Webby Nominees for Video Documentary

The 14th Annual Webby Award nominees have been announced, in a broad array of categories, incorporating fiction, non-fiction and everything in between. The ones that most closely resemble videojournalism can be found in the DOCUMENTARY and NEWS & POLITICS subcategories of the ONLINE FILM & VIDEO category.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.

As always, many of the nominees have previously been showcased on KobreGuide to the Web's Best Videojournalism.

DOCUMENTARY: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE

A Schoolgirl's Odyssey (New York Times)

Driftless: Stories from Iowa (MediaStorm)
(On KobreGuide: http://kobreguide.com/content/Driftless_Stories_from_Iowa )

In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India (Human Rights Watch)

Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining (Yale Environment 360)
(On KobreGuide: http://kobreguide.com/content/Leveling_Appalachia )

Waterlife (National Film Board of Canada)

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NEWS & POLITICS: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE

Alabama's Homeboys (Los Angeles Times)
(On KobreGuide: http://kobreguide.com/content/Alabamas_Homeboys)

Gun Markets of Pakistan (VBS.TV)

Silverton Saves Its Paper (AARP Bulletin Today)
(On KobreGuide: http://kobreguide.com/content/Silverton_Saves_Its_Paper )

Toxic Waters (NY Times)
(On KobreGuide: http://kobreguide.com/content/Tainted_Tap_Water )

Will This Man Be Able To Keep His Home? (Huffington Post Investigative Fund)

The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category -- The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award -- in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile Web. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards. However, you, the online community, determine the winners of The People's Voice by voting for the nominated work that you believe to be the best in each category.

You can vote for your favorites in the People's Voice awards at http://webby.aol.com/ .

Congrats to all nominees. Webby Awards will be presented during Internet Week in New York, June 7-14, 2010.