The 2006 Online Journalism Awards were handed out at the Online News Association gathering over the weekend. Coverage of Hurricane Katrina led to awards in several categories, including MSNBC.com‘s award for Outstanding Use of Multiple Media, NOLA.com‘s Knight Foundation Award for Public Service and the overall award for Breaking News by a large-market outlet, and the Sun Herald‘s award for Breaking News by a small-market outlet. The awards for General Excellence in Online Journalism went to: MSNBC (large), Roanoke.com (medium) and The Center for Public Integrity (small). The only local TV site to win an award is WTHR for investigative journalism. Full list below…
General Excellence in Online Journalism (Large): MSNBC.com
General Excellence in Online Journalism (Medium): Roanoke.com
General Excellence in Online Journalism (Small) : The Center for Public Integrity
Breaking News (Large) : “Hurricane Katrina,” NOLA.com
Breaking News (Small) : “Hurricane Katrina,” SunHerald.com
Online Commentary (Large) : “David Pogue on NYTimes.com,” New York Times
Online Commentary (Medium) : “Stuck in the 80s,” TampaBay.com
Online Commentary (Small) : “Good Morning Silicon Valley,” John Paczkowski
Outstanding Use of Multiple Media (Large): “Hurricane Katrina,” MSNBC.com
Outstanding Use of Multiple Media (Small): “Montgomery Boycott,” Montgomery Advertiser
Specialty Journalism (Large) : “ESPN Insider,” ESPN
Specialty (Small) : Fine Woodworking
Service Journalism (Large) : “The Mercury Menace,” Chicago Tribune Service
Journalism (Small) : Gulf Coast News
Investigative Journalism (Large) : “A Million Little Lies,” The Smoking Gun
Investigative Journalism (Small) : “Cause for Alarm,” WTHR 13 Eyewitness
News Student Journalism: “Rezoned,” Jeff DelViscio and Khody Akhavi, Columbia School of Journalism
Knight Foundation Award for Public Service: “Hurricane Katrina: The Storm We Always Feared,” NOLA.com