By: E&P Staff The 2008 EPpy Awards ? one of the nation's most prized and long-running honors for online content ? were presented Thrusday during a gala luncheon sponsored by the Knight Foundation, during the Editor & Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show at the Rio in Las Vegas.
The New York Times emerged the biggest winner in this year?s competition, scoring three awards: Best Business Blog, for NYTimes.com/DealBook, as well as Best News Web site and Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site (both with more than one million unique monthly visitors) for NYTimes.com.
USA Today took home two wins, for Best Entertainment Blog (USAToday.com?s ?Pop Candy?) and Best Sports Web Site (with more than one million unique monthly visitors).
The Denver Post won for Best Community Web Site (with fewer than one million unique monthly visitors), while msnbc.com took home the same award for sites with more than one million uniques. Winning in the Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with less than one million unique monthly visitors was the Las Vegas Sun.
The Associated Press took the award for Best Special Feature in a Web Site ? Enterprise (with more than one million unique monthly visitors), for its coverage of the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
CNN.com accepted the Knight News Innovation EPpy, which is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The site received the award for finding new ways to gather and disseminate news and information, especially with its iReport initiative; iReport.com is the network?s first uncensored, unfiltered, unedited, user-generated online community.
The site was also hailed for creating tools for sharing and tagging video, for commenting on the user-generated content, and for viewing and rating videos across multiple categories.
"CNN shows creativity in using new technologies that allow it to combine the best individual contributions with professional reporting," Gary Kebbel, the Knight Foundation?s journalism program director, said in a statement.
"This recognition from Knight Foundation is really for CNN's viewers and users, who share their videos, photos, audio files and comments with us each day," said Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and senior executive producer of CNN.com. "CNN.com?s users and the iReport.com community are the real innovators, and we are honored to provide an online destination for them to engage with the news and each other in a meaningful way."
Links to all of the winners and finalists listed below can be found in the EPpy Award section of E&P Online.
The 2008 winners (and finalists) are:
Best Business BlogWinner: NYTimes.com/DealBook
MarketBeat (WSJ.com)
USA Today
Best Business Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: Kiplinger.com: The Business Resource Center
Arkansasbusiness.com
Euromoney Institutional Investor Online Network
Best Business Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: BusinessWeek.com
BNET
The Wall Street Journal Online
Best Classified Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: NWjobs.com
The Boston Globe
NWautos.com
HeraldNet.com
Best Classified Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: Cars.com
Newsday.com
NYTimes.com/RealEstate
Post-gazette.com
Best College Newspaper Web SiteWinner: The Daily Reveille, at www.lsureveille.com
ASU Web Devil
Idsnews.com
Best Community Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: msnbc.com
Beliefnet Community
TV Guide Online
Best Entertainment BlogWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: PEOPLE.com
Azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic
EW.com
Best Local Radio-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: iCat fm, icatfm.cat, Catalunya Radio
SignOnRadio.com
MyNorthwest.Com
Mpr.org
Best National Magazine-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: Thisoldhouse.com
Kiplinger.com
Newsweek.com
The New Yorker ? NewYorker.com
SI.com
Best Network or Syndicated Radio-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: American RadioWorks from American Public Media
CBCNews.ca, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Best News Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: LJWorld.com
3cat24.cat
HeraldTribune.com
Las Vegas Sun
Naplesnews.com
Best News Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: NYTimes.com
BBC News website
CBCNews.ca, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
msnbc.com
Slate Magazine
Best News/Politics BlogWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: Detnews.com, The Detroit News
PlayhouseDisney.com
Thisoldhouse.com
Washingtonpost.com
Best Overall Local TV/Cable-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: KING5.com
Fox News Chicago
Wibw.com
WRAL.com
Best Overall Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: CBSNews.com
CNN.com
Discovery.com
ESPN.com
Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: NYTimes.com
Newsday.com
The Wall Street Journal Online
USA TODAY
Washingtonpost.com
Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: VisionMonday.com
7x7SF.com
ExploreSteamboat.com, Steamboat Pilot & Today
Best Spanish-Language Newspaper-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: ELPA?S.com
Aldiatx.com, El Portal de Noticias del Norte de Texas
Elcomercio.com.pe, El Comercio Per?
Best Special Feature in a Web Site ? Enterprise, with fewer than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 13 Seconds in August, StarTribune.com
Prison Suicide Crisis, Boston.com
Virginia Tech Shootings Coverage, The Associated Press
Best Sports BlogWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: GoVolsXtra
Arkansassports360.com
CommunitySportsDesk,kenoshanews.com
Varsity845.com, Hudson Valley Media Group
Best Sports Web Site, with more than one million unique monthly visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: 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 visitorsWinner: TV Guide Online
Newsday.com
Slate V
The Boy in the Moon, globeandmail.com
Best Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web SiteWinner: The Santa Barbara (Calif.) Independent, independent.com
The Brooklyn Paper, brooklynpaper.com
Wicked Local Somerville, GateHouse Media New England
Knight News Innovation AwardWinner: 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
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