AllAfrica's web site, allAfrica.com, is one of five nominees for the
best news site by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences,
known as the Webbys. The 6th annual Webby Awards will be presented in San
Francisco on 18 June 2002.
The Webbys have emerged as the leading honor for technology and
creativity on the Internet and have been likened by the New York Times to
the Academy Awards for the web. This year there are five nominees in each of
30 categories, including education, finance, health, science and music.
The other four nominees for news are BBC News, Arts and Letters Daily,
Debkafile and Poynter.org. The BBC led all sites with three nominations --
for best news, best radio and best TV. Amazon.com and National Geographic
won two nominations each.
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Executive Editor/Producer Akwe Amosu (orange scarf) and Chief Technical Officer Kwindla Kramer (to her right) with members of the allAfrica.com web team (l-r) Sherrard Burton, Musue Haddad, Rougui Diaw, Isaac Wright, Palesa Morudu, Baba Galleh Jallow and Soma Sarkar.
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The invitation-only Academy says that its 350-plus members are a diverse
group of people "who have catalyzed great achievements on the Internet,
demonstrated extraordinary talent in a traditional medium, or who possess
in-depth knowledge of new media and comprehensive familiarity with a broad
range of sites within a category. " They include filmmaker Francis Ford
Coppola, columnist and commentator Arianna Huffington, technology analyst
Esther Dyson and Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
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