinguished journalists during a two-day event on the USC campus Sept. 7 and 8.Winners in each of the 20 categories will be announced at the OJA Banquet during the 8th annual conference of the Online News Association, Oct. 18 at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto.
For the second year, the Knight Foundation is sponsoring the Knight Public Service Award. The winner will receive $5,000.
Below are the finalists for the 2007 Online Journalism Awards:
General Excellence (Large)
ESPN
The New York Times
Slate
Washington Post
USA Today
General Excellence (Medium)
DenverPost.com
Des Moines Register
Globe and Mail
NewsOK
General Excellence (Small)
Center for Public Integrity
King 5
New West
Ventura County Star
Breaking News (Large)
AP, Virginia Tech Shootings
CNN, Breaking News of the Virginia Tech Shootings
Denver Post, Christmas Blizzard
The New York Times, The Deadly Rampage at Virginia Tech
Orlando Sentinel, Coverage Of Deadly Tornadoes
Breaking News (Small)
Roanoke.com, Virginia Tech Shootings
The Times and Democrat, The Great Debate
Online Commentary (Large)
Newsweek, Christopher Dickey
NPR, My Cancer
Slate, William Saletan
Slate, Blogging the Bible
Online Commentary (Medium)
Newsday, Walt Handelsman
Delaware Online, Pulp Culture
Tampa Bay, Stuck in the 80s
Denver Post, Al Lewis, Talk Back to Al
Online Commentary (Small)
American Prospect Online
New West.net Wild Bill
This I Believe
Outstanding Use of Digital Media (Large)
Detroit Free Press, 40 years of RESPECT
Discovery Channel, Everest Beyond the Limit
Honolulu Advertiser, Wonderful World
Los Angeles Times, Altered Oceans
New York Times, Frugal Traveler: American Road Trip
Star Tribune A People Torn: Liberians in Minnesota
Washington Post, OnBeing
Outstanding Use of Digital Media (Small)
Bakersfield.com, The Trial of the Vincent Brothers
Florida Today, Orphans and Angels
Roanoke.com, Off the Scale
Wisconsin State Journal, Hip Hop 101
Specialty Journalism (Large)
Beliefnet
Livescience.com
Webmd
Specialty Journalism (Small)
Council on Foreign Relations
Go Vols
HoopGurlz
The Next Mayor
Speaking of Faith
Service Journalism (Large)
CBC, News Consumer Reporting
Consumer Reports, Nursing Homes
Orlando Sentinel, Charter Schools
Toronto Star, Lost in Migration
Washington Post, Lean Plate
Service Journalism (Small)
Des Moines Register, Iowa Caucuses
Fresno Bee, Crime Map
LoHud.com, Assignment Guatemala
Oakland Tribune, Not Just a Number
Investigative Journalism (Large)
ABC News, Brian Ross Investigates: "The Mark Foley Investigation"
ESPN.com An Un-American Tragedy Pat Tillman
Miami Herald – House of Lies
Newsday, Investigating the Gap
Salon, Mark Benjamin--Deploying Sick Troops To Iraq
Washington Post, Walter Reed and Beyond
Investigative Journalism (Small)
Center for Investigative Reporting, Danger On Your Plate
Center for Public Integrity, Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid After 9/11
Chitown Daily News, A Man of Two Lives
CorpWatch, David Phinney
East Valley Tribune, A risky game: ASU Sun Devil Stadium
Beat Reporting (Large)
CNET’s News.com, Microsoft and Vista
Houston Chronicle Science Guy
Wall Street Journal, The Law Blog
Wired.com, Defense
Yahoo! News' People of the Web
Beat Reporting (Small)
Colorado Confidential
Edweek.org, Supreme Court Coverage
Florida Today, Space Beat
Minnesota Monitor
Student Journalism
1001Words
Atacama Stories
Border Beat
Our Tahoe
The Science of Sex
Knight Foundation Award For Public Service
Chicago Tribune, Teens at the Wheel
The Oakland Tribune, Not Just a Number
Miami Herald, House of Lies
Tallahassee.com, Saving our Springs
Toronto Star, Lost in Migration
