New York Times Digital Wins Two Awards at ONA Conference.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 NYTimes.com's Iraq Coverage Wins Breaking News Award; Boston.com's Coverage of Priest Abuse Scandal Wins Enterprise Journalism Award NYTimes.com and Boston.com, the two Web sites of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Digital, were recognized with Online Journalism Online journalism is defined as the reporting of facts produced and distributed via the Internet. An early leader was The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. Awards at the annual Online News Association (ONA (Open Network Architecture) An FCC plan that allows users and competing enhanced service providers (ESPs) equal access to unbundled, basic telephone services. The Open Network Provision (ONP) is the European counterpart. ) conference this past weekend. NYTimes.com won the Breaking News category for its coverage of the war in Iraq, and Boston.com won the Enterprise Journalism category for its special section on the priest abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . The Online Journalism Awards honor excellence in Web journalism and are jointly administered by ONA and the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . The judges' comments for each award were read at the awards ceremony and are also posted at http://www.journalists.org/awards/winners2003.html. For NYTimes.com's Breaking News award, the judges noted, "The Times took great care of its readers between print editions, day in and day out Adv. 1. day in and day out - without respite; "he plays chess day in and day out" all the time on the Web site...Web-exclusive features like daily Dispatches from the Times chief military correspondent, and the daily audio War Briefing demonstrated The Times's commitment to Web journalism. The judges were impressed by the interactives and the photography, and felt The Times deserves special credit for having built up the infrastructure to produce graphics and other interactive content quickly." Boston.com's special section on the priest scandal complemented the print coverage of the Boston Globe, which was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service NYTimes.com was a finalist in the Breaking News category for its coverage of the Columbia shuttle disaster, and was an Enterprise finalist for "Dangerous Business," an investigation into the unsafe labor practices of the McWane foundries. Earlier this year, NYTimes.com was also awarded the EPpy Award for Best Overall Newspaper Site by Editor & Publisher magazine, and NYTimes.com's multimedia feature "102 Minutes: Inside the Towers" won the EPpy for Best Special Feature. About New York Times Digital New York Times Digital is the digital business unit of The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ) and includes market leaders NYTimes.com and Boston.com, and an archive distribution business. NYTD's mission is to provide a high-quality, worldwide online audience with trusted editorial content from The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Note to Editors: This press release may be found at www.nytdigital.com and www.nytco.com. |
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