Editor & Publisher Announces the 2013 EPPY Award Finalists

By: Editor & Publisher

After three weeks of in-depth and thorough judging, the E&P team, along with a prestigious panel of 78 judges, has voted and selected the 2013 EPPY^TM Award finalists.

Now in its 18th year, this international contest honors the best media-affiliated websites across 30 diverse categories. The awards also recognize excellence in college and university journalism in three different categories, including Best College Newspaper Website.

Each EPPY^TM entry is judged on its own merits within a particular category. Finalists must receive a score in the top one-third of the average score across all categories within their division (1 million and over unique monthly visitors and under 1 million unique monthly visitors). As a result, there may be no winner in categories not reaching this threshold.

EPPY^TM Award winners will be announced live on editorandpublisher.com, Oct. 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. EST.

Below is the complete list of EPPYTM Award finalists.

Best News Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Boston.com - The Boston Globe
•    CBSNews.com - CBS Interactive
•    CNET News - CBS Interactive
•    CNNMoney: The money news that matters most – CNN
•    FT.com - Financial Times
•    NewsOK.com - OPUBCO Communications Group / The Oklahoman
•    Newsweek.com Redesign by Huge - Huge


Best News Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Arkansas Online - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
•    Deseret News - Deseret Digital Media
•    KPCC Southern California Public Radio – KPCC
•    Thomson Reuters Foundation website - trust.org
•    Topeka Capital-Journal


Best Daily Newspaper Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    BostonGlobe.com - The Boston Globe
•    globeandmail.com - The Globe and Mail
•    MercuryNews.com - Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News
•    The Denver Post


Best Daily Newspaper Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Arkansas Online - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
•    GoSanAngelo.com - San Angelo Standard-Times
•    LJWorld.com - The World Company
•    The Edmonton Journal
•    The Press Democrat – The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)


Best Weekly or Non-Daily Newspaper Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    captimes.com - The Capital Times
•    MontereyCountyWeekly.com - Monterey County Weekly
•    PBN.com - Providence Business News
•    stlamerican.com - The St. Louis American Newspaper
•    The Santa Barbara Independent
•    Vineyard Gazette - Vineyard Gazette Media Co.


Best Business/Finance Website  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Boston.com Business - The Boston Globe
•    CNNMoney: The money news that matters most – CNN
•    FT.com – Financial Times


Best Business/Finance Website  with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Crain's Chicago Business
•    SiliconValley.com - Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News
•    VegasInc.com - Vegas Inc


Best Sports Website  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Boston.com Sports - The Boston Globe
•    BostonGlobe.com sports - The Boston Globe
•    ESPN.com
•    Newsday.com Sports – Newsday
•    Scott Novak - Sports Illustrated


Best Sports Website  with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Deseret News Sports - Deseret Digital Media
•    KUSports.com - The World Company
•    MSGVarsity.com - MSG Varsity


Best Spanish-Language Newspaper Website  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    LA NACION (Argentina) – S.A. LA NACION


Best Spanish-Language Newspaper Website  with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    La Raza Newspaper
•    Viva Colorado - The Denver Post


 Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature on a Website  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    CNN - Taken: The Coldest Case Ever Solved
•    CNN - The Undecided
•    ESPN.com - Daytona Dynasty
•    Financial Times - UK Austerity Audit
•    Global News/ Shaw Media - "Crude Awakening" Globalnews.ca
•    Las Vegas Sun - Grace Through Grief,  LasVegasSun.com
•    Lincoln Journal Star - T.O. Legend & Leader: An online tribute to a Husker icon
•    Sun Sentinel - Sex Predators Unleashed
•    The Boston Globe - Dreamtown Finder
•    The Denver Post - Failed To Death
•    The Kansas City Star - Beef's Raw Edges


Best Investigative/Enterprise Feature on a Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Boston Herald Radio - The Boston Herald
•    Burlington Free Press "The Storyteller and the Scam" - Burlington (Vt.) Free Press/Gannett Co.
•    DNAinfo.com - Chicago's "Murder in Chicago: The Human Toll"
•    Strong Vincent at Gettysburg - Times Publishing Company
•    The Sarasota Herald Tribune - The Herald Tribune Media Group


Best News or Event Feature on a Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Boston.com and BostonGlobe.com, digital coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing -The Boston Globe
•    CNN - CNNPolitics Election Coverage
•    CNN - Newtown School Shooting
•    ESPN.com - Out in the Great Alone
•    Las Vegas Sun - Grace Through Grief, LasVegasSun.com
•    NBC News – DreamDay
•    Newsday - Superstorm Sandy hits Long Island
•    OPUBCO Communications Group / The Oklahoman - Plaza Towers
•    The Denver Post - Aurora Theater Shooting
•    The Globe and Mail - The Summit Series


Best News or Event Feature on a Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Southern California Public Radio - KPCC's Bilingual Learning
•    The Edmonton Journal - A visualized history of the Edmonton Oilers
•    The Edmonton Journal - Steel Rail Dreams
•    The News-Sentinel - Flood of 1913
•    The Spokesman-Review  - Spokesman-Review Local Guides


Best Community Service on a Media-Affiliated Website  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Financial Times - The Financial Times Seasonal Appeal
•    Legacy.com - Connection, Comfort and Community After Loss
•    San Jose Mercury News/Bay Area News Group - Cost of Dying
•    The Boston Globe - 68 Blocks


Best Community Service on a Media-Affiliated Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Southern California Public Radio - KPCC's Fire Tracker
•    Temple University Dept. of Journalism - Philadelphia School Closings: A Special Report
•    Temple University Dept. of Journalism - Rise of the Tigers
•    The Edmonton Journal - Capital Ideas


Best Use of Social Media for News Services  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Gastropost  - Postmedia Network
•    Just A Pinch Recipes - American Hometown Media
•    TODAY.com Social Media Platform - NBC News Digital


Best Use of Social Media for News Services with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Temple University Dept. of Journalism - TU South Africa


Best Crowd Sourcing/Citizen Journalism with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    CNN - Teen Narrowly Escapes Death After Smoking Synthetic Marijuana
•    CNN - The 3rd Annual CNN iReport Awards
•    The Boston Globe - Crowd Sourcing the Boston Marathon Bombings


Best Mobile Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    ESPN.com
•    Financial Times
•    The Globe and Mail


Best Mobile Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    DeseretNews.com - Deseret Digital Media
•    KPCC  - Southern California Public Radio
•    OnlyAg.com reinvents agriculture marketplace - Capital Press


Best Mobile Application with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    AP Mobile  - Associated Press
•    ESPN.com - ESPN Fantasy Football application
•    STJobs  - Singapore Press Holdings Limited  
•    STProperty  - Singapore Press Holdings Limited
•    TODAY.com  - NBC News Digital


Best Mobile Application with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Athens Banner-Herald - Georgia Gameday
•    CBS Interactive - 60 Minutes
•    Crain's Chicago Business
•    GameTimePA - GameTimePA High School Football
•    La Presse+
•    Singapore Press Holdings Limited - STCars
•    Thomson Reuters - Reuters The Wider Image
•    York Daily Record - Gettysburg: 150 Facts about the 150th


Best News Video  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Chicago Tribune - Chicago Under the Gun: An Introduction
•    CNN - No longer dated: Prom finally integrated
•    The Boston Globe - Driven to the edge
•    The Boston Globe - Five Days in April
•    The Boston Globe - Marathon bomb explosions
•    The Boston Globe - The Bone Collector
•    The Denver Post - Gyorgy Vidacs returns to his burned home in the High Park Fire area
•    The Denver Post - Heroes of Aurora


Best News Video with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    The Day - Alice Acres fights back from financial ruin
•    The Day - Cicadas emerge in Connecticut
•    The Day - The Harvest: Sunflowers for Wishes
•    The Edmonton Journal - Capital Ex Rides and Fun


Best Sports Video  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    ESPN Films - Arnold's Blueprint
•    ESPN Films – Coach
•    ESPN Films – Cutthroat
•    ESPN Films - The Irrelevant Giant
•    ESPN.com - Compton Cricket Club
•    Newsday - Chris Weidman documentary
•    St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Upon Further Review with Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
•    The Boston Globe - The Day I Got The Call
•    The Denver Post - Trey's Team


Best Sports Video with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Naples Daily News - Building Dunk City: The Rise of the Eagles
•    Record Searchlight - Football previews
•    Temple University Dept. of Journalism - Rise of the Tigers
•    The Day - Tommie Major: Voice of the Whalers


Best Enterprise/Investigative Video  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News - Cost of Dying - Gayla's Goodbye
•    CNN - Opinion: The County Where No One's Gay
•    Newsday - The boxing project
•    NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune - Through tragedy, school became Valedictorian's anchor
•    The Denver Post - Heroin In Denver
•    The Denver Post - In Sickness and In Health: Cecil and Carl


Best Webcast  with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    ESPN.com - Grantland Live
•    The Providence Journal - Time Lapse blog


Best Webcast with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Cape Cod Times - CapeCast, the daily webcast of the Cape Cod Times
•    Crain's Chicago Business - Apps for Life
•    The Day Publishing Company - Saturday Morning Showdown
•    The Denver Post - The Press Box


Best Use of Photography on a Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Associated Press - Focus North Korea
•    CBC News - The Agony of Rob Ford
•    Chicago Tribune - Chicago Under the Gun
•    CNN - CNN Photos blog
•    ESPN.com - Unity with the Universe
•    Las Vegas Sun - Grace Through Grief, LasVegasSun.com
•    Newsday - Summer after Sandy
•    San Jose Mercury News/Bay Area News Group - Viewfinder blog
•    The Boston Globe - Big Picture
•    The Globe and Mail - Borderline: Chronicling a drug war from the deadly U.S.-Mexico frontier


Best Use of Photography on a Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Southern California Public Radio - KPCC's AudioVision
•    The Day - The visual tradition of theday.com


Best Home Page with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    CNN – Captured
•    globeandmail.com  - The Globe and Mail


Best Home Page with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    GoErie.com - Times Publishing Company
•    Providence Business News
•    UBM’s Future Cities - UBM DeusM


Best Overall Website Design with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Globalnews.ca responsive redesign - Global News/ Shaw Media
•    globeandmail.com  - The Globe and Mail
•    Just A Pinch Recipes  - American Hometown Media


Best Overall Website Design with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Albuquerque Journal
•    Glendale News-Press  - Times Community News
•    Providence Business News
•    Southern California Public Radio - KPCC's AudioVision Design
•    The Daily Astorian - Discover Our Coast showcases beauty, things to do
•    Thomson Reuters Foundation - trust.org


Best Redesign/Relaunch with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    AP Interactive - Associated Press  
•    Globalnews.ca responsive redesign  - Global News/ Shaw Media
•    STJobs  - Singapore Press Holdings Limited  
•    STProperty  - Singapore Press Holdings Limited
•    TODAY.com  - NBC News Digital


Best Redesign/Relaunch with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Bliss Communications - The Janesville Gazette
•    English Epoch Times - Epoch USA Inc.
•    Kiamedia.com  - Kia Motors America
•    LasVegasWeekly.com  - Las Vegas Weekly
•    Pica9, Inc.


Best Food Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Eatocracy -  CNN
•    Gastropost  - Postmedia Network
•    Just A Pinch Recipes  - American Hometown Media


Best Food Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Colorado Table - The Denver Post


Best Entertainment Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Boston.com AE - The Boston Globe
•    Tap Milwaukee -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
•    TV.com - CBS Interactive


Best Entertainment Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Oahu Publications Inc.
•    LasVegasWeekly.com - Las Vegas Weekly –
•    ok.com - Deseret Digital Media
•    The Sarasota Herald Tribune - The Herald Tribune Media Group


Best Travel Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    TravelandLeisure.com - American Express Publishing


Best Travel Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    The Daily Astorian - Discover Our Coast on any device


Best Classified Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Legacy.com - Bringing Obituaries to Life One Newspaper at a Time
•    STClassifieds - Singapore Press Holdings Limited
•    STJobs - Singapore Press Holdings Limited
•    STProperty - Singapore Press Holdings Limited


Best Classified Website with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    CareerCast.com - Adicio, Inc.


Best Online Advertising/Marketing Campaign with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Cox Media Group Ohio - One Subscription, Total Access: Introducing MyDaytonDailyNews.com
•    Cox Media Group Ohio - Re-Pin and Pets Win!


Best Online Advertising/Marketing Campaign with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Times Publishing Company - My Erie Times-News


Best Business Blog with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    The Boston Globe - Innovation Economy blog
•    The Globe and Mail - Business Briefing


Best Business Blog with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Bay Area News Group/San Jose Mercury News - SiliconBeat.com
•    Crain's Chicago Business - Joe Cahill On Business
•    The Denver Post - The Balance Sheet Blog


Best News/Political Blog with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    CNN - Political Ticker
•    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The Wisconsin Voter by Craig Gilbert
•    Newsday - Long Island Now
•    The Boston Globe - Boston.comment blog
•    Truthdig - Ear to the Ground


Best News/Political Blog with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    The Columbian - All Politics is Local
•    The Denver Post - The Spot
•    Washington Monthly LLC - Political Animal/Washington Monthly


Best Entertainment Blog with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    CNN - The Marquee
•    NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune - New Orleans Movie News & Reviews


Best Entertainment Blog with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    The Denver Post - Reverb


Best Sports Blog with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over

•    Ottawa Citizen /a division of Post Media Networks - SenatorsExtra.com
•    Sports Illustrated - Scott Novak
•    Star Tribune - Russo's Rants
•    The Boston Globe - Chad Finn's Touching All The Bases blog


Best Sports Blog with under 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News - Tim Kawakami's Talking Points
•    The Edmonton Journal - The Cult of Hockey
•    The World Company - The Newell Post
•    Times Publishing Company - Varsity


Best College/University Journalism Website

•    Baylor University - The Baylor Lariat
•    Berry College - Viking Fusion
•    Central Michigan University Journalism Department
•    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism - NYCity News Service
•    DePaul University - The Red Line Project
•    Harding University - The Link
•    ieiMedia/James Madison University/Iowa State University - Urbino Project 2013
•    New York University Carter Journalism Institute - Pavement Pieces
•    Temple University Dept. of Journalism - PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com
•    The Daily Reveille


Best College/University Newspaper Website

•    Red and Black Publishing Co.
•    The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University
•    The Daily Orange
•    The Daily Reveille
•    The Temple News
•    The University Daily Kansan


Best College/University Investigative or Documentary Report

•    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism - Bushwick Beyond the Brand
•    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism - The Bloomberg Legacy
•    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism - The Line
•    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism - The Way Home
•    DePaul University - The Red Line Project: Chicago Gun Violence
•    New York University Carter Journalism Institute - The Young Vote
•    News21 at Arizona State University - Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing  Post-9/11 Veterans