Congratulations to all the winners and finalists in the Online Journalism Awards. The General Excellence Awards went to BBC News, The Globe and Mail, Voice of San Diego, NJ Spotlight, OWNI and La Nacion in their  respective categories. The UBC Graduate School of Journalism was a runner-up in the Online Video Journalism (small site category). Here is the full list of winners: Knight Award for Public Service Barnegat Bay Under Stress –

The finalists in the 2011 Online Journalism Awards bring together an impressive range of digital media from around the world. In a year marked by momentous events such as the Arab Spring and distressing disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the list includes heavyweights such as the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and BBC News. Al Jazeera is also up for two awards, as are a host

Major US news organisations dominated the Online Journalism Awards. MSNBC.com took the award for General Excellence in Online Journalism, while CNN.com’s Haiti Earthquake coverage won for breaking news. NPR was recognised for its innovative approach, taking the Gannett Foundation Award for Technical Innovation in the Service of Digital Journalism for its API and for Outstanding Use of Emerging Platforms for its mobile applications. Here’s the full list of winners recognised at the Online

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

The list of finalists for the Online Journalism Awards is out. As usual, it is dominated by US entries. One notable exception is Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper, nominated for its Talking to the Taliban special in the investigative and multimedia categories . Also interesting to note that the Huffington Post and Politico are one of the finalists in the General Excellence, Large Site, category, up against the likes of