Awards handed out for top web sites

Awards handed out
for top web sites

Slate and BBC win for general excellence

By Elizabeth White

Want all the lowdown on who was killed, maimed or paralyzed at amusement parks this summer?
    Check out ThemeParkInsider.com’s Accident Watch, a running tally of casualties inflicted on visitors to Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags and other places of recreation.
     It’s not exactly pleasure reading, but Accident Watch was good enough to earn an award for Independent Service Journalism in the Online Journalism Awards, sponsored by the Online News Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
    Judges reviewed 870 entries from web sites in 15 different countries, although only English-language sites were considered. Winners were chosen in 15 different categories including Breaking News, Enterprise Journalism, Feature Journalism and Creative Use of the Medium, with separate awards given for independent sites and those affiliated with a larger media entity.
    Following is a complete list of the winners.

General Excellence in Online Journalism: Independent
Slate
http://www.slate.com

General Excellence in Online Journalism: Affiliated
BBC News Online
http://news.bbc.co.uk

Breaking News: Independent
Rediff.com: The Gujarat Earthquake
http://www.rediff.com/news/quake.htm

Breaking News: Affiliated
BBC News Online: Concorde Crash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_851000/851209.stm

Enterprise Journalism: Independent
Salon: Radio's Big Bully
http://www.salon.com/ent/clear_channel/

Enterprise Journalism: Affiliated
CNN.com: Colombia--War Without End
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/colombia.noframes/

Service Journalism: Independent
ThemeParkInsider: Accident Watch
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/accidents/

Service Journalism: Affiliated
PBS: On Our Own Terms--Moyers on Dying
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/tools/

Feature Journalism: Independent
DigitalJournalist.org: 20 Years--AIDS & Photography
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0106/visions_frameset.htm

Feature Journalism: Affiliated
Sun-Sentinel.com: Witness to an Epidemic--AIDS in the Caribbean
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/witness

Creative Use of the Medium: Independent
360Degrees.org: The U.S. Criminal Justice System
http://360degrees.org/

Creative Use of the Medium: Affiliated
HeraldSun.com: Touching Hearts--A Story of Hope & Help in Nicaragua
http://www.heraldsun.com/heart/

Innovative Presentation of Information: Independent
Yahoo! Finance Vision
http://financevision.yahoo.com

Innovative Presentation of Information: Affiliated
SmartMoney.com: Mutual Fund Map
http://www.smartmoney.com/fundinsight/index.cfm?story=200008151

Online Commentary
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

-Elizabeth White is a staff writer for Media Life.

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