Named as Website of the Year was Channel 4 / ITN and judge Nick Wrenn from CNN commented; “They make the most of their resources and really punched through with their big brand. It's not easy to seemlessly integrate TV brands and talent into digital services but this site does it better than anyone. Live from the Newsroom and Fact Check have also received critical acclaim in other newsrooms for their effective simplicity.” In all Channel 4 /ITN took home 6 awards.
The Chairman’s Award, chosen by Noel Young of ReportBoston.com, went to The Lincolnite. Noel commented; “For me this is a unique and imaginative site.”
The New York Times, The Sunday Times & The Times and Reuters all won two awards. Emap for the Nursing Times won the award again for Specialist site for Journalism, for the 2nd year in a row the Belfast Telegraph won the category Best Local/Regional News Site and Goodhousekeeping won the in new 2013 category Best Lifestyle / Leisure News site.
In the Individual awards the Online Editor of the Year went to Carla Buzasi Editor-in-chief and The Huffington Post UK for a second year in a row, the technology editor for the International Business Times, Dave Gilbert won Digital Writer of the Year and Teo Kermeliotis from CNN took home the trophy for Freelance Writer of the Year.
Online Media Awards Founder and Publisher of The Drum, Gordon Young, explains: "Now in their third year the, Online Media Awards have very quickly become established among the world’s top online media owners and editors as an important benchmark for the work that they are doing to build strong online brands. This year’s awards attracted many major national and international media brands all of whom continue to push the boundaries of online journalism. What is also encouraging to see is that not only the major media brands are winning these awards, but smaller brands are also proving that when it comes to great online journalism they can compete against the big guns.”
He added, “I’m delighted to see new entries this year by Sky, Al Jazeera, Channel 4/ ITN and ITV to name a few. This further demonstrates the importance of investing in online journalism and having awards like these to celebrate the hard work and successes of the industry.”
The winners
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR (GRAND PRIX)
Channel 4 News/ITN
CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
Stonebow Media For thelincolnite.co.uk
ONLINE EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Carla Buzasi, Editor in Chief at The Huffington Post UK
DIGITAL WRITER OF THE YEAR
Dave Gilbert, Technology editor at International Business Times UK
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by the British Journalism Review
Channel 4 News web team
BEST FREELANCE WRITER
Teo Kermeliotis from CNN
BEST SITE FOR NEWS-LED JOURNALISM
Channel 4 News/ITN For channel4news.com/news
BEST SPECIALIST SITE FOR JOURNALISM
Emap For Nursing Times
BEST LOCAL/REGIONAL NEWS SITE
Independent News & Media (NI) For belfasttelegraph.co.uk
BEST NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS SITE
The New York Times For Global.nytimes.com
Financial Times For FT.com
BEST CAMPAIGNING / INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Times Newspapers Ltd For The Times Tax Avoidance Investigation
BEST COMMENTARY/BLOGGING
Times Newspapers Ltd For The Times School Gate blog
BEST VIDEO JOURNALISM
BBC News website For BBC News On Demand
BEST DESIGNED SITE
Reuters For reuters.com/widerimage
ITV News For itv.com/news
BEST TWITTER FEED
Channel 4 News/ITN For Jon Snow Channel 4 News @jonsnowC4
BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Channel 4 News/ITN
BEST USE OF CROWD SOURCING OR CITIZEN JOURNALISM
The New York Times For Watching Syria's War
BEST BRAND DEVELOPMENT
Metro For Metro Digital Editions
BEST COMMERCIAL INNOVATION
Toronto Star For Star Dispatches
Reed Business Information For Community Care
BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Reuters For The Wider Image
TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Channel Four Television Corporation For Scrapbook
Al Jazeera
BEST APP
The Economist For The Economist on iPad, iPhone and Android
Sky News For Sky News for iPad
BEST LIFESTYLE / LEISURE NEWS SITE
Hearst Magazines UK For goodhousekeeping.co.uk
MSN UK For MSN UK
BEST BUSINESS / FINANCE NEWS SITE
Agrimoney.com
BEST HEALTH / EDUCATION NEWS SITE
BACP For TherapyToday.net
