2015

KBIA News, Quartz and The Washington Post were recipients of General Excellence awards in 2015. Learn more about 2015 Online Journalism Award recipients.

General Excellence in Online Journalism

Large Newsroom winner

washingtonpost.com

Finalists:

BostonGlobe.com
lanacion.com.ar
nytimes.com

Medium Newsroom winner

qz.com

Finalists:

propublica.org
Revealnews.org

Small Newsroom winner

kbia.org

Finalists:

civilbeat.com
minnpost.com
texastribune.org

Knight Award for Public Service

winner

BBC WhatsApp Ebola News Service

BBC News, BBC World Service

finalist

Criminalizing Kids

Reveal Radio, The Center for Public Integrity

finalist

Losing Ground

ProPublica, The Lens

finalist

Till Death Do Us Part

The Post and Courier

Breaking News

Large Newsroom winner

Ottawa Shooting

The Globe and Mail

Finalists:

Amtrak Crash
Al Jazeera America Digital
The Death of Alberto Nisman
Redacción de Clarín
Germanwings
The New York Times
Walter Scott
postandcourier.com, The Post and Courier

Medium Newsroom winner

Baltimore Riots and the Freddie Gray Case

The Baltimore Sun

Finalists:

Baltimore Riots
Mashable
Parliament Hill Siege
The Canadian Press

Small Newsroom winner

Charlie Hebdo Real-Time Coverage

reported.ly

Finalists:

Amtrak 188 Crash
Billy Penn

Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling

Large Newsroom winner

Markets & Finance Interactive Graphics

The Wall Street Journal

Finalists:

A Global Guide to the First World War — Interactive Documentary
Kiln, The Guardian
Look At This
NPR
The N-Word
The Washington Post

Medium Newsroom winner

Space Business

Quartz

Finalists:

Being 12
WNYC

Explanatory Reporting

Large Newsroom winner

Bees at the Brink

Star Tribune

Drugging our Kids

Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News

Finalists:

Ebola
The New York Times
Saving Cyla
The Globe and Mail

Medium Newsroom winner

The 45-Minute Mystery of Freddie Gray’s Death

The Baltimore Sun

What Does Gun Violence Really Cost?

Mother Jones

Finalists:

Climate Change in Minnesota
MPR News

Small Newsroom winner

Undrinkable

The Texas Tribune

Finalists:

An Impossible Choice
inewsource
InfoGuide: The Sunni-Shia Divide
Council on Foreign Relations
The Long Reach of Childhood Trauma
The Connecticut Mirror

Feature

Large Newsroom winner

Beyond the Border

The Guardian US, The Texas Observer

Finalists:

Chasing Bayla
The Boston Globe
Kim’s Choice
The Globe and Mail
Passwords
The New York Times
Spain: 253 Billion Euros Under the Table
El Mundo

Medium Newsroom winner

Stickup Kid

FRONTLINE

Finalists:

Betrayed by Silence: The Investigation
MPR News
M29 — The Bus Route of Contrasts
Berliner Morgenpost
The NRA’s Murder Mystery
Mother Jones

Small Newsroom winner

The Martian Diaries: What If the Curiosity Rover Kept a Scrapbook?

Science News

Finalists:

Disappearing Rio Grande
The Texas Tribune
You’re 16. You’re a Pedophile. You Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone. What Do You Do Now?
Matter

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

winner

AI2HTML

The New York Times

finalist

Proximity Alerts

Breaking News

finalist

Pulp: AJAM’s Open Source Comics Platform

Al Jazeera America Digital

Online Commentary

Large Newsroom winner

Transgender Today Community Page

The New York Times

Finalists:

Susie Cagle and Al Jazeera America Online Community
Al Jazeera America Digital
Vox’s Todd VanDerWerff’s Cultural Criticism
Vox Media

Small Newsroom winner

Dispatches From Syria: Marcell Shehwaro on Life in Aleppo

Global Voices

Finalists:

Informing Public Debate with Knowledge-Based Journalism
University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Planned News/Events

Large Newsroom winner

Election Party!

NPR

Finalists:

Midterm Election
The New York Times
Midterm Election Coverage
Al Jazeera America Digital
The Norwegian Victims of WW2
Verdens Gang (VG)
The Senate Report on the CIA’s Interrogation Program
The Washington Post

Medium Newsroom winner

#MakeAlCare — The Evolution of One Voter

Southern California Public Radio

Finalists:

Echoes from the Jungle
The Virginian-Pilot
The Scar of the City
Berliner Morgenpost

Sports, Health and Wellness

Large Newsroom winner

World Cup

The New York Times

Finalists:

Boston Globe Sports
The Boston Globe
Dawn Wall
The New York Times
The Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Fight
Los Angeles Times

Medium Newsroom winner

Girls Fight Out

Matter

Finalists:

Dynasty: UConn Women’s Basketball 10-Title Reign
Hartford Courant

The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award

Large Newsroom winner

Evicted and Abandoned: The World Bank’s Broken Promise to the Poor

HuffPost, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Center for Public Integrity

Insult to Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections

NPR, ProPublica

Finalists:

Medium Newsroom winner

The Dark Side of the Strawberry

The Center for Investigative Reporting

Finalists:

Undue Force
The Baltimore Sun
Up in Flames
San Antonio Express-News

Small Newsroom winner

Profiting from Prisoners

The Center for Public Integrity

The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism

Large Newsroom winner

Missed Signs, Fatal Consequences

Austin American-Statesman

Finalists:

Medicare Unmasked
The Wall Street Journal
Stop and Seize
The Washington Post
Swiss Leaks: Murky Cash Sheltered by Bank Secrecy
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Le Monde, The Center for Public Integrity, The Guardian

Small/Medium Newsroom winner

Trouble with Taxes

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Finalists:

Ballot Watch
FRONTLINE
Unsolved Homicides
Los Angeles News Group
Who’s Trying to Influence Your Vote?: Tracking TV Ad Wars in the 2014 Election
The Center for Public Integrity

Topical Reporting

Large Newsroom winner

A Year of Legal Marijuana

The Denver Post

Finalists:

Ebola Outbreak
NPR
The Future of Food
National Geographic
Vaccinations in L.A. County
Los Angeles Times

Medium Newsroom winner

The Broken Hip

KERA News

Finalists:

Alcohol’s Hold on Campus
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Retronaut: Time Travel Through Photography
Mashable
State of Health
KQED News

Small Newsroom winner

Hurting for Work

The Texas Tribune

Finalists:

Abuse And Neglect at Lakeview
NHPR
The Broadband Industry Beat
The Center for Public Integrity
‘Dark Money’ in America
The Center for Public Integrity
Energy, Environment, Economy
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Predictions for Journalism 2015
Nieman Journalism Lab

2015

KBIA News, Quartz and The Washington Post were recipients of General Excellence awards in 2015. Learn more about 2015 Online Journalism Award recipients.

General Excellence in Online Journalism

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Knight Award for Public Service

BBC News, BBC World Service

Reveal Radio, The Center for Public Integrity

ProPublica, The Lens

Breaking News

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Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling

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Explanatory Reporting

Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News

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Feature

The Guardian US, The Texas Observer

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

Online Commentary

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Sports, Health and Wellness

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The Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award

HuffPost, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Center for Public Integrity

NPR, ProPublica

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The University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism

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Topical Reporting

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Pro-Am Student Award

Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, News21

Investigative Reporting Workshop, Reveal Project, WAMU 88.5 News

The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, NYCity News Service

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