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Online Media Awards 2014 – the shortlist

The shortlist for the 2014 Online Media Awards has been announced.

This year seen a record number of entries submitted, with the standard all round being extremely high, say the organisers.

The Online Media Awards will be presented at a ceremony on the 11th June at the Grosvenor Marriott Hotel in London.

The shortlist:

ONLINE EDITOR OF THE YEAR

Anna Doble, Channel 4 News

Benjamin Lee, ShortList.com

David Moynihan, Digital Spy

Jason Mils, ITV

Julian Kossoff, IBTimes UK

Steve Fowler, Auto Express & Carbuyer

Tamsin Kelly, AOL UK Ltd

DIGITAL WRITER OF THE YEAR

David Gilbert, IBTimes UK

Geoff White, Channel 4 News

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by the British Journalism Review

Al Jazeera

Interactive Olympians, International New York Times

the.guardian.com

VICE Media

BEST SITE FOR NEWS-LED JOURNALISM

AOL UK Ltd for The Huffington Post UK

BBC News Online

Dow Jones & Company for The Wall Street Journal

Dow Jones & Company for Financial News

Hearst Magazines UK for Digital Spy

IBTimes UK

ITV for itv.com/news

Sky News

BEST SPECIALIST SITE FOR JOURNALISM

Agrimoney.com

Al Jazeera for Al Jazeera English

Emap or Nursingtimes.net

Energy Live News

Financial Times for fastFT

Roads & Kingdoms

Royal Society of Chemistry for Chemistry World

Sinfini Music

Tech City News

Gannett Digital for USA TODAY

BEST LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS SITE

BBC News Online East

BBC Online - East Midlands

Belfast Telegraph for belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Bristol Culture

Derby Telegraph for www.derbytelegraph.co.uk

Edinburgh Evening News for edinburghnews.com

ITV CENTRAL for ITV NEWS CENTRAL

KM Group for KentOnline

Newsquest for Lancashire Telegraph

South Wales Argus for southwalesargus.co.uk

Stonebow Media for The Lincolnite

The Detail

BEST NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS SITE

AOL UK Ltd for The Huffington Post

Channel 4 News/ITN for Channel4.com/news

Dow Jones & Company for The Wall Street Journal

IBTimes

International New York Times

ITV for itv.com/news

The Guardian for theguardian.com

The Scottish Sun

BEST CAMPAIGNING/INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Emap for Nursing Times Speak Out Safely

Exaro for The Murdoch recording

Financial Times for Financial Times Austerity Audit

Telegraph Media Group for Too Much of a Good Thing

The Guardian for The Guardian - The NSA Files

UNHCR/Yahoo for Zaatari: A Day in the Life, by UNHCR/Yahoo

BEST COMMENTARY/BLOGGING

AOL UK Ltd for The Huffington Post UK

Channel 4 News/ITN for Paul Mason's Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Channel 4 News

Dow Jones & Company for WSJ MoneyBeat

IBTimes UK for Lianna Brinded, Business Editor at IBTimes UK

iMediaEthics for David Moore

Saxo Bank for TradingFloor.com

The Guardian for Guardian Live Blogs

BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM

BBC News Online

Telegraph Media Group for Boomtown USA

Channel 4 News/ITN for Channel 4 News

Telegraph Media Group for Drone footage of floods

VICE Media for How VICE Became the World Leader in Online Video Creation

UNHCR/Yahoo for Zaatari: A Day in the Life

BEST DESIGNED SITE

Get The Gloss

The Scottish Sun

Best Twitter Feed

BBC News Online for @BBCBreaking

Squawka for Squawka Football

The Scottish Sun

VICE Media

Yahoo for Yahoo Celebrity UK

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Channel 4 News for Philippines family reunited - #c4newspopup - #WT4 - YouTube - Instagram/Vine

Dennis Publishing for Auto Express

Bauer Media/Heat for heatworld.com

ITV for itv.com/news

The Times and Sunday Times for The Times and Sunday Times Twitter directories

Yahoo for Yahoo Celebrity UK

BEST USE OF CROWD SOURCING OR CITIZEN JOURNALISM

BBC News Online for BBC News Online Winter Watch

The Exeter Daily for The Daily UK Ltd

The Guardian for GuardianWitness

The Times and Sunday Times for The Times #TubeStrike Map

BEST BRAND DEVELOPMENT

The Scottish Sun

IBTimes UK for Ian Silvera – Business Reporter

BEST COMMERCIAL INNOVATION

Herald & Times, Glasgow for HeraldScotland 2.0

Dennis Publishing for Adnostic

TECHNICAL INNOVATION

Channel 4 News/ITN for #DataBaby - Technical Innovation

Immediate Media Co for Immediate Media's App Publishing System

Royal Society of Chemistry for Chemistry World

Squawka for Squawka.com

BEST APP – FOR SMART PHONE OR TABLET

Apptitude Media for British Journal of Photography app (BJP+)

Bleacher Report for Bleacher Report's Team Stream App

Financial Times for FT App

Immediate Media Co for BBC Top Gear - iPad

Immediate Media Co/ BBC Worldwide for BBC Good Food Magazine

Radio Times for Radio Times, DiscoverTV

The Times and Sunday Times for The Times and The Sunday Times tablet app

Yahoo for Yahoo News Digest (UK)

The Scottish Sun