War and peace dominate the prizes
Note for editors
1. This is the fifth year of the European Online Awards.
2. The entries to the award competition and the voting process are audited by the ABCE, Audit Bureau of Circulation's electronic division. See the ABCE's Audit report on this year's awards.
3. The 2003 European Online Journalism Awards were organised in partnership with the European Journalism Centre, the European Federation of Journalists, the University of Pompeu Fabra, the Col.legi de Periodistes de Catalunya, the Grup de Periodistes Digitals and the Centre Internacional de Premsa de Barcelona.
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Barcelona, 3 July: War and peace and corporate corruption and greed were the two stand-out story themes in the shortlists for the 2003 European Online Journalism awards, and eight of the winning entries featured one of these themes.
For the second year running, journalists from BBC News Online have dominated the proceedings, winning eight of the 21 prizes on offer.
The most coveted prize, the Internet Journalist of the Year, went to Vincent Landon, science correspondent of Swiss Radio International for his contribution to "The malaria business, a remarkable investigation of a largely neglected story – the devastating impact of malaria on the health of children in developing countries.
Best Overall Journalism Service went to Lamalla.net, the news and current affairs portal for the Barcelona region.
Transitions Online, the Prague-based online news magazine which covers the post-communist region of Eastern and Central Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, won the Best Innovation in Online Journalism category.
The Best Use of Multimedia award went to two journalism students from the Danish School of Journalism, the first time student journalists have won any of the prizes.
Dr David Whitehouse, the BBC's science correspondent, winner of the Best News Story Broken on the Net category, has now won awards for four years running. The Outstanding contribution to online journalism in Europe award went to Mike Smartt, editor-in-chief of BBC News Interactive.
The total number of entries this year was 1014, up 22 percent on last year. Entries were received from journalists in 20 European countries. The competition was adjudicated by
118 judges from European media organisations and journalism schools in 20 countries.
The prizes were presented at the annual EOJ award ceremony today at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
The following prizes were presented at the award ceremony on Thursday 3 July 2003 at the Auditori De L’Àgora, in the the Jordi Rubió i Balaguer building, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
Best news story
Best news story broken on the net
Best feature story
Best investigative reporting
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Weapons of Mass Destruction special report
Stephen Fidler, Mark Huband, Farhan Bokhari, Jimmy Burns, Andrew Jack, James Kynge, Alexander Nicoll, Carola Hoyos, Andrew Ward, Judy Dempsey, Rhoula Khalaf, Guy Dinmore and Geoff Dyer (Reporters), Eoin Callan and Emma Jacobs (Production)
Company: FT.com
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Best news design and navigation
Best general news presentation
Best innovation in online journalism
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Transitions Online
Jeremy Druker (Director/ Editor in Chief), Eugen Babau-Iladi (Deputy Director), Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter (Managing Editor), Aleksandar Brajanoski (Internet Development Manager)
Company: Transitions Online
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Best use of multimedia
Best use of mobile connectivity
News weblog of the year
Science reporting
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The Malaria Business
Vincent Landon (science correspondent), Amy Clark, Kai Reusser (graphic designers) Ayar Ibrahim (webmaster)
Company: Swissinfo/Swiss Radio International
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Financial reporting
Business & economics reporting
Environment reporting
Music & entertainment reporting
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Piip-show
Sten Magne Klann and NRK Upunkt
Company: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sports reporting
Travel reporting
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Rutes per Catalunya
Anna Massa (Periodista), Loli Molero (Diseñadora), Anna Garcia (Idea original y producción)
Company: LaMalla.net
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Technology reporting
Outstanding contribution to online journalism in Europe
Best overall journalism service
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LaMalla.net
Sílvia Llombart, Joan Escofet, Jaume Pla, Sandra Sánchez, Loli Molero, Anna Massa, Marçal Lladó, Anna Garcia
Company: Lavinia
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Internet journalist of the year