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WASHINGTON, D.C., August 31, 2009 - Finalists for the 2009 Online Journalism Awards, many pushing the envelope of innovation in digital storytelling and information sharing, were announced today by the Online News Association and its partner, the School of Communication at the University of Miami. A team of 12 journalists representing a diverse cross-section of the industry met Aug. 27 and 28 at the university’s Coral Gables, Fla., campus to select the finalists, which range from independent and nonprofit news and community sites to major media and international organizations. The winners will be announced at the 2009 ONA Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Hilton San Francisco.

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“We were regularly awed, inspired and delighted by the quality and innovation evident online today,” said Anthony Moor, Deputy Managing Editor of The Dallas Morning News, who, along with AP Digital’s Director of Online Services Ruth Gersh, co-chairs the Online Journalism Awards Committee. This year, changes were introduced to acknowledge the important role of emerging technology, the influence of the independent digital journalist and the growth of community reporting efforts. Six awards now come with a total of $30,000 in prize money, courtesy of the Gannett Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the General Excellence in Online Journalism Award was expanded to include “micro sites.” The finalists are: Knight Award for Public Service The Chauncey Bailey Project Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times, Culture of Resistance Toronto Star, Crime and Punishment Wisconsin State Journal, Down to a Whisper: State's Native Languages Threatened with Loss Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism

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Associated Press, AP Mobile Attributor Medill School, Northwestern University, News Mixer Publish2 General Excellence in Online Journalism, Micro Site Center for Public Integrity Gotham Gazette St. Louis Beacon General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Site MediaStorm PolitiFact, Staff of the St. Petersburg Times ProPublica General Excellence in Online Journalism, Medium Site The Daily Beast LasVegasSun.com NewsOK.com, from the OPUBCO Communications Group Staff spokesman.com, The Spokesman-Review General Excellence in Online Journalism, Large Site bbcnews.com, BBC News nytimes.com, The New York Times Wired.com washingtonpost.com, Washington Post Digital General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Small Site Radio Azattyq, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Kazakh Service (Kazakhstan) Il Centro, Quotidiano dell'Abruzzo (Italy)

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lainformacion.com (Spain) General Excellence in Online Journalism, Non-English, Large Site SOITU.ES (Spain) Lanacion.com (Argentina) Rue89 (France) Breaking News, Small Site Pressconnects.com/Press & Sun-Bulletin, Massacre on Front Street The Daily Astorian, Gearhart Plane Crash The Desert Sun, Desert Hot Springs Gang Sweep Breaking News, Medium Site Knoxnews.com, Church Shooting LasVegasSun.com, Snow NewsOK.com, from the OPUBCO Communications Group Staff, Ice Storm The Dallas Morning News, Stadium Collapse Breaking News, Large Site BBC News, Mumbai Attacks The New York Times, Plane Crash in the Hudson Houston Chronicle/chron.com, Hurricane Ike Specialty Site Journalism, Small Site Design Observer Forward.com, Forward PolitiFact, Staff of the St. Petersburg Times Yale Environment 360 Specialty Site Journalism, Large Site FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Military Times, Army Times Publishing Company, Investigative Journalism, Small Site The Center for Public Integrity, Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes The Chauncey Bailey Project Kelly Bennett and Will Carless, voiceofsandiego.org, A Staggering Swindle Investigative Journalism, Large Site Tom Lasseter and Matt Schofield, McClatchy, Guantanamo: Beyond the Law Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times, Culture of Resistance Washington Post Digital, Who Killed Chandra Levy? Multimedia Feature Presentation, Small Site National Film Board of Canada, Waterlife Ottawa Citizen, The Karsh Generation Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Women.Children.Crisis. Multimedia Feature Presentation, Medium Site The Courier-Journal/courier-journal.com, Tragedy on the Track LasVegasSun.com, Quenching Las Vegas’ Thirst The Oregonian/OregonLive.com, Pregnant with Cancer Lane DeGregory, Melissa Lyttle, Desiree Perry, Jack Rowland & Ted McLaren, Tampabay.com, The Girl in the Window Multimedia Feature Presentation, Large Site The Boston Globe/Boston.com, Ted Kennedy. Los Angeles Times, Mexico Under Siege: The Drug War at Our Doorstep Washington Post Digital, Sacred Ground: The Building of the Pentagon Memorial Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site Gotham Gazette, Searchlight on City Hall The Flame Trench, Florida Today's Space Team Blog The Vancouver Sun, Kim Bolan's The Real Scoop Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Large Site The New York Times, The Lede - Iran The New York Times, The Well Blog NPR.org, Planet Money Wired.com, Danger Room Online Commentary/Blogging, Small Site No Award

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Online Commentary/Blogging, Medium Site What Would Bing Do?, BNET Christopher Buckley, The Daily Beast The Daily Juggle, MinnMoms.com/St. Paul Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com Online Commentary/Blogging, Large Site Hero Complex, Los Angeles Times Mark Easton's UK, Mark Easton, BBC News Mazz, Tony Massarotti, The Boston Globe/Boston.com Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies, Small Site Muckety ProPublica.org, ChangeTracker The Sacramento Press Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies, Large Site msnbc.com, Politics Dashboard The New York Times, Interactive Graphics Wired.com, Global iPhone Study Online Video Journalism, Small Site AARP Bulletin Today, Journey to Remember AARP Bulletin Today, What Will Happen to Andy? Danny Wilcox Frazier, Produced by MediaStorm, Driftless: Stories from Iowa Hank Wilson, No Snitching, No Suspects Online Video Journalism, Large Site ESPN.com, You Tube Baby Slate V, The Power Recap Washington Post Digital, Fashion Week in New York City Washington Post Digital, Seeds of Peace Community Collaboration Los Angeles Times, Mapping L.A. The Miami Herald, Operation Pedro Pan Network Next Door Media, MyBallard Student Journalism, Small Team Joy Lewis, Western Kentucky University, Sister Wife Lisa Pickoff-White, University of California, Berkeley, It Happens at Midnight Student Journalism, Large Team University of Miami School of Communication, Special Olympics Live NYCity News Service/City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, Election 2008: A Date with History UNC-Chapel Hill, Andaman Rising Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, South Africa: At the Crossroads of Hate and Hope The judges of this year's awards were: Rosental Alves, Professor and Knight Chair in Journalism, University of Texas Rich Beckman, Knight Chair of Visual Journalism, School of Communication, University of Miami Paul Brannan, Editor, Emerging Platforms, BBC News Alberto Cairo, James H. Shumaker Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, UNC-Chapel Hill Stephen Engelberg, Managing Editor, ProPublica Rich Jaroslovsky, Technology/Digital Media Columnist, Bloomberg News Keith W. Jenkins, Supervising Senior Producer for Multimedia, NPR.org Tom Kennedy, Multimedia Journalism Consultant Katie King, Creative and Development Editor, MSN UK Solana Larsen, Managing Editor, Global Voices Suzanne Levinson, Director of Site Operations, Miami Herald Media Co. Michelle Nicolosi, Executive Producer, seattlepi.com Eric Scherer, Director of Strategic Planning, Agence-France Presse Tenny Tatusian, Associate Editor, latimes.com Matt Thompson, Interim Online Community Manager, Knight Foundation Molly Wood, Executive Editor, CNETTV.com Judges were recused from discussing categories in which their own organization or organizations they are associated with were entered. This year is the first in a partnership with the University of Miami's School of Communication, which utilized its state-of-the-art resources to facilitate the judging process. Under Beckman's direction, the school will highlight the work of winners during the awards presentation and continue to share best practices throughout the industry. “Our partnership with ONA confirms our commitment to cutting-edge journalism education and our support for the online journalism industry,” Beckman said. “It was a great beginning to a partnership that benefits

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everyone and further helps us all define standards for journalism excellence.”

Launched in May 2000, the OJAs are administered by the Online News Association, in partnership with the University of Miami’s School of Communication. This year’s honorees will be announced on Oct. 3, the final night of ONA09, the Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet, held Oct. 1-3 in San Francisco. For more information, contact: Jane McDonnell Executive Director 646-290-7900 [email protected] Sherry Skalko Editor, Journalists.org 312-881-6477 [email protected]

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