2020 Page One Awards in Online Journalism

MNSPJ congratulates all the winners recognized Tuesday night at the annual Page One Awards! Here’s a list of winners for excellence in online journalism.

5A. Best Website [Online]	First Place	Staff		MPR News	mprnews.org	In a field with several examples of thinking outside of some of the stuffier ruts of online news design, mprnews.org presented the cleanest, clearest and most robust website experience.
	Second Place	Andrew Corey	Putz Anderson	MinnPost
	Third Place	Staff		Star Tribune
5B. Best Single News Story [Online]	First Place	Mukhtar	Ibrahim	Sahan Journal	‘Monster in our community’: East African youth break the silence over addiction	A moving, well-sourced story that puts multiple, local faces on important issue to this community
	Second Place	Erin	Hinrichs	MinnPost	Video attacking equity efforts inflames racial controversy in Eastern Carver Co. Schools
	Third Place	Mukhtar	Ibrahim	Sahan Journal	A northwestern Minnesota county removed a Somali mother’s kids. Somalis want to know why.
5C. Best Continuing Coverage [Online]	First Place	Staff		Star Tribune	This is Jayme Closs! Call 911!’	This work conveys beautifully a community’s shock and joy at Closs escaping alive, and how it happened. It appropriately respects and reflects the community’s desire to protect her. And what terrific reporting to get the job application her captor filed the day she escaped.
	Second Place	Jessica	Lee	MinnPost	Housing issues: continuing coverage
	Third Place	Staff		Star Tribune	Cedar High Apartments fire
5D. Best Single Feature Story/Package [Online]	First Place	Rick Anna	Nelson Boone	Star Tribune	A restaurant revolution	This is great, innovative storytelling that relies on the platform (online presentation) to guide the reader. It’s a visually pleasing, clean design that combines photos, text, bulleted information, mugshots, graphics, and pull quotes – but it’s not cluttered. This is a comprehensively reported and beautifully displayed story.

	Second Place	Anna Aaron	Boone Lavinsky	Star Tribune	12 hours with “Live From Here”
	Third Place	Peter Tom Hugh Corey	Callaghan Nehill Bennewitz Anderson	MinnPost	A power map of Gov. of Tim Walz’ top staff

5E. Best Single Sports Story/Package [Online]	First Place	Staff		Star Tribune	An epic canoe journey	The entire series was phenomenal–I found myself wanting more as I continued and finished reading all three pieces submitted. The vivid imagery kept me engaged the entire time.
	Second Place	Staff		Star Tribune	Road to Minneapolis
	Third Place	Chris	Tomasson	St. Paul Pioneer Press	Vikings legend Fred Cox dies at 80: ‘Nobody’s going to live more than I did,’ he had said
5F. Best Use of Multimedia [Online]	First Place	Anna Boone Chris Serres	Richard Tsong-Taatarii Glenn Howatt	Star Tribune	Chaotic Care: Two families plead for help. It never comes.	Fantastically good photography and stories that will break your heart. This is one story in a group of seven that share reporters, photographers, and a cross-story, visually arresting design that helps draw the reader in (though it also loads inconsistently and too often the photos are blocked by text). A huge project well executed, and complete with background information, graphics (not too many) and the amazing photos.

	Second Place	Tim Evan Simone Jiwon	Nelson Frost Cazares Choi	MPR News	Jingle Dress tradition

	Third Place	Cecilia Michaelangelo Andrea	Johnson Matos Swensson	Minnesota Public Radio / The Current	The Current Rewind: The Peters Brothers’ anti-rock crusade
5G. Best social media account – Individual [Online]	First Place	Jason	DeRusha	WCCO-TV	@DeRushaJ	Jason DeRusha uses social media to inform and engage thousands of followers on myriad topics. Jason’s conversations with followers set him apart in this category. Great use of the medium to strengthen rapport with the public.
	Second Place	Frederick	Melo	St. Paul Pioneer Press	@FrederickMelo
	Third Place	Jessica	Lee	MinnPost	@byjlee
5H. Best social media account – Institutional [Online]	First Place	Staff		MPR News	MPR News Instagram	A wonderful Instagram follow, full of news and entertainment. Delivering information in myriad ways — videos, photo galleries, stories — takes full advantage of everything the medium has to offer. Fans of the page are more than willing to engage.
	Second Place	Staff		Star Tribune	Star Tribune Instagram account
	Third Place	Staff		WCCO-TV	WCCO-TV \| CBS Minnesota
5I. Best News Video [Online]	First Place	Renée	Jones Schneider	Star Tribune	Medicaid waiver process stresses parents already feeling pressure	This is actual reporting and storytelling with a video camera. Extra congratulations for visually telling story that is, in the end, about paperwork. Not easy.
5J. Best Newsroom Blog [Online]	First Place	Michael	Rand	Star Tribune	Randball	Nice variety of content on this sports blog, which is well written and timely. Good work!
	Second Place	Rick	Nelson	Star Tribune	Table Talk
	Third Place	Paul Nicole Bill Ron	Huttner Mitchell Enderson Trenda	MPR News	Updraft
5K. Best Independent News Blog [Online]	First Place	Susan	Perry	MinnPost	Second Opinion blog	Blogger Susan Perry finds intriguing topics dealing with health. Her blogs are interesting reads with information that the public should know.
	Second Place	Eric	Black	MinnPost	Eric Black Ink
	Third Place	Scott	Russell	Healing Minnesota Stories Blog (Minnesota Council of Churches)	News/Analysis Regarding Proposed Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline
5L. Best Info-graphic / Data Visualization [Online]	First Place	Chris Thomas	Miller Oide	Star Tribune	Bombas Away	Providing a “graphic look at the Twins’ record-setting 2019 home run barrage,” Bombas Away uses advanced coding to create a user-friendly interactive graphic that presents its data in the most interesting way possible. Readers can choose to view every home run hit during the 2019 season, or they can select a favorite player to see how they measured up. Bombas Away is a baseball lover’s dream and the perfect example of a newspaper using its online capabilities to their fullest potential.

	Second Place	Greta	Kaul	MinnPost	An illustrated guide to the signs of Minnesota spring
	Third Place	Eric	Roper	Star Tribune	Take a guided photo tour of Minneapolis in 1907
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		Jeff	Hargarten
		James	Lileks

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