Columbia News ::: Winners of Online Journalism Awards Named

BBC News Online editors Pete Clifton (right) and Giles Wilson accept the General Excellence Award from Online News Association President Rich Jaroslovsky (center left) and Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Dean Tom Goldstein, at the Online Journalism Awards Banquet 2001 in Berkeley, California.

BBC News Online and Slate were among the winners of the second annual Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), announced October 26 by the Online News Association (ONA) and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism at the ONA annual conference in Berkeley. The contest, which honors excellence in Internet journalism, received 870 entries from 15 countries this year and was judged by a team of distinguished journalism leaders. Winners were announced at the OJA Awards Banquet during the second national conference of the Online News Association. Click for more information.

Online Journalism Award (OJA) judges scrutinize Web sites October 5 at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. Left to right are Laura Miller, New York editorial director, Salon; Bill Mitchell, editor, Poynter.org; Richard Stengel, editor, Time.com; Bob Arnold, editor-in-chief, BusinessWeek Online.

Published: Oct 30, 2001
Last modified: Sep 18, 2002