Comments on: Which online news award means the most? http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=080118awards Focusing on the future of digital journalism Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: 131.230.32.233 http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1013 131.230.32.233 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:36:55 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1013 Online awards often need to add more categories, particularly some of the college ones.
It’s disheartening to see your innovative daily lose to a magazine running a “feature” on sex toys that features maybe three thumbnail pics.
Hello ICPA. Your online award stinks. Hello CMA, yours stinks a little less. College Publisher, your awards also smell.
How about divisions for daily, weekly and monthly. How about traffic awards broken into divisions by school enrollment size. How about blog, podcast, video, soundslide categories… for starters.

]]> By: 66.67.10.115 http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1012 66.67.10.115 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:16 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1012 The poll is being gamed.

EPPY?

]]> By: Robert Niles http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1011 Robert Niles Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:05:37 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1011 I see that the EPpy fans are now flooding the poll. Interesting…

]]> By: Robert Niles http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1010 Robert Niles Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:49:04 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1010 I agree that the “Oscars of online” is over-the-top hype. But I don’t find their selection of honorees to be any less credible to any of the other awards one hears about.

They’re clearly hauling in significant cash, given the entry fees. But they do move traffic to their honorees *far* more effectively than the OJAs, Edgies and EPpies, in my experience with these awards. So one could make an argument that they are cost-effective, should you make finalist, of course.

]]> By: 205.153.36.171 http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1009 205.153.36.171 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:50:58 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1009 Has anyone ever investigated the Webby Awards? What are they, really? I mean, who is the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, sponsors them? I’ve been in the new media field since before there was a WW Web. I’ve never met anyone who participates. The idea that there could be one entity that claims to judge everything from news to financial services, tourism, games, mobile advertising, “viral marketing,” etc. is absurd on the face of it. I find it a bit embarrassing that every year respectable news organizations (like my own) invariably report on these awards and refer to them as the “Oscars of online.”

]]> By: Mike Orren http://www.ojr.org/080118awards/#comment-1007 Mike Orren Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:58:07 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=1426#comment-1007 What about the elusive “Quickbooks Profitability Prize”?

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