The 13th annual EPpy awards were held in Las Vegas this week at the Rio Conference Center. The EPpy’s honor the best media-company web sites. The awards ceremony luncheon was sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and presented at the Editor and Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media Conference. The EPpy’s pay homage to media and journalism web sites that are innovating, interactive and going above and beyond other web sites in their respective fields. The EPpy’s winners are picked by 50 judges who are all well respected within their own fields. The awards are especially prestigious because the winners are chosen by the entrants peers. With over 30 different categories to compete in, there was a broad spectrum of journalistic professionals on hand at the Rio. One of the top winners at the ceremony was The New York Times, they snagged 3 of the prestigious EPpy’s. Below is a full list of the finalists and the winners at the 2008 EPpy’s.
Best Business Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: BusinessWeek.com
BNET
The Wall Street Journal Online
Best Classified Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: NWjobs.com
The Boston Globe
NWautos.com
HeraldNet.com
Best Classified Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Cars.com
Newsday.com
NYTimes.com/RealEstate
Post-gazette.com
Best College Newspaper Web Site
Winner: The Daily Reveille, at www.lsureveille.com
ASU Web Devil
Idsnews.com
Best Community Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: The Denver Post
The Enquirer & Cincinnati.Com
The Press-Enterprise/PE.com
The Enquirer & NKY.com
Best Community Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: msnbc.com
Beliefnet Community
TV Guide Online
Best Entertainment Blog
Winner: Pop Candy, USATODAY.com
Copious Notes, a blog of Kentucky.com and LexGo.com
HandStamp, chron.com/Houston Chronicle
Kristin2Go, chron.com/Houston Chronicle
Stuck in the ’80s, tampabay.com
Best Entertainment Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Indy.com, Indianapolis Star Media Group
LexGo.com
Metromix.com
OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee’s daily magazine
Vita.mn
Best Entertainment Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: PEOPLE.com
Azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
EW.com
Best Local Radio-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: iCat fm, icatfm.cat, Catalunya Radio
SignOnRadio.com
MyNorthwest.Com
Mpr.org
Best National Magazine-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: Thisoldhouse.com
Kiplinger.com
Newsweek.com
The New Yorker — NewYorker.com
SI.com
Best Network or Syndicated Radio-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: American RadioWorks from American Public Media
CBCNews.ca, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Best News Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: LJWorld.com
3cat24.cat
HeraldTribune.com
Las Vegas Sun
Naplesnews.com
Best News Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: NYTimes.com
BBC News website
CBCNews.ca, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
msnbc.com
Slate Magazine
Best News/Politics Blog
Winner: The Swamp, www.chicagotribune.com
Adam Radwanski, globeandmail.com
CNN Political Ticker, cnnpolitics.com
PoliticsWest.com, www.politicswest.com
Stumper, Newsweek.com
Best Overall Design of a Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Metromix.com
The Enquirer & Cincinnati.Com
KnoxNews.com
Las Vegas Sun
Observer.com
Best Overall Design of a Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Detnews.com, The Detroit News
PlayhouseDisney.com
Thisoldhouse.com
Washingtonpost.com
Best Overall Local TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: KING5.com
Fox News Chicago
Wibw.com
WRAL.com
Best Overall Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: CBSNews.com
CNN.com
Discovery.com
ESPN.com
Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Las Vegas Sun
APP.com, Asbury Park Press
GazetteXtra.com
Knoxnews.com
NWHerald.com
Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: NYTimes.com
Newsday.com
The Wall Street Journal Online
USA TODAY
Washingtonpost.com
Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: VisionMonday.com
7×7SF.com
ExploreSteamboat.com, Steamboat Pilot & Today
Best Spanish-Language Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site
Winner: ELPAÍS.com
Aldiatx.com, El Portal de Noticias del Norte de Texas
Elcomercio.com.pe, El Comercio Perú
Best Special Feature in a Web Site — Enterprise, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Diabetes: The Invisible Epidemic, PalmBeachPost.com
Coincidence or Cluster: The McCullom Lake Brain Cancer Lawsuits, The Northwest Herald
HeraldTribune.com Broken Trust, HeraldTribune.com
Indy 911 Calls, Indianapolis Star Media Group
Teachers and Sex, www.eastvalleytribune.com
Best Special Feature in a Web Site — Enterprise, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Katrina Recovery Coverage, The Associated Press
“Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then,” NYTimes.com
Discovery Earth Live, Discovery.com
E-Ticket: Ray of Hope, ESPN.com
Voices of the Fallen, Newsweek.com
Best Special Feature in a Web Site — News or Event, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: Oklahoma Centennial, NewsOK.com
Arizona Daily Star’s iWait
CaptureCincinnati.com, The Enquirer & Cincinnati.Com
Best Special Feature in a Web Site — News or Event, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: 13 Seconds in August, StarTribune.com
Prison Suicide Crisis, Boston.com
Virginia Tech Shootings Coverage, The Associated Press
Best Sports Blog
Winner: The FanHouse, AOL Sports
Brewers Blog, JSOnline.com
ChicagoSports, The Rosenblog
The Memphis Edge, Commercialappeal.com
Best Sports Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: GoVolsXtra
Arkansassports360.com
CommunitySportsDesk,kenoshanews.com
Varsity845.com, Hudson Valley Media Group
Best Sports Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: USATODAY.com
BOSTON.COM: SPORTS
CBSSports.com
ESPN.com
Detnews.com
Best Use of Video in a Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: CBC Digital Archives Web site - Les archives de Radio-Canada
Cape Cod Online/Cape Cod Times
Northwest Herald
Studio 55 – naplesnews.com
TV3minuts
Best Use of Video in a Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitors
Winner: TV Guide Online
Newsday.com
Slate V
The Boy in the Moon, globeandmail.com
Best Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site
The Santa Barbara (Calif.) Independent, independent.com
The Brooklyn Paper, brooklynpaper.com
Wicked Local Somerville, GateHouse Media New EnglandBest Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site
Winner:
Knight News Innovation Award
Winner: CNN.com
Coincidence or Cluster: The McCullom Lake Brain Cancer Lawsuits, The Northwest Herald
The Match, Newsday.com
PolitiFact.com from St. Petersburg Times/CQ