Truthdig Wins 3 Journalism Awards

Thanks to the L.A. Press Club for acknowledging the excellent work of our writers with three Southern California Journalism Awards. Congratulations to Chris Hedges, who won Online Journalist of the Year and Best Online Column, and Scott Ritter, who took home an award for Best Online Feature. Continue reading for the full list of 12 Truthdig finalists and links to the winning and nominated articles.

Winners:

• Online Journalist of the Year—Chris Hedges
• Online News Story, Feature, Series or Package—Scott Ritter, “Dinner With Ahmed”
• Online Column/Commentary/Criticism—Chris Hedges, “Party to Murder”

Finalists (excluding the three winners):

Online Journalist of the Year

• Scott Ritter
• Robert Scheer

Political Coverage, Print/Online

• Bill Boyarsky, On the Campaign Trail

News Story, Feature, Series or Package

• Chris Hedges, “The Best and the Brightest Led America Off a Cliff”
• Chris Hedges, “Starving for Change”
• Wellford Wilms, “Liberating the Schoolhouse”

Online Column/Commentary/Criticism

• Bill Boyarsky, “The End of an Institution”
• Chalmers Johnson, “Managed Democracy”

Blogging

• Bill Boyarsky, On the Campaign Trail