Screeners sought for 2005 Online Journalism Awards

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California (publisher of OJR) and the Online News Association are recruiting screeners for the 2005 Online Journalism Awards.

USC and the ONA are looking for accomplished online journalists from a wide variety of backgrounds to do first-round judging in this year's awards. Screeners will rate and review entries, passing their collective recommendations along to the OJA jury, which will select the winners in late September. Online journalists interested in screening may apply on the ONA website.

The deadline to enter the contest is next Wednesday, July 20, at midnight Pacific Time. Online News Association members can enter the contest, which honors the best in English language online journalism worldwide, for as little as $25. The entry form, along with rules and category descriptions, is available online at https://www.journalistawards.org/submit/category.html.

The winners of the 2005 Online Journalism Awards will be announced at the 2005 Online News Association Annual Conference and Online Journalism Awards Banquet, Oct. 28-29 at the Hilton New York, in New York City.