Showing posts with label people's voice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people's voice. Show all posts

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Webby Award Video Winners Announced

The 14th Annual Webby Award winners have been announced, along with the People's Voice Award (chosen by online community voting) in the DOCUMENTARY and NEWS & POLITICS sections of the ONLINE FILM & VIDEO category.

DOCUMENTARY: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE

WEBBY AWARD WINNER:
Waterlife (National Film Board of Canada)

PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER:
In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India (Human Rights Watch)

NEWS & POLITICS: INDIVIDUAL EPISODE

WEBBY AWARD WINNER:
Alabama's Homeboys (Los Angeles Times)

PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER:
Gun Markets of Pakistan (VBS.TV)

Awards will be presented during Internet Week in New York, June 7-14, 2010. The ceremony is famous for limiting acceptance speeches to five words. Get tickets here.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

MediaStorm Nabs Another Webby Award

Hooray for MediaStorm's well deserved Webby Award for "Documentary: Individual Episode," announced this morning. It's their fourth Webby.

The New York-based videojournalism production company took the prize for "Intended Consequences," by Jonathan Torgovnik. It's a harrowing story about the plight of thousands of woman who contracted HIV and bore children as a result of being raped during the Rwandan massacre.

The People's Voice winner in that category is "Kenya: Sweet Home Obama," for which American reporter Edwin Okong'o traveled to his home in Kenya to find out how his countrymen are rejoicing about Barack Obama.

Documentary Nominees (featured on KobreGuide):

Read the official Webby Award profile of MediaStorm. And don't miss this illuminating Webby Award interview with MediaStorm founder Brian Storm.

Winners will be honored at a star-studded ceremony hosted by Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers in New York City on June 8th. Starting on June 9th on the new, custom Webby Awards YouTube Channel, fans will be able to view dozens of short video highlights from the ceremony, including the winner's five-word speeches and celebrity red-carpet interviews. Past headline-grabbing speechmakers include Al Gore ("Please don't recount this vote") and Stephen Colbert ("Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.")

Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-person judging academy whose members include David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Vinton Cerf, and Richard Branson.

Established in 1996, the 13th Annual Webby Awards received over 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide.
Complete winner list / Online Film & Video winners / Gala Awards Event info

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Cast Your Webby Ballot

The 13th annual Webby Awards nominees have been announced. In the "Documentary: Individual Episode" category, two of the five have previously appeared on KobreGuide.com:
In addition to the official awards determined by industry judges, separate "People's Voice" awards will go to nominees who receive the most online votes from their fellow Web denizens: "Last year, nearly half a million votes were cast and even more comments were posted to mark the biggest turnout in Webby history. And this year we expect even more spirited participation." You have until April 30 to cast your ballot.

The three-day awards extravaganza will be held in New York, June 8-10.

SPECIAL BONUS: Must-read interview with MediaStorm's formidable founder Brian Storm, a three-time Webby winner and current nominee.