General Excellence, large sites (more than 500,000 unique visitors/month)
- BBC News Online
- CNN.com
- Wall Street Journal Online
- WashingtonPost.com
General Excellence, small sites (fewer than 500,000 unique visitors/month)
- Center for Public Integrity
- Congressional Quarterly
- PBS Frontline/World
- PBS P.O.V.
- Ventura (CA) County Star
Creative Use of the Medium, large sites
- "Haiti: The Eroding Nation," South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
- "Israel's Security Barrier," WashingtonPost.com
- "Laci Peterson coverage," CourtTV.com
- "Last Full Measure of Devotion," St. Petersburg Times
- "Tour de France," Agence France-Presse
Creative Use of the Medium, small sites
- Games, GothamGazette.com
- Greenland: Land of Ice and Snow, WBUR-FM, Boston
- P.O.V.'s Borders: Environment, PBS
- Projo.com's "Tribute to our Troops," Belo Interactive
Enterprise Journalism, large sites
- "Betrayal in the Ranks," DenverPost.com
- "Coaches Who Prey," SeattleTimes.com
- Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib, CBSNews.com
- "Runaway Priests," DallasNews.com, Belo Interactive
- "The Search for Eddie Peabody," HoustonChronicle.com
Enterprise Journalism, small sites
- "Booking and Bidding Sight Unseen," Consumer WebWatch
- "Frontline/World Fellows Program," PBS
- "Murder, Race, Justice: The State vs. Darryl Hunt," Winston Salem Journal
- "Silent Partners: How political non-profits work the system," Center for Public integrity
Breaking News, large sites
- "Coverage of the Capture of Saddam Hussein," NYTimes.com
- "Firestorm 2003," Sign on San Diego
- "The Capture of Saddam Hussein," WashingtonPost.com
Breaking News, small sites
- Accident at Disneyland, MousePlanet.com
- Murder coverage, Fresno Bee
- PE.com's Wildfire coverage, Belo Interactive
- "Serial Shootings," NBC4 Columbus
Online Commentary, large sites
- Ad Report Card by Seth Stevenson, Slate
- "Best of the Web Today," OpinionJournal.com
- Christopher Dickey's Shadowland, Newsweek
- Nicholas D. Kristof, NYTimes.com
- Terri Cullen, WSJ.com
- Words: Woe & Wonder, CBC News
Online Commentary, small sites
- Dan Gillmor's eJournal, Knight Ridder
- Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review
- Pressthink by Jay Rosen
Specialty Journalism, large sites
- "Canada Votes," CBC News
- MayoClinic.com
- "Movies.nytimes.com," NYTimes.com
- "Outdoors," LATimes.com
- "Super Bowl coverage," HoustonChronicle.com
Specialty Journalism, small sites
- CowboysPlus, Belo Interactive
- CQ Homeland Security, Congressional Quarterly
- WBUR Online Arts, WBUR-FM, Boston
Service Journalism, large sites
- "Adverse Drug Reaction Database," CBC News
- "Building Homes, Building Problems," OrlandoSentinel.com
- "Cell Phones," ConsumerReports.org
- "Online B-Schools Channel," BusinessWeek.com
Service Journalism, small sites
- PE.com's Epicenter, Belo Interactive
- Projo.com's The Station Fire, Belo Interactive
- "Toxic Treats," Orange County Register
Student Journalism
- Chiloe Stories, University of North Carolina
- Friendship Project, Ball State University
- Making it in L.A., University of Southern California
- Ten Years On, University of North Carolina
Best Student Web site
- NewsLink Indiana, Ball State University
- Web Devil, Arizona State University