By: E&P Staff
The Topeka (Kan.)
Capital-Journal's CJOnline.com and USAToday.com each picked up two awards at the 2002 EPpy Awards presentation held here Friday night at the E&P 13th Annual Interactive Newspapers Conference & Trade Show. The awards honor outstanding achievements in new media by newspapers.
USAToday.com won awards for Best Design and Best Business Section of a newspaper online service. The Topeka paper won awards for Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (circulation 50,000 - 99,999) and Best Special Section (News or Event).
Rich Jaroslovsky of
The Wall Street Journal was given the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award in recognition of his work at WSJ.com and as founder of the Online News Association.
The winner for best overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service in the national or daily circulation over 250,000 category was the
Los Angeles Times' latimes.com. The other best overall U.S. Newspaper Online Services were:
* Daily circulation 100,000 - 250,000
PittsburghLIVE.com,
Tribune-Review of Greensburg, Pa.
* Daily circulation 50,000 - 99,999
CJOnline.com,
The Topeka Capital-Journal* Daily circulation under 50,000
Online Athens,
Athen (Ga.)
Banner-HeraldIn a surprise, the two papers with the most finalist spots went home empty handed. Washingtonpost.com and nytimes.com had garnered eight and seven finalist slots, respectively, but neither was a winner this year.
In the battle of the newspaper chains, Morris Communications Corp. of Augusta, Ga. came out on top with six EPpy Awards. Tribune Co. of Chicago went home with four awards while Gannett Co. Inc. of McLean, Va., won two -- both for USAToday.com.
In their seventh year, the EPpy Awards are sponsored by
Editor & Publisher magazine. Nearly 300 entries were submitted for this year's contest, and over 30 independent judges from around the world chose the finalists and winners.
The complete list of finalists and winners is below, with the winner in each category listed first and marked in bold:
Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (daily circ. under 50,000)OnlineAthens.comhttp://www.onlineathens.comIslandPacket.com
Hannibal.net
Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (daily circ. 50,000-99,999)CJOnline.comhttp://www.cjonline.comALASKA.com
SavannahNOW.com
Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (daily circ. 100,000-250,000)PittsburghLIVE.comhttp://www.pittsburghlive.comprojo.com
newsobserver.com
Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (national or daily circ. over 250,000)latimes.comhttp://www.latimes.comwashingtonpost.com
nytimes.com
Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service (Weekly, Community, Alternative & Free)EdWeek.com, Education Week on the Web
http://www.edweek.com/Chronicle.com
elSentinel.com
Best Overall Non-Newspaper Online News ServiceABCNews.comhttp://www.abcnews.comCNET News.com
CTVNEWS.com
Best College Newspaper Online Servicestar.niu.edu (Northern Illinois University), The Northern Star Online
http://star.niu.edu/newsnet.byu.edu (Brigham Young University)
IDSnews.com (Indiana University)
Best Promotion of a Newspaper Online Serviceboston.com's @bat Insider,
The Boston Globehttps://secure.boston.com/insider/signup.htmlwashingtonpost.com
nytimes.com
Best News Section in a Newspaper Online ServiceNewsday.comhttp://www.newsday.com/washingtonpost.com
nytimes.com
Best Sports Section in a Newspaper Online ServiceRedRaiders.com,
The Lubbock (Texas)
Avalanche-Journalhttp://www.redraiders.com/CJOnline.com
ChicagoSports.com
Best Business Section in a Newspaper Online ServiceUSAToday.comhttp://www.usatoday.com/moneynytimes.com
washingtonpost.com
Best Entertainment Section in a Newspaper Online ServiceMetromix.com Tribune Co.
http://www.metromix.comwashingtonpost.com
azcentral.com
Best Special Section in a Newspaper Online Service (News or Event)CJOnline.comhttp://cjonline.com/legislature/wrapup_2001/Boston.com
nytimes.com
Best Special Section in a Newspaper Online Service (Enterprise)Sun-Sentinel.com,
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, for "Witness to an Epidemic: Aids in the Caribbean" (only available through paid archives)
DallasNews.com
seattletimes.com
Best Classified Section in a Newspaper Online ServiceChronicle.com's Career Network,
The Chronicle of Higher Educationhttp://chronicle.com/jobs/washingtonpost.com
USAToday.com
Best Directory Application in a Newspaper Online Servicelasvegas.com, Stephens Media Group
http://www.lasvegas.com/nytimes.com
DallasNews.com
Best Community Publishing Effort of a Newspaper Online Servicetimesunion.com,
Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
http://timesunion.memlink.com/Default.aspAugusta.com
Jacksonville.com's First Coast Community
Best Design of a Newspaper Online ServiceUSAToday.comhttp://www.usatoday.comnytimes.com
washingtonpost.com
Best Shopping Application in a Newspaper Online ServiceAugustaArchives.com,
The Augusta (Ga.)
Chroniclehttp://www.augustaarchives.comUSAToday.com
DallasNews.com
Best Use of Rich MediaHannibal.net,
The Hannibal (Mo.)
Courier-Posthttp://www.hannibal.net/twain/washingtonpost.com
CJOnline.com
For listings of previous years' winners, please visit
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/eppys/index.jsp.
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