Meet our 2023 EPPY Award winners

Best Magazine Website with 1 million or more unique visitors

Consumer Reports is committed to fighting for fairness in the marketplace. Our dedicated team of journalists, designers, advocates, and video and social media producers works tirelessly to expose the truth and inform people’s decisions. We are thrilled to deliver an experience that customers value and trust.”

Lauren Stanich, senior vice president and chief membership officer at Consumer Reports

2023 Eppy Judges

Christian Hendricks, managing partner, Extol Digital / president, Local Media Consortium (lead judge)
Aaron Kotarek, sr. vice president, Audience & Operations, Oahu Publications, Inc.
Buzz Keough, executive director, The Press of Atlantic City
Christine Hendricks, executive director, Local Media Consortium
Christine Mckenna, assistant professor, CUNY
David Knight, chief revenue officer, Advance Ohio
Devlyn Brooks, publisher, Forum Communications
Eva Coleman, director, NABJ Region III
Fran Wills, chief executive officer, Local Media Consortium
Fraser Van Asch, associate partner, Extol Digital
James Green, CEO, Okanjo
Julia Campbell, general manager, Branded Content Project
Ken Riddik, media consultant
Khalilah Liptrot, senior vice president, Corporate Affairs and Content, Edelman
Kirk Dougal, publisher, Hometown Media Group FL
Laura McAdoo, creative director, Seattle Times
Lee Wolverton, senior manager, Orion Strategies
Linda Corcoran, metro editor, Boston Globe
Lori Nichols, partner, Extol Digital
Margaret McKenzie, managing editor, Conway Daily Sun
Mark Zusman, editor/publisher, Willamette Weekly
Michael Martoccia, director of digital, Adams Newspapers
Mike Drescher, vice president, Paul Delima Co., Inc.
Mike Orren, founder, News Oasis
Mike Shapiro, CEO, TapInto
Pam Fine, media consultant
Patrick Talamantes,CEO, Talamantes Strategies
Peter Lamb, owner, Lamb Consulting
Robin Davis, senior vice president, Strategy Planning & Development, E.W. Scripps Co.
Seth Effron, opinion editor, Capitol Broadcasting
Sumorwuo Zaza, CEO and co-founder, Nicklpass
Tobias Bennett, vice president, Revenue & Partnerships, Local Media Consortium
Todd Handy, CRO, SEBPO

E&P announced the winners of the 28th annual EPPY Awards on Nov. 4 at EditorandPublisher.com.

This year’s EPPY Awards received more than 400 entries. Winners were selected from an international list of nominations to honor the best in digital media across more than 40 diverse categories. Entries came from media companies large and small worldwide, including local news publishing, broadcast networks, cable news and sports networks, pure-play international websites and niche content publishers. There were additional categories celebrating excellence in college and university journalism. The categories were separated into websites with more than 1 million monthly unique visitors and those that receive fewer than 1 million. Winners must receive a score in the top one-third of the average score across all categories within their division. As a result, there may be no winner in categories not reaching this threshold.

A big thank you goes out to our EPPY judges this year. Our panel of 33 judges comprises media leaders in website design, marketing and advertising, editorial, technology, education, media management and consulting.

For a complete list of winners and finalists, visit EPPYAwards.com.

WEBSITE CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Best Daily Newspaper Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
The Boston Globe for BostonGlobe.com

The Brazilian Report won three EPPYs — Best Online-Only News Website with fewer than 1 million unique visitors, Best Home Page Design with fewer than 1 million unique visitors, and Best Overall Website Design with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. The Brazilian Report team is shown (l to r): Amanda Audi, Caroline Coutinho, Fabiane Ziolla Menezas, Cedê Silva, Ignacio Portes, Lauran Quinn, Gustavo Ribeiro, André Felipe Chiavassa, Euan Marshall, Ana Ferraz and Lucas Berti. (Photo provided)

Best Weekly or Non-daily Newspaper Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
La Notica for LaNotica.com

Best Black newspaper website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Defender Network for DefenderNetwork.com

Best Hispanic newspaper website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
La Noticia for LaNoticia.com

Best Magazine Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
Consumer Reports for Showcasing the Digital Platform for Consumer Reports

Best Magazine Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
CARE News

GrowthSpotter won the EPPY for the Best Business/Finance Website with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. GrowthSpotter Reporter Dustin Wyatt and Editor Laura Kinsler cover all real estate and development segments across Central Florida. The website, a premium product of The Orlando Sentinel, has grown its subscriber base by 20% this year. GrowthSpotter’s editor, Laura Kinsler, said, “For GrowthSpotter to take home its fifth EPPY award demonstrates our continued commitment to excellence that started with the launch in 2015 and has never wavered. Orlando is one of the nation's most dynamic real estate markets, and we are beyond proud to be recognized for our work.” (Photo provided)

Best Sports News Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
The Boston Globe for Boston Globe Sports

Best Online-only News (1 million or more unique visitors)
CalMatters for CalMatters.com

Best Online-only News (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
The Brazilian Report

Best Local Radio News Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
WHYY News

Best Business/Finance Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
McKinsey for McKinsey Global Publishing

Reform Austin News won the EPPY for Best Mobile News App with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. Nick Anderson, Reform Austin’s managing editor, and Jovanka Palacios, Reform Austin journalist, created the app for Reform Austin News. Reform Austin’s Managing Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist Nick Anderson said, “I’m very proud of our team. We are very small, but I think we punch above our weight. It’s great to get this recognition from E&P.” (Photos provided)

Best Business/Finance Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
GrowthSpotter

Best Entertainment/Cultural News Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
OnMilwaukee for OnMilwaukee.com

Best Mobile News App (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Reform Austin News for Reform Austin App

CONTENT CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature (1 million or more unique visitors)
Caitlin McGlade, Sahana Jayaraman and Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com for “The Bitter End”

The OCCRP won the EPPY for Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. The image shows the OCCRP partners who worked on The Rotenberg Files project. (Image provided)

Best Investigative / Enterprise Feature (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for “Deforestation Inc.”

Best Collaborative Investigative / Enterprise Reporting (1 million or more unique visitors)
ProPublica and NBC News Digital for “Overpolicing Parents”

Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project for “The Rotenberg Files”

The Tennessean won the EPPY for the Best Use of Data/Infographics with 1 million or more unique visitors for “Uneven Ground: Exceptional Black farmers and their fight to flourish in the South.” Reporters, photographers and designers spent months visiting farms across the South, researching the Department of Agriculture’s history of discrimination, shooting beautiful photography, and designing an interactive timeline. The team is incredibly grateful to the farmers who shared all they have achieved despite the decades of discrimination they have faced. In the photo, Lamont Bridgeforth refuels equipment during the cotton defoliation process. Cotton represents about 30% of what the Bridgeforths grow on their row crop farm in North Alabama. (Photo by George Walker IV / The Tennessean)

Best News or Event Feature (1 million or more unique visitors)
NBC News Digital for “Boiling Point: A City’s Fight for Clean Water”

Best Business Reporting (1 million or more unique visitors)
The Boston Globe for “Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work”

Best Business Reporting (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Allison DeAngelis, STAT and Ryan Cross, The Boston Globe for ‘The inside story of how data integrity issues rolled a biotech seen as “Moderna 2.0”’

Best Business/Finance Blog (1 million or more unique visitors)
Andrew Ford, The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com for “Blood and Money”

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ASU’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism won two EPPY awards — Best Investigative/Enterprise Video for fewer than 1 million unique visitors and Best Community Service Project/Reporting for fewer than 1 million unique visitors — for “In the Sheriff We Trust.” The project was a co-production of the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom, and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, a student newsroom at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. (Photo courtesy of AZCIR)

Best News/Political Blog (1 million or more unique visitors)
Raw Story for “Raw Story”

Best News/Political Blog (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Honolulu Civil Beat for “The Sunshine Blog”

Best Use of Data/Infographics (1 million or more unique visitors)
The Tennessean for “Uneven Ground: Exceptional Black farmers and their fight to flourish in the South”

Best use of data/infographics (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Grist, The Bitter Southerner, Economic Hardship Reporting Project for “Washed Away: How disaster relief leaves Kentucky’s landslide victims behind”

The graduate student reporters and staff of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism who reported and produced “In the Sheriff We Trust” are, from left to right, Anisa Shabir, Albert Serna Jr., Professor Lauren Mucciolo, Professor Maud Beelman, Adrienne Washington, TJ L’Heureux, and Professor Mark Greenblatt.” Laura Mucciolo, executive producer for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, said, “Our collaboration with the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting was a unique, full-circle moment for ASU’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, as it brought together current Howard Center students with recent graduates of the program who were now reporting in the professional world.” (Photo by Mark Greenblatt)

Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing (1 million or more unique visitors)
USA TODAY Graphics for “Life became suffering. Illustrated stories from the siege of Mariupol.”

Best Use of Social Media/Crowd Sourcing (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Religion Unplugged for “Faint Signs of Faith”

Best Innovation Project on a Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
CNN as Equals for “Maternal mental health: Nine women and the challenges they faced during ‘the happiest time of their lives’”

Best Innovation Project on a Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Mexicanos contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad for “Endless murders of women”

Best Community Service Project/Reporting (1 million or more unique visitors)
USA TODAY Graphics for USA TODAY Graphics health guides

Best Community Service Project/Reporting (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism for “In the Sheriff We Trust”

Bloomberg News won an EPPY for Best Podcast with 1 million or more unique visitors for “In Trust.” (Photo provided)

Best News or Event Feature video (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Retro Report and WORLD for “Extremism in America”

Best Investigative/Enterprise Video (1 million or more unique visitors)
NBC News NOW for “Shackles and solitary: Louisiana juvenile facilities”

Best Investigative/Enterprise Video (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism for “In the Sheriff We Trust”

Best Sports Video (1 million or more unique visitors)
CNN Sports for “The fight for motherhood in the world of soccer”

Bloomberg's Rachel Adams-Heard reporting the “In Trust” podcast in Osage County, Oklahoma. (Photo provided)

Best Podcast (1 million or more unique visitors)
Bloomberg News for “In Trust”

Best Podcast (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
The Podcast Team, MIT Technology Review for “You want a job? The AI will see you now”

Best Photojournalism on a Website (1 million or more unique visitors)
The Boston Globe for “How a hard-working, middle-class family spiraled into homelessness”

Best Photojournalism on a Website (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Religion Unplugged: Garry Lotulung for “Digging Up the Dead in Indonesia”

Best Editorial/Political Cartoon (1 million or more unique visitors)
Ward Sutton, Cartoonist and Illustrator, The Boston Globe

Best Editorial/Political Cartoon (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
Dennis Draughon, Capitol Broadcasting Co., Inc.

Dennis Draughon won the EPPY for Best Editorial/Political Cartoon with fewer than 1 million unique visitors. Draughon is the editorial cartoonist for Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. (Photo provided)

Best Incorporation of Sponsored/Branded Content (1 million or more unique visitors)
NBCUniversal News Group for “NBC News x MSC Cruises: Coral Reefs”

Best Overall Website Design (1 million or more unique visitors)
LasVegasWeekly.com for “Las Vegas Weekly — The locals’ guide to Vegas”

Best Overall Website Design (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
The Brazilian Report for Brazilian.Report

Best Home Page Design (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
The Brazilian Report for The Brazilian Report

Best Website Navigation Design (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
ReligionUnplugged for ReligionUnplugged.com

This editorial cartoon about the Medicaid gap for North Carolinians was one of the cartoons Draughon submitted for his EPPY win. About his 2023 win, Draughon said, “2019, 2021, and now 2023! Wow, the third time’s the charm!” (Photo provided)

Best redesign/relaunch (fewer than 1 million unique visitors)
STAT for STAT.com

Best Promotional/Marketing Campaign (1 million or more unique visitors)
Lee Enterprises for “Where Your Story Lives”

Best Cause Marketing/Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign (1 million or more unique visitors)
Lianhe Zaobao for “Same Same but Different”

COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY CATEGORY WINNERS AND FINALISTS

Best College/University Campus Website
Temple University Department of Journalism and PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com for Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications won three EPPY awards this year for their “America After Roe” reporting. The project won the EPPY awards for Best College/University Investigative/documentary, Best College/University-produced Community or Niche Website, and Best News Story on a College/University Website. “At a time when local journalism is suffering due to financial struggles and more, college programs like Carnegie-Knight News21 can and should step in to help fill the void,” said News21 Executive Editor Pauline Arrillaga. “Our 2023 fellows spent over seven months digging into the far-reaching impacts of the decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. Their work represents the highest standards of investigative, explanatory and multimedia journalism. We are honored to be recognized for these efforts.” (Image provided)

Best College/University-Produced Community or Niche Website
ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for “America After Roe”

Best Collaborative College/University & Professional Website
Gateway Journalism Review for “A citizens guide to a U.S. Supreme Court losing legitimacy”

Best News Story on a College/University Website
ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for “America After Roe”

Best Feature Story on a College/University Website
Florida International University for “Guilty until proven innocent: The wrongful conviction of Thomas Raynard James”

Best Video on a College/University Website
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications for "Never Stand Still”

Twenty-five student journalists from nine universities traveled to over two dozen cities in 14 states, as well as to Washington, D.C., and Monterrey, Mexico, to report on the aftermath of the reversal of Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Emmanuel Lozano)

Best Photojournalism on a College/University Website
Temple University Department of Journalism and PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com for “Philadelphia Neighborhoods: Life After Fleeing War”

Best College/University Investigative/Documentary
ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication for “America After Roe”

Best College/University Sports Section/Website
Cronkite News/Arizona State University for “Cronkite Sports”