EPpy Award Finalists for Best Media Web Sites Announced

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By: E&P Staff

Web sites and blogs affiliated with newspapers, magazines, broadcasters, online-only enterprises, universities and cable TV will contend for an EPpy Award in the 15th annual competition for the best of the best among digital media offerings. Finalists in the competition were announced Monday. The EPpy Awards will be presented at the conclusion of  the 21st annual Editor & Publisher Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show June 16-17 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Information about the Interactive Media Conference & Trade Show is available here.

Following are the finalists in all categories of the EPpy competition:


Best Business Blog
•    BloggingStocks, AOL
•    FT Alphaville, Financial Times
•    Good Morning Silicon Valley, San Jose Mercury News
•    The Conversation of HBR.org, Harvard Business Publishing
Best Business Website with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    CBS MoneyWatch.com
•    Chicagobusiness.com, Crain’s Communication Chicago Business
•    IBJ.com, Indianapolis Business Journal
•    Your Business on Kiplinger.com

Best Business Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    CNNMoney
•    FT.com, Financial Times
•    MarketWatch
•    USA Today’s “Money” Section

Best Classified Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Lawjobs.com, ALM
•    MediaJobMarket.com, Adicio

Best Classified Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Legacy.com co-branded obituary sites
•    WalletPop Video, AOL

Best College Newspaper Web Site
•    idsnews.com, Indiana University Student Media
•    NYCity News Service, City of New York Graduate School of Journalism
•    The Temple News – temple-news.com

Best Community Service Application in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Boston.com Moms
•    Cooking Club, CCRTV Interactiva
•    Lubbock Centennial Website, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
•    NKYHelps.org, The Kentucky Enquirer

Best Community Service Application in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Drug Can Stop Strokes, But Most Patients Don’t Get It, NPR
•    iReport: Looking for loved ones in Haiti, CNN.com
•    Jacksonville.com, The Florida Times-Union/Jacksonville.com

 
Best Consumer Technology Blog
•    Crave:  The gadget blog from CNET, CBS Interactive
•    Productopia, About.com
•    TechBlog, Houston Chronicle
•    USA Today’s Game Hunters

Best Design of a Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    CaptureCincinnati.com, The Cincinnati Enquirer/Pediment Publishing
•    CBS MoneyWatch.com, CBS interactive
•    LasVegasSun.com, Greenspun Media Group
•    MyHomeideas.com, Time Inc.
•    Sunset.com, Sunset Publishing Corporation
   
Best Design of a Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    DailyFinance, AOL
•    Knoxnews, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel
•    Newsday.com, Newsday Interactive
•    NPR.org, National Public Radio
•    SI.com, Sports Illustrated

Best Entertainment Blog
•    EW.com’s PopWatch, Time, Inc.
•    The Picture Show, NPR
•    USA Today’s Lifeline Live
•    USA Today’s Pop Candy

Best Entertainment Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    29-95.com, Houston Chronicle
•    exploreLI.com, Newsday Interactive
•    Lawrence.com, The World Company

Best Entertainment Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Celebrate Motown: 50 Years of Detroit Sound, Associated Press
•    Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com, Time, Inc.
•    NPR Music, National Public Radio
•    PEOPLE.com, Time Inc.

Best Radio Websites
•    Catmusica.cat, CCRTV Interactiva
•    NPR.org, National Public Radio

Best Local TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site
•    Ktka.com, The World Company
•    Super3 Club, CCRTV Interactiva
•    WRAL.com, CBC New Media Group

 
 Best National Magazine-Affiliated Web Site
•    Cooking Light Magazine, Time, Inc.
•    Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com, Time Inc.
•    PEOPLE.com, Time Inc.
•    RealSimple.com, Time Inc.
•    SI.com, Sports Illustrated
•    TIME.com, TIME Magazine

Best Network TV/Cable-Affiliated Web Site
•    ABCNews.com
•    CNN.com
•    Msnbc.com

Best News or Politics Blog
•    FT Techblog, Financial Times
•    Green Tech, CBS interactive
•    Npr.org/politics, National Public Radio
•    The Fix, The Washington Post
•    The Kats Report, Greenspun Media Group

Best News Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Automotive News, Crain Communications
•    NationaJournal.com, National Journal
•    TCPalm.com, Scripps Treasure Coast Media
•    The Las Vegas Sun, Greenspun Media Group

Best News Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    ABCNews.com
•    CNET News, CBS Interactive
•    FT.com, Financial Times
•    NPR.org, National Public Radio

Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    IBJ.com, Indianapolis Business Journal
•    LasVegasSun.com, Greenspun Media Group
•    Naplesnews.com, Naples Daily News
•    Theday.com, The Day Publishing Company

Best Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    DenverPost.com, The Denver post
•    Globeandmail.com, The Globe and Mail
•    Knoxnews.com, Knoxville News Sentinel
•    MercuryNews.com, San Jose Mercury News
•    Newsday.com, Newsday Interactive
•    NYdailynews.com, Daily News

 
Best Regional Magazine-Affiliated Web Site
•    Las Vegas Weekly, Greenspun Media Group
•    Sunset.com, Sunset Publishing Corporation

Best Social Networking Implementation on a Media-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Best Pets of the West, Sunset Publishing Corporation

Best Social Networking Implementation on a Media-Affiliated Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Capture Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Enquirer/Pediment Publishing
•    InStyle.com, Time Inc.
•    LegacyConnect, Legacy.com, Inc.
•    PEOPLE Digital, Time Inc.
•    SI Swimsuit 2010, Sports Illustrated

Best Sports Blog
•    Brewers Blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
•    Christopher L. Gasper Blog, Boston Globe
•    John Clay’s Sidelines, Kentucky.com/Lexington Herald-Leader
•    Packers Blog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Best Sports Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Home Team, St. Petersburg Times
•    Kusports.com, The World Company
•    Las Vegas Sun UNLV Rebels Site, Greenspun Media Group
•    STLhighschoolsports.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch & Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis

Best Sports Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Boston.com Sports
•    SI.com, Sports Illustrated
•    USA TODAY Sports Section
•    Winter Games Network, The Associated Press

Best Use of Video in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    CBS MoneyWatch.com, CBS Interactive
•    Las Vegas Sun Video, Greenspun Media Group
•    NationalJournal.com

Best Use of Video in a Media-Affiliated Web Site with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Chron.com Video, Houston Chronicle
•    Death on chipman Street: The Channon Christian and Chris Newsom Murders, The Knoxville News Sentinel
•    Haiti Earthquake, The Associated Press Video Journalist John Mone
•    Haiti Earthquake, The Associated Press Video Journalist Rich Matthews
•    Krulwich on Science, National Public Radio
•    USA TODAY America’s Journey:  Inauguration Day 2009

Best Web Special Feature - Enterprise, with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors

•    After the Great Recession, CBS Interactive

•    Bottoming Out – Gambling Additions in Las Vegas, Greenspun Media Group

•    Saluting American Valor, Stephens Media

•    Under 21, The Roanoke Times

Best Web Special Feature - Enterprise, with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    2000s:  The Decade in Sports, Sports Illustrated
•    America’s Next Great Pundit, The Washington Post
•    Behind the Veil, The Globe and Mail
•    The Elkhart Project, Msnbc.com
•    The Grim Sleeper, CNN.com
•    The Valley of Shadows, Newsweek
•    USA TODAY 24 Hours in the ER:  Health Care’s Front Lines

Best Web Special Feature - News or Event, with fewer than 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    Damas Family Killings, Naples Daily News
•    Reuters Times of Crisis, Reuters in association with MediaStorm
•    Surviving the Tsunami, Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in association with MediaStorm

Best Web Special Feature - News or Event, with over 1 million unique monthly visitors
•    20/10:  The Decade in Rewind, Newsweek
•    Indianapolis 500 Centennial, the Indianapolis Star
•    IReport Looking for Loved Ones in Haiti, CNN.com
•    The Death of Ted Kennedy, Boston.com

Best Weekly Newspaper-Affiliated Web Site
•    Living Lake County, Lake Country Publications
•    The Atlanta Voice Newspaper
•    Thepilot.com, The Pilot LLC

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