Guardian’ Scoops Up Two Online Journalism Awards For NSA Coverage
By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:13 EDT
Britain’s The Guardian scooped up two awards for online journalism on Saturday for its coverage of the National Security Agency (NSA) leaks from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
The Guardian’s exposure of the electronic surveillance by the US spy agency was honored in the categories of innovative investigative journalism and watchdog journalism at the annual awards banquet here of the Online News Association (ONA).
Other online journalism award winners on Saturday included The New York Times and The Boston Globe, which both picked up multiple awards.
NYTimes.com was singled out for general excellence in online journalism, and the newspaper also picked up an award for feature reporting for a stunning multi-media presentation called Snow Fall about a deadly avalanche.
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