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ONA, USC team up
The Online News Association is ending its partnership with Columbia University and joining with the University of Southern California's Annenberg School (home of the Online Journalism Review) to administer its annual awards, which honors the best in online journalism.
The contest opens July 1 and will accept entries through July 21.
Below is the press release that went out today.
LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2003 - The USC Annenberg School for Communication
and the Online News Association announced today that they will partner
to present the 2003 Online Journalism Awards, journalism's highest
honor for writing, reporting and editing on the Internet and other
digital platforms.
"Online reporters and editors continue to be on the cutting edge,
redefining the field of journalism itself," said Geoffrey Cowan, dean
of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. "The Online Journalism
Awards recognize the best in the profession, and we are delighted to
encourage and develop standards for excellence in the field."
"Since we established the Online Journalism Awards four years ago, it
has become the premier program honoring excellence and creativity in
digital journalism," said Bruce Koon, Online News Association president
and executive news editor of Knight Ridder Digital. "USC Annenberg,
known for its commitment to online journalism through academic
programs, the Online Journalism Review and other publications, brings
new energy to the awards. We are very pleased to partner with the
Annenberg School to celebrate the best in online journalism."
The 2003 Online Journalism Awards will be presented at the annual
conference of the Online News Association, to be held November 14-15 in
Chicago. Judging will take place October 2-4 at the USC Annenberg
School in Los Angeles.
Entries will be accepted between July 1, 2003 and July 21, 2003. For
information on how to enter, visit the ONA web site,
www.journalists.org. Categories of recognition include enterprise
reporting, breaking news, service reporting, feature writing,
commentary, and general excellence. The Online Journalism Awards were
first awarded in 2000 and have been presented annually ever since.
The Online News Association (www.journalists.org), which was founded in
1999, is open to journalists from around the world who produce news on
the Internet and other digital platforms, as well as to educators,
students and others with an interest in online journalism. ONA's
mission is to strive for editorial integrity, editorial independence,
journalistic excellence, freedom of expression and freedom of access in
the online world.
The USC Annenberg School is home to two other major journalism awards.
The Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting recognizes the year's
best investigative reporting in print journalism with a $35,000 prize,
the highest in journalism. The USC Annenberg Walter Cronkite Awards for
Outstanding Television Political Journalism are presented biannually to
television stations, reporters, and networks for political reporting in
election years.
Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the
USC Annenberg School for Communication (www.annenberg.usc.edu) is among
the nation's leading institutions devoted to the study of journalism
and communication, and their impact on politics, culture and society.
With an enrollment of more than 1,500 graduate and undergraduate
students, USC Annenberg offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
journalism, communication, and public relations.
For further information contact
Online News Association
Phone: 802-434-6176
Fax : 802-654-2560
Email: HelpDesk@journalists.org
http://www.journalists.org
June 24, 2003 at 01:22 PM in New media | Permalink
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JD
Since you're associated with OJR and probably with ONA as a result, I hope you can convince them to have some category which recognizes blogs in some way...USC and OJR have been on the curve with blogs, and it would seem foolish not to acknowledge their influence on journalism, especially online journalism...couldn't get any sense of the direction from the ONA site.
Of course, I am biased, since I am up for the best news weblog award at the European Online Journalism Awards in Barcelona early next month...
Posted by: Rafat Ali at Jun 24, 2003 4:38:14 PM
I've been a member of the Online News Association almost since the beginning. I think your point is well taken, and I'll take it up with ONA President Bruce Koon. Perhaps he'll respond.
Posted by: JD at Jun 24, 2003 4:52:21 PM
Awards committee co-chair Michael Silberman of MSNBC writes to say: "I encourage you (and others) to submit weblogs in whatever other category is appropriate to the blog. Many would fall under commentary, I expect."
They may take up the weblogs issue next year.
Posted by: JD at Jun 24, 2003 7:16:18 PM
