Journalism: August 2006 Archives

Online Journalism Awards

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The Online News Association (ONA) has announced the finalists for the 2006 Online Journalism Awards. The awards will be given on October 7th at the 2006 ONA Conference held at the Capital Hilton in Washington D.C..

The Online Journalism Awards are "a comprehensive set of journalism prizes honoring excellence in English-language Web journalism."

Famed Photo Journalist Dies

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Joe Rosenthal, famed photo journalist and Pulitzer Prize award winner, died over the weekend. Rosenthal is best known for his moving WWII photo of U.S. Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima - the same photo for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1945.

For further details about Rosenthal's life and works, see the San Francisco Chronicle article.