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Best of USA TODAY – Newsroom Awards

Yesterday the newsroom did their annual “Best of USA TODAY” awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners:

• Best Online Community: Drive On
• Best Consumer Series: The Small Business Challenge
• Best Database (Tie):  Under the Radar and Hospital Deaths Database
• Best Explanatory Journalism:  24 Hours in the ER
• Best Graphics and Interactives (Tie): Fall TV and Coaches Contracts
• Great Reads (Tie): A Soldier’s Grim Suicide and Page 3.0
• Best Investigation (Tie): Four Stars for Hire and Trouble on The Tray 
• Best Major News Event Coverage: Death of Michael Jackson
• Best National Trend Coverage: Sharon Jayson for her series on the “millennial” generation
• Best Opinion and Commentary: George Hager for his body of work
• Best Photo Work:  Inauguration Photo Galleries
• Best Scoop:  Joan Biskupic for her interview with Justice Ruth Ginsburg
• Best Special Section: Muhammad Ali
• Best Video:  America’s Journey, Inauguration Day
• Best Watchdog Journalism: Credit Trap
• Unsung Hero of the Year:  Edie Adam and Bob Barbrow
• Staffer of the Year:  Chuck Rose