Previous Award Categories

Since the inception of the Online Journalism Awards, the program team has consistently re-evaluated the category structure. Below are categories from previous award years that are no longer in the current slate of awards:

• Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism
• Best Student Web Site
• Community Collaboration
• Creative Use of the Medium
• Enterprise Journalism
• Gannett Foundation Award for Innovative Investigative Journalism
• Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism
• Gannett Foundation Award for Watchdog Journalism
• Innovative Presentation of Information
• Multimedia Feature Presentation
• News and Online Commentary, Student
• Non-English Projects
• Online Beat Reporting
• Outstanding Informational Graphic or Data Visualization, Professional
• Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies
• Outstanding Use of Emerging Platforms
• Outstanding Use of Multiple Media
• Planned News/Events
• Pro-Am Student Award
• Service Journalism
• Specialty Site Journalism
• The David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award
• Topical Reporting
• Topical Reporting: Olympics and Paralympics Coverage
• Topical Reporting: Pandemic Coverage