ONLINE

H1. Creative use of the online medium

16 entries

Judge: Sreenath Sreenivasan is an associate professor at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. He teaches new media/Web journalism and also teaches workshops in “Smarter Surfing: Better Use of Your Web Time” in newsrooms and educational institutions around the U.S. and abroad.

First place

Lisa DeForest

azcentral.com, The Arizona Republic

“Finding early breast cancer: a reporter’s experience”

http://www.azcentral.com/health/breast02gifs/0120cancer/cancer.html

“It’s almost impossible to tell a breast cancer story in a new and

creative way. But this site manages to do so in a provocative yet useful

way that will help women around the world.”

Second place

Ed Perkins

azcentral.com, The Arizona Republic

“Runaway inferno”

http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/wildfires/

“A superb site that uses multimedia in an effective way to tell the story

of the 2002 wildfire season. Very effective in its use of graphics, video

and slide shows.”

Third place

Dave Seibert, Kelly Ettenborough, Eric Baker and Michael Ging

azcentral.com, The Arizona Republic

“Casa Grande Ruins”

http://www.azcentral.com/flash/0725ruins/casagrande.html

“An outstanding online tour of the ‘great house’ at Casa Grande Ruins

National Monument using historic and modern photos, audio and an artist’s

Reconstruction.”

Honorable mention

Jeffry Scott

Arizona Daily Star

“A nation divided”

http://www.dailystarphotos.com/anationdivided.html

“Wonderful use and example of online photojournalism.”

H2. Online breaking news

4 entries

Judge: Sreenath Sreenivasan is an associate professor at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. He teaches new media/Web journalism and also teaches workshops in “Smarter Surfing: Better Use of Your Web Time” in newsrooms and educational institutions around the U.S. and abroad.

First place

Ann Tracy-Lopez, Celia O’Brien, Donald Hammond and Rob Wisner

StarNet, Arizona Daily Star

“Killer’s letter”

http://www.azstarnet.com/specialreports/21030/

“An excellent report that covered the Flores letter to the Arizona Daily

Star. It’s never easy for a newsroom when it becomes the story itself,

but this was produced thoughtfully and thoroughly. The timely use of text

stories, photos and a community forum make it a model for breaking news

coverage.”

Second place

Mitch Tobin, Celia O’Brien and Shayne Christie

StarNet, Arizona Daily Star

“Wildfires”

http://www.azstarnet.com/rodeochediski/

“This coverage of the Rodeo-Chedeski Fire was superbly executed, providing a good mix of multimedia, slide shows and more.”

Third place

John Bolton and John O’Keefe

StarNet, Arizona Daily Star

“Bonanno funeral”

http://www.azstarnet.com/clips/bonanno_funeral.html

Solid coverage of a high-profile funeral, with smart use of audio.