The New York Times emerged as the big winner in the Online Journalism Awards, rewarded for general excellence and for outstanding use of digital technologies.

But the Online News Association awards also recognised the emergence of small start-ups that may be the shape of journalism to come.

The Seattle hyperlocal site, MyBallard, took the first community collaboration award and the NYC news site Gotham Gazette took the general excellence award for a micro site.

The increasing role of technology in journalism was recognised by a new award for technical innovation in digital Journalism, backed by the Gannett Foundation.

It went to Publish2, a two-year old startup that collaborative linking tools for journalists.

The full list of winners with comments by the judges is on the ONA website.

The 10th annual awards ceremony capped a stimulating and rewarding conference  in San Francisco.

Well done to the staff, directors, volunteers and journalism students who made it happen.