National Journalism Awards - Web Category

Since 1953 the Scripps Howard Foundation has honored the best work in journalism through its National Journalism Awards program. The awards honor excellence in 17 categories, including one that you will find of interest. The Web Reporting Award carries a cash prize of $10,000. The postmark deadline is Jan. 31; winners will be announced March 7 and honored at an awards presentation April 18 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Here are details:

WEB REPORTING AWARD

Honors the news organization that demonstrates the best use of new media technologies and innovative techniques to report on a news story or news event while maintaining the highest journalistic standards.

Open to any news organization whose primary function is the gathering and disseminating of news information to the general public. The news story or event must have been originally published online in 2007. Also open to organizations that combine their traditional field with new media efforts or organizations that focus solely on online formats. No college news organization work is eligible.

Entries must provide a URL(s) for judges to view the news story or event. Entry must include a written narrative describing the organization’s efforts, a description of the news story or event and its components, original date published online, as well as justification of why the entry should be presented an award. $50 entry fee. Prize is $10,000 and a trophy. Entry form available at: http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation/programs/nja/nja.html Questions: Sue Porter at 513-977-3030.

This morning I woke up, checked my blackberry and saw an email from our President and CEO entitled Important Company Announcement I figured we bought a new company or something. Not so much…

This morning it was announced that the board of directors are pursuing a plan to separate the company into two publicly traded entities.

I am part of the newspaper division so we will now be grouped with Broadcast and classified as The E.W. Scripps Company while the networks and shopzilla, uswitch will be under a new company named Scripps Networks Interactive.

With any new change you always have initial concerns etc.. but I don’t really see this being a bad thing; and even if I did do you think I’d post it here?

The KnoxNews (one of our newspapers) has more on the Scripps company split

Yesterday I received an email about a contest that the NAA (Newspaper Association of America) is having. Their wanting teens to make a video on youtube of what they like about the newspaper whether it be print or online and for doing this they have a chance to win an iPhone.

I think doing viral video is great I especially like what Google did recently with their Gmail Collaborative Video. Before I give my 2 cents on this watch the video below from the NAA. Read more »

Another change in terms of how newspapers are evolving come with an announcement from the New York Times and their “Times Select.” Just after 2 years of running their premium service the NYTimes is shutting this part of their site down and opening access to all of their news and editorial columnists.

This comes to me as a big duh! When I think of the internet I think of the word FREE. Read more »