CHICAGO |The 13th annual Webby Award Nominations and Honorees have just been released and Newser has been selected as an Official Honoree for the News category in The 13th Annual Webby Awards! We are very proud of this accomplishment as there is a vast amount of wonderful and interactive site throughout the web.
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The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the Nominees and Official Honorees for the 13th Annual Webby Awards. Nominees were selected by The Academy from nearly 10,000 entries representing all 50 states and 60 countries worldwide. Webby Winners and Webby People's Voice Winners -- announced on May 5, 2009 -- will be chosen from the five Nominees in each category. Official Honorees, selected for their outstanding caliber of work, represent fewer than 15% of the total entries received this year.
Catch some early press coverage of this year's Nominees on The Totally Rad Show (a 12th Annual Webby People's Voice Winner in Online Film & Video: Variety).
Congratulations to both Nominees and Official Honorees on a truly deserving accomplishment!
View the 13th Annual Webby Nominees
View the 13th Annual Webby Official Honorees
 Today also marks the launch of the Webby People's Voice Awards. The People's Voice Awards, Presented by Microsoft Silverlight, invite the public to participate in The Webby Awards by allowing them to vote for their favorite nominees between now and April 30. Make sure to lobby for your favorites along the way!
Vote now for the Webby People's Voice Awards
| Offical Honoree | Agency/Credited Organization |
|---|---|
| Blogs.com http://www.blogs.com | Six Apart |
| CNN Election Center 2008 http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/... | CNN.com |
| Discovery Channel - Discovery News http://dsc.discovery.com/news/new... | Discovery Communications, LLC |
| FRONTLINE (PBS) "Bush's War" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/fro... | FRONTLINE/WGBH |
| Mother Nature Network http://www.mnn.com | Glick Interactive |
| Newser http://www.newser.com | Newser |
| SBS World News Australia http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsa... | SBS Television & Online |
| The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture | Boston Globe |
| The Blotter http://abcnews.go.com/blotter | ABC News Investigative Unit |
| The Observers http://observers.france24.com | FRANCE 24 |
| World View http://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ | Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer |
| Worldfocus Online http://www.worldfocus.org | WNET.org |
