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| Guardian wins two Online Journalism Awards for NSA Files reporting | Guardian wins two Online Journalism Awards for NSA Files reporting |
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| The Guardian has won two 2013 Online Journalism Awards. At a ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday night, the Guardian accepted the Gannett Foundation Award for Investigative Journalism and the Gannett Foundation Watchdog Journalism Award, both for its work on the issue of National Security Agency surveillance. | The Guardian has won two 2013 Online Journalism Awards. At a ceremony in Atlanta on Saturday night, the Guardian accepted the Gannett Foundation Award for Investigative Journalism and the Gannett Foundation Watchdog Journalism Award, both for its work on the issue of National Security Agency surveillance. |
| Now working in partnership with the New York Times and ProPublica, since June the Guardian has investigated and reported upon NSA files leaked to it by the former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. The investigation has expanded to the include the operations of GCHQ, the British government's surveillance centre. The three journalists who broke the story were Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill. | Now working in partnership with the New York Times and ProPublica, since June the Guardian has investigated and reported upon NSA files leaked to it by the former NSA analyst Edward Snowden. The investigation has expanded to the include the operations of GCHQ, the British government's surveillance centre. The three journalists who broke the story were Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill. |
| Joshua Hatch, chair of the Online Journalism Awards and senior editor for data and interactives at The Chronicle of Higher Education, said: "It was a story that couldn't be ignored and that's what watchdog is. When that story came out, people not only in the US but around the world stood up and took action. | |
| "The reaction speaks for itself. And it was done effectively online. They got the most important story of the year and they told it well. This was a combination of most important and told well. That's a tough combination to beat." | |
| Guardian US editor in chief Janine Gibson, who accepted the awards at the ceremony in Atlanta, said: "We're very proud to accept these awards from the ONA and the Gannett Foundation. It means a great deal to have the endorsement of our peers in the US media and we are thankful for their support. | Guardian US editor in chief Janine Gibson, who accepted the awards at the ceremony in Atlanta, said: "We're very proud to accept these awards from the ONA and the Gannett Foundation. It means a great deal to have the endorsement of our peers in the US media and we are thankful for their support. |
| "These awards are significant, not just to our team who have worked relentlessly for months on this story, but because they recognise the importance of difficult watchdog journalism in the public interest." | "These awards are significant, not just to our team who have worked relentlessly for months on this story, but because they recognise the importance of difficult watchdog journalism in the public interest." |
| The OJAs are awarded by the Online News Association, the world's largest association of digital journalists, working in partnership with the University of Miami's School of Communication. Other winners on Saturday night included the Boston Globe, which was honoured for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and other stories, the Texas Tribune and the New York Times. | The OJAs are awarded by the Online News Association, the world's largest association of digital journalists, working in partnership with the University of Miami's School of Communication. Other winners on Saturday night included the Boston Globe, which was honoured for its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and other stories, the Texas Tribune and the New York Times. |
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