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Online Journalism Awards finalists announced

Posted by Cory Bergman on August 29, 2006

MSNBC, NYTimes, StarTribune, USAToday and WashingtonPost are OJA finalists in general excellence in the large site category. For medium category sites, NewWest, OrlandoSentinel, Roanoke and SpokesmanReview are the general excellence finalists. Scanning the list, there are quite a few Katrina-related finalists, as you can imagine. And I could find only one pure local TV finalist: WTHR.com in the enterprise journalism category for small sites. While I understand that few local TV sites entered, I’ll say the same thing I did last year — the ONA needs to create categories that give local TV sites a chance, such as video reporting. Lose the newspaper mindset and we’ll enter. Anyway, congrats to all the finalists!

  • Chris Krewson

    I think next year you’ll see a lot more newspapers eager to find attention to the video efforts we’ve all got underway, so there’s one ‘in.’ But a quick scan of the ONA’s board shows no local TV representation at all, and only a few broadcasters — MSNBC and CBC.ca. Have you or any other LR folks reached out to the ONA board for representation?

  • http://www.lostremote.com Cory

    I haven’t asked to become a judge — I don’t have the time — but I spoke with the ONA last year about the need to recognize TV websites’ strengths in video and breaking news.

  • http://timescast.roanoke.com Seth Gitner

    Other than WRAL what tv news web site are forward thinking about the web?

    I know that WRAL hired a still photog to do work specific to the web — what other TV sites are doing standout work -

    I mean seriously most TV sites I go to rehash their broadcasts for the web — is anyone doing any web specific work? How about director cuts for ther lengthier pieces that have more depth and are not specific to “newshole” ?

    What is the future of TV news on the web?

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