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again, the Webbys
Top acceptance: 'Won Webby; next: beat Bush'
By Toni Fitzgerald
Ad-wise, the internet is still in full-recovery mode, but in creativity, which is what the web ought to be about, it's been another year of advances, which are again being recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Science in it annual Webby Awards.
NASA won two Webby and a People’s Voice Award, becoming the most-honored organization at last night’s Seventh Annual Webby Awards.
NASA’s Earth Observatory was honored with best education site and www.nasa.gov received best government and law site. The space agency also won best education site in the People’s Voice voting, conducted online.
The Webby Awards honor consumer web sites from around the world. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences boasts nearly 500 members worldwide.
For the first time, this year’s awards took place entirely on the internet, where CUWorld hosted a live videochat.
Animated characters created by the winners delivered the traditional five words or less Webby acceptance speeches.
Among the highlights: “Family photo site beats porn,” from Rising Star winner Snapfish, and “Won Webby; next: beat Bush” from best politics winner MoveOn.org.
Other dual Webby and People’s Voice winners were PayPal for best finance, Do-It-Yourself Network for best living, Lonely Planet Online for best travel and Flaming Lips for best music.
Web stalwarts Google (best news), eBay (best services) and ESPN.com (best sports) were also Webby winners.
Four international sites took home Webbys.
And here they are, the 2003 Webby Award winners:
Activism
ActForChange
http://www.actforchange.com
Best Practices
Movable Type
http://www.movabletype.org
Broadband
CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com
Commerce
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Community
Meetup
www.meetup.com
Education
NASA Earth Observatory
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Fashion
SHOWstudio
www.showstudio.com
Film
indieWIRE
www.indiewire.com
Finance
PayPal
www.paypal.com
Games
Orisinal
www.orisinal.com
Government & Law
NASA
www.nasa.gov
Health
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
www.ppgg.org
Humor
get your war on
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html
Living
Do-It-Yourself Network
www.diynet.com
Music
Flaming Lips
www.flaminglips.com
NetArt
Listening Post
www.earstudio.com/projects/
listeningPost.html
News
Google News
news.google.com
Personal
NobodyHere
www.nobodyhere.com
Politics
MoveOn.org
www.moveon.org
Print & Zines
AlterNet
www.alternet.org
Radio
Epitonic Radio
epitonic.com/radio.jsp
Science
exploreMarsnow
www.exploremarsnow.org
Services
eBay
www.ebay.com
Spirituality
Pluralism Project
www.pluralism.org
Sports
ESPN.com
www.espn.com
Technical Achievement
Apache Web Server
www.apache.org/
Travel
Lonely Planet Online
www.lonelyplanet.com
TV
Nick.Com
www.nick.com
Weird
rathergood.com
www.rathergood.com
Kids
3d&i
www.3d-i.org
Rising Star
(Nielsen//Netratings Award)
Snapfish
www.snapfish.com
2003 Webby People’s Voice winners
Activism
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org
Best Practices
Wired News
www.wired.com
Broadband
CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com
Commerce
Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
Community
Geocaching
www.geocaching.com
Education
NASA Earth Observatory
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Fashion
Style.com
www.style.com
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
www.rottentomatoes.com
Finance
PayPal
www.paypal.com
Games
swirve.com
www.swirve.com
Government & Law
NASA
www.nasa.gov
Health
HIV STOPS WITH ME
www.hivstopswithme.org
Humor
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com
Living
Do-It-Yourself Network
www.diynet.com
Music
Flaming Lips
www.flaminglips.com
NetArt
Penny Arcade
www.penny-arcade.com
News
BBC News Online
www.bbcnews.com
Personal
Cockeyed
www.cockeyed.com
Politics
The Note
www.abcnews.go.com/sections
/politics/US/TheNote.html
Print & Zines
The Onion
www.theonion.com
Radio
CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com
Science
HowStuffWorks
www.howstuffworks.com
Services
eBay
www.ebay.com
Spirituality
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
www.goarch.org
Sports
ESPN.com
www.espn.com
Technical Achievement
Google
www.google.com
Travel
Lonely Planet Online
www.lonelyplanet.com
TV
CartoonNetwork.com
www.cartoonnetwork.com
Weird
rathergood.com
www.rathergood.com
Kids
Disney's Toontown Online
www.toontown.com
June 6, 2003© 2003 Media Life
-Toni Fitzgerald is a staff writer for Media Life.
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