2014

The L.A. Times, ProPublica, and Center for Public Integrity were recipients of General Excellence awards in 2014. Learn more about 2014 Online Journalism Award recipients.

General Excellence in Online Journalism

Large Newsroom winner

latimes.com

Finalists:

npr.org
nytimes.com
washingtonpost.com
wsj.com

Medium Newsroom winner

propublica.org

Finalists:

motherjones.com
news.stlpublicradio.org
qz.com

Small Newsroom winner

publicintegrity.org

Finalists:

minnpost.com
texastribune.com

Knight Award for Public Service

winner

Innocents Lost: A Miami Herald I-Team Investigation

Miami Herald

finalist

Deadly Delays

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

finalist

Earthquake Preparedness in Southern California

Los Angeles Times

finalist

Rape in the Fields

FRONTLINE, The Center for Investigative Reporting, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Univision

finalist

Segregation Now

ProPublica

finalist

Shadow Campus: A Globe Spotlight investigation

The Boston Globe

Breaking News

Large Newsroom winner

Oso Landslide

The Seattle Times

Finalists:

Yarnell Hill Fire
12 News, azcentral.com, Republic Media: Arizona Republic

Medium Newsroom winner

Alberta Floods

Calgary Herald

Finalists:

Atlanta Winter Storm
WSB-TV: Channel 2 Action News, wsbtv.com
Lac-Mégantic Explosion
CBC Montreal, CBC News

Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling

Large Newsroom winner

National Geographic’s Visual Digital Storytelling

National Geographic Magazine

Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt

NPR, NPR Visuals, Planet Money

Finalists:

Borderland
NPR, NPR Visuals, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Reshaping New York
The New York Times

Medium Newsroom winner

Thin Ice: Exploring Mount Hood’s Secret World

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Finalists:

Proof: For many rape victims in Maine, justice comes only from being believed
BDN Maine
Segregation Now
ProPublica

Small Newsroom winner

Hollow

Hollow Interactive

Finalists:

In Flight
Kiln

Explanatory Reporting

Large Newsroom winner

Sea Change: The Pacific’s Perilous Turn

The Seattle Times

Finalists:

How Detroit Went Broke
Detroit Free Press
How America Gets By
Al Jazeera America
Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt
NPR, NPR Visuals, Planet Money
Privacy and Information Security
Al Jazeera America

Medium Newsroom winner

Breaking the Silence

The Baltimore Sun

Segregation Now

ProPublica

Finalists:

China’s Memory Hole
ProPublica
The Heartbleed Hit List
Mashable

Small Newsroom winner

ReBuilding Haiti

European Journalism Centre, Rue89, The Pixel Hunt

Finalists:

Battle for the Airwaves & Broadband
The Center for Public Integrity
InfoGuide: China’s Maritime Disputes
Council on Foreign Relations
Oakland Police Beat

Feature

Large Newsroom winner

Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt

NPR

Finalists:

Last Days of a Storm Chaser
National Geographic Magazine
Refuge: 18 Stories of the Syrian Exodus
The Washington Post
Short History of the Highrise
The New York Times
The Lobotomy Files
The Wall Street Journal

Medium Newsroom winner

Segregation Now

ProPublica

Finalists:

The Ballad of Kiwi Gardner
Mashable
Running in Place: Education in Indian Country
Education Week
Wild Horses In Crisis
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Small Newsroom winner

The Good Life: The Movement that Changed Maine

BDN Maine

Finalists:

On My Block: Voices From District One
KUT Austin
Myanmar Emerges
GlobalPost
How Washington Starves Its Election Watchdog
The Center for Public Integrity

Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism

winner

Journalists’ Toolbox

Northwestern University Knight Lab

finalist

Quartz Chartbuilder

Quartz

finalist

Tabula

LA NACION, Mozilla OpenNews, ProPublica

Online Commentary

Large Newsroom winner

Code Switch

NPR

Finalists:

The Upshot
The New York Times

Medium Newsroom winner

Sarah Lazarovic, Maclean’s

Maclean's

Finalists:

Exoneree Diaries
Chicago Public Media, WBEZ
Six Words
ProPublica

Small Newsroom winner

Susie Cagle’s Illustrated Commentary at Medium

Medium

Finalists:

Desk Rants, Commentary by Eugene S. Robinson
OZY Media

Planned News/Events

Large Newsroom winner

World Chess Championship 2013

VG

Finalists:

2013 Legislative Elections in Argentina
LA NACION
NYC 2013: The race for mayor
The New York Times
Sochi Olympics
The New York Times
Superstorm Sandy
Newsday, newsday.com

Medium Newsroom winner

Newtown: One Year After

Mother Jones

Finalists:

Boston’s Mayoral Race: Square by Square
WBUR

Small Newsroom winner

31 Days, 31 Ways

The Texas Tribune

Finalists:

After the Meltdown
The Center for Public Integrity

The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award

Large Newsroom winner

Fugitives Next Door

Gannett Digital, USA TODAY

Finalists:

Medium Newsroom winner

Overdose

ProPublica

Finalists:

Sex Predators Unleashed
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Temp Land
ProPublica

The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism

Large Newsroom winner

Deadly Delays

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Finalists:

Fugitives Next Door
Gannett Digital, USA TODAY
Homes for the Taking: Liens, loss and profiteers
The Washington Post
Opening and Reporting on Public Officials Salaries and Assets in Argentina
LA NACION

Small/Medium Newsroom winner

Betrayed by Silence

MPR News

Finalists:

ER Wait Watcher
ProPublica
Fatal Care: Foster care tragedies cloaked in secrecy
The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal
Puppet States: Where the Money Went
The Center for Public Integrity

Topical Reporting

Large Newsroom winner

Paying Till It Hurts

The New York Times

Finalists:

Cell-phone snooping by local law enforcement
Gannett, USA TODAY
Supplement Shell Game: The People Behind Risky Pills
USA TODAY
Surveillance
ProPublica, The New York Times

Medium Newsroom winner

ProPublica’s Healthcare Coverage

ProPublica

Finalists:

Betrayed by Silence
MPR News
Guns Reporting
Mother Jones

Small Newsroom winner

Texas Abortion Filibuster

The Texas Tribune

Finalists:

Environment Reporting – Sam Evans-Brown
New Hampshire Public Radio, NHPR

The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award

Large Newsroom winner

2014

The L.A. Times, ProPublica, and Center for Public Integrity were recipients of General Excellence awards in 2014. Learn more about 2014 Online Journalism Award recipients.

General Excellence in Online Journalism

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Knight Award for Public Service

FRONTLINE, The Center for Investigative Reporting, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Univision

Breaking News

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Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling

NPR, NPR Visuals, Planet Money

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Explanatory Reporting

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European Journalism Centre, Rue89, The Pixel Hunt

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Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism

LA NACION, Mozilla OpenNews, ProPublica

Online Commentary

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Planned News/Events

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The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award

Gannett Digital, USA TODAY

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The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism

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Topical Reporting

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The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award

Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Carnegie-Knight News21

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