On May 1, the 2007 Webby Award Winners were announced. Of course, some news sites are among the winners.
BBC News won both the Webby and People’s Voice awards for “News.” Under “Newspaper,” Guardian Unlimited took the Webby and NYTimes.com took the People’s Voice. BBC Radio 1 won the Webby for “Radio,” while NPR took the People’s Voice in that category. NPR also won both “Podcast” awards.
Two news org sites won in the “Financial Services” category: The Wall Street Journal Online (Webby Award) and CNNMoney.com (People’s Voice award). Under “Magazine,” Salon won the People’s Voice and the Webby went to Mediastorm — a particularly intriguing site that blends photo/video journalism and artistic efforts like the short film The Party.
CNET.com won People’s Voice for “Guides/Ratings/Reviews.” WNYC’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly won the Webby for “Religion and Spirituality.” And Al Gore’s Current TV won the Webby for “Television.”
Not surprisingly, my favorite news site — The Onion — took both awards under “Humor.” (By the way, the Onion News Network now offers a video podcast.)
Another site many journalists use, FactCheck.org from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, won the People’s Voice award in the “Government” category — as well as the People’s Voice award under “Politics.”
Congrats to those winners! It’s worth checking out all the winners and nominees in order to spark new ideas for what news sites can do — or how they can partner more effectively with other kinds of sites.
(UPDATE MAY 4: I neglected to mention that Yahoo’s Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone won the Webby in the the “News, Documentary, and Public Service” category for online film.)
