Congratulations to Military Times

Military Times Web site wins journalism award

Staff report
Posted : Monday Oct 5, 2009 16:40:10 EDT

MilitaryTimes.com has been honored for its service to the far-flung military community.

The Web site won “Best Large Specialty Site,” one of the 2009 Online Journalism Awards given Sunday by the Online News Association during its conference in San Francisco.

M. Scott Mahaskey, Military Times’ managing editor for interactive and visual coverage, accepted the award.

The organization of online journalists and academics, founded in 1999, praised MilitaryTimes.com for both its content and design.

“This site is cleanly designed and easy to navigate. It has a unique challenge in that it does serve a community, but not one with a geographic centre — the type of challenge for which the Internet is perfect,” the organization wrote. “This is a virtual meeting place for people in the military, where they can catch up on news of professional and personal interest, exchange stories and advice, and honor their colleagues and their service.”

The awards are administered by the Online News Association, in partnership with the University of Miami’s School of Communication, and are funded in part by the Gannett Foundation. Gannett Corp. is the parent company of Military Times.

MilitaryTimes.com is part of the Military Times family of Web sites, which includes AirForceTimes.com, ArmyTimes.com, MarineCorpsTimes.com and NavyTimes.com.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/military_times_online_award_100509w/