Yahoo also thinks the platform could help solve online journalism's revenue woes.

Wired News' Danger Room blog has won a prestigious award for online journalism.

Times Editor James Harding told Sky News that online journalism is not worthless.

Once the proverbial bad boy of online journalism, Gawker has migrated to the mainstream.

But his main message, about the centrality of online journalism, is bang on the money.

Xinhuanet is hardly a model for online journalism, though.

Exit the libertarian bad boys of online journalism.

Penenberg also said his online exposés score points for online journalism, which, throughout its short history, has drawn criticism.

The Irish Times website, ireland.com, has been shortlisted in four categories in the 2001 NetMedia European online journalism awards.

Last Wednesday, in response to new media clamoring about the exclusion, the board created a committee to study online journalism's Pulitzer worthiness.

The Guardian did journalism a decent service this week, especially contemporary online journalism that is overly enthralled by reader reaction and input.

But Paul Bradshaw, a reader in online journalism at Birmingham City University, thinks the lack of vituperation about Facebook has different reasons.

Time Warner is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Vice Media, the company that combines punk culture with online journalism.

She was accused during her first trial of running a BBC Persian online journalism course and seeking a "soft overthrow" of Iran.

She characterized the move as a first step toward recognizing online journalism, and observed of the medium: It's a kind of wild and woolly world.

Other category winners of Online Journalism Awards include The Denver Post, USA Today and the Associated Press.