The categories and finalists for the National Magazine Awards for Digital Media 2010 are:
General Excellence, Digital MediaRecognizes editorial achievement in magazine websites and online-only magazines
The Atlantic
TheAtlantic.com has become the hub of a global conversation, demonstrating how a vigorous presence on the web can enliven even the most venerable magazine brand.
http://business.theatlantic.com/http://politics.theatlantic.com/http://food.theatlantic.com/http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dishhttp://first100days.theatlantic.com/http://ideas.theatlantic.com/http://www.theatlantic.com/a/facebookhumor.html
Martha Stewart Living
Every day, MarthaStewart.com inspires users with creative ideas for their lives. Authoritative but not intimidating, the site is always upbeat and, of course, highly organized.
http://www.marthastewart.com/pet-videohttp://www.themarthablog.comhttp://www.marthatewart.com/tvhttp://www.marthastewart.com/recipe-finderhttp://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/holiday-entertaininghttp://www.marthastewart.com/glitter-paintinghttp://www.marthastewart.com/halloween-workshophttp://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/60-days-of-summer-hot-ideahttp://www.marthastewart.com/pet-adoption
National Geographic
A journey through the richly designed pages of National Geographic is a treat for the eyes and the imagination, full of rewarding detours and unexpected delights.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/angkor/angkor-animationhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/08/mimicry/mimicry-interactivehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/manhattan/miller-texthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/redwoods/redwoodshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/hadza/hadza-portraitshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/custom-cover-homehttp://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/wide-angle/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/photo-contesthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player
New York
NYMag.com is a digital feast, the embodiment of New York Magazine's embrace of the city. Its personality is informed, engaged, imaginative, multitasking and endlessly curious.
http://nymag.com/tags/albany%20couphttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/12/marriage_equality_bill_fails_i.htmlhttp://nymag.com/tags/world%20serieshttp://nymag.com/tags/talkshowpocalypsehttp://nymag.com/news/media/57635/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/08/cuomo_reviewing_espada_sons_ne.htmlhttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/08/why_conservative_pundits_love.htmlhttp://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/07/the_burger_register_new_yorks_82_most_notable_burgers.htmlhttp://nymag.com/tv/http://nymag.com/arts/books/bookclub/book-of-basketball/index.html
Wired
The expert writers at Wired.com skip effortlessly from nanomachines to smartphones and help thoughtful readers see more clearly what the tech-rich future holds.
http://www.wired.com/services/press/center/awardshttp://www.wired.com/wired/archive/ads/tmobile/tmobile-ad.htmlhttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/army-orders-bases-stop-blocking-twitter-facebook-flickr/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/walmart-hack/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/probe-targets-archives-handling-of-data-on-70-million-vets/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/02/pimping/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/why-falcon-henne-was-never-really-balloon-boy/http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4930363nhttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/03/danger-msnbc-1/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/pluto_qa_alan_boyle/http://www.wired.com/autopia/tag/terminal-man/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/beerrobot/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/03/hackerspaces/http://www.wired.com/reviewshttp://www.wired.com/reviews/product/palmprehttp://www.wired.com/reviews/product/kindle2http://www.wired.com/video/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/04/exclusive-video/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/a-somali-pirates-home-movie/?apage=2http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2009/02/gallery_wonderconhttp://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2009/09/submissions_sleephttp://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2009/02/submissions_circleshttp://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/iphonehttp://howto.wired.com/wiki/Main_Pagehttp://twitter.com/Wiredhttp://www.facebook.com/wiredhttp://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/cutthroatCapitalismTheGamehttp://www.wired.com/vanishhttp://wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/17-03/ff_airspacehttp://wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamondshttp://wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/17-05/puzzle_answerkeyhttp://wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/ff_keymaster
Mobile MediaHonors the outstanding use of mobile media, including mobile websites, mobile applications and electronic readers
Epicurious
If 27,000 recipes just a finger-flick away don't fill you up, the Epicurious app for the iPhone lets you browse options, search by keyword and e-mail favorite recipes.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=312101965http://www.epicurious.com/services/mobile
GQ
GQ's mobile app translates the magazine's polish and style to the very small screen. This is a model for print magazines making the jump to mobile apps.
http://www.gq.com/cars-gear/gear-and-gadgets/200912/gq-iphone-apphttp://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D336781954%26cc%3Dus%26mt%3D8
Yoga Journal
Why would anyone want yoga on a handheld device? Well, if you could choose what you want from your workout, you might change your mind. Yoga Journal offers a customizable yoga class in your pocket.
http://www.yogajournal.com/ipracticehttp://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=328071272&mt=8
Design, Digital MediaHonors the appearance and usability of magazine websites and online-only magazines
Billboard
Declining sales, changing habits—Billboard.com faces the music industry's biggest challenges head-on through design. And you still find out what's Number One on the Hot 100.
http://www.billboard.comhttp://www.billboard.com/#/games/chart-game/abouthttp://www.billboard.com/#/soyl/wizardhttp://slant.razorfish.com/creativity/billboard/bboard_visualizer.jpg
The Daily Beast
DailyBeast.com is bold and packed but manages to present the world in an understandable, digestible form. This is one magazine format that makes us optimistic about the future of our industry.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/http://www.thedailybeast.com/sexybeast/http://www.thedailybeast.com/big-fat-story/http://www.thedailybeast.com/nominates/2009-11-02/precious/http://www.thedailybeast.com/
LIFE
LIFE.com proves the digital medium can do justice to print photography while still looking modern, fun and timely. A restrained interface and photo-based navigation allow the brand's rich photography to take center stage.
http://www.life.comhttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/37872/inside-the-secret-servicehttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/24651/life-exclusive-the-day-mlk-diedhttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25371/30-dumb-inventionshttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27412/marilyn-never-published-photoshttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27022/adolf-hitler-up-closehttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/37912/avatar-jet-setting-with-the-casthttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/24671/hank-aaron-a-legend-looks-backhttp://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/29522/exclusive-up-close-with-apollo-11http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/33122/unpublished-old-man-and-the-sea
What's the opposite of a stack of old—yet untossable—National Geographics? NationalGeographic.com. This is truly a site for the explorer of the world—compulsive clicking for everyone of any age.
http://ngm.comhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/angkor/angkor-animationhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/hadza/hadza-portraitshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/redwoods/redwoodshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/photo-contesthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/telescopes/telescopes-interactivehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/new-earth/planets-animationhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/departments/native-names-interactivehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/08/yellowstone/yellowstone-interactivehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/mannahatta/mannahatta-animation
The New York Magazine website is big, colorful and loud, just like the city itself. Easy to navigate, dizzyingly populous, NYMag.com is simply irresistible.
http://nymag.com http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ http://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?t=runway&N=8530&Nao=0&Ns=srt_season|1 http://nymag.com/fashion/models/hrhoda/hilaryrhoda/http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2010/spring/main/newyork/womenrunway/marcjacobs/#slide7&ss1http://nymag.com/agenda/http://nymag.com/srch?=restaurant&N=265+1349+627+336&No=0&Ns=nyml_sort_name|0http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/corton/http://newyork.grubstreet.com/
Photography, Digital MediaRecognizes the use of photography that demonstrates the unique capabilities of digital media
ESPN The Magazine
The website of ESPN The Magazine is more than a mere quick flip through muscled torsos and impossibly long limbs. The site shows what it takes to be a star.
http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/magazine/body/issueInsider Username: Magazine10Insider Password: ASME123
National Geographic boldly showcases epic photographs and powerful stories, but the website's deft and diverse presentation takes this magazine's storied photography to new heights.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/infinite-photographhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/jigsaw-puzzleshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/voting-machinehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/visions-of-earth/visions-earth-2009http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/hadza/hadza-portraitshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/photo-contest/photo-contesthttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=nichols-redwoods-gatefold&catID=1http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/08/mimicry/mimicry-interactivehttp://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/image-collection/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=skerry-leatherback-turtle-underwater&catID=1
Newsweek
By combining evocative photography, strong editorial choices and compelling narration, Newsweek makes the most of the online medium.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/211399http://www.newsweek.com/id/209790http://www.newsweek.com/id/209791http://www.newsweek.com/id/209792http://www.newsweek.com/id/209793http://www.newsweek.com/id/211381http://www.newsweek.com/id/211382http://www.newsweek.com/id/211383http://www.newsweek.com/id/205775
Slate
Slate has a proud tradition of showcasing strong photography, and this online-only magazine continues to use striking images to tell stories that resonate with the modern reader.
http://www.slate.comhttp://todayspictures.slate.com/20091215/http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090804/http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090922/http://todayspictures.slate.com/20091008/http://www.slate.com/id/2226525/http://www.slate.com/id/2219821/http://www.slate.com/id/2212784/http://www.slate.com/id/2213365/http://www.slate.com/id/2214649/http://www.slate.com/id/2207287/
Sports Illustrated
Devoted to athletes and their fans, SportsIllustrated.com captures all the action in dramatic and colorful photography. From play-by-play photos to locker-room moments, SI.com celebrates the physicality and emotion of sports.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/nfl.james.harrison.run/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com//multimedia/photo_gallery/0912/all-decade.top.si.photos.of.the.decade/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com//multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/nfl.super.bowl.behind.the.scenes/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0912/0912/pictures.of.the.year.1207/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0912/leading.off/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com//multimedia/photo_gallery/0902/nfl.super.bowl.XLIII/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com//multimedia/photo_gallery/0808/best.woman.athlete.by.birth.state/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/championship.rings/content.1.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/nhl.scary.goalie.masks.halloween/content.1.html
News ReportingHonors the timeliness, accuracy and skill with which news and information are gathered and presented by magazine websites and online-only magazines.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek's tight reporting and writing chronicles how bad decision-making at every level brought down an American icon and devastated workers and consumers alike.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2009/db20090329_978273.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2009/db2009041_951044.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2009/db20090527_888775.htmhttp://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/05/0528_gm_history/index.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2009/db20090531_215218.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db2009061_280860.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db2009061_762399.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2009/db2009061_083333.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/jun2009/bw2009064_089903.htmhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jul2009/db20090710_603800.htm
Mother Jones
Mother Jones went full force on this year-long reporting project covering all sides of the global fight over what the editors believe is the most important story of our time: climate change.
http://motherjones.com/category/primary-tags/climate-changehttp://motherjones.com/special-reports/2009/11/climate-countdownhttp://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/copenhagen-news-coveragehttp://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/obamas-copenhagen-dealhttp://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/12/china-us-smackdown-copenhagenhttp://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/double-jeopardy-copenhagenhttp://motherjones.com/environment/2009/12/copenhagen-geoengineerings-big-break
Timothy Noah's coverage of the health care debate sets a high standard for news reporting, combining the analysis and context we have come to expect from great magazine writing.
http://www.slate.com/?id=3944&da=1y&qp=52423,26130http://www.slate.com/id/2223841/http://www.slate.com/id/2224258/http://www.slate.com/id/2224621/http://www.slate.com/id/2227092/http://www.slate.com/id/2227226/http://www.slate.com/id/2227795/http://www.slate.com/id/2232912/http://www.slate.com/id/2236294/http://www.slate.com/id/2236445/http://www.slate.com/id/2220222/
Time
Despite daunting challenges, Time.com correspondents covered every aspect of Iran's tumultuous presidential election, producing a series of reports that were as compelling as any in American media.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903420,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,26663232001_1905348,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1905040,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1903841,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904563,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906069,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1919817,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1907067,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1907548,00.htmlhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1933805,00.html
Virginia Quarterly Review
Jason Motlagh spent months interviewing survivors and investigators, listening to telephone transcripts and watching security footage to piece together the story of the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
http://www.vqronline.org/webexclusive/2009/11/19/motlagh-mumbai-attacks/http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/11/13/mumbai-terror-attacks/http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/11/16/2611-ten-gunmen/http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/11/17/2611-do-or-die/http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/11/18/2611-hostages/http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2009/11/19/2611-grace-of-allah/
BloggingRecognizes excellence in online reporting, commentary and criticism in the form of a blog
The Daily Dish is as delightfully unpredictable as its author. The frenetic pace of its posts is matched only by the deeply passionate and personal nature of the words, pictures and video.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/believing-throu.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/do-not-publish.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/the-cannabis-closet-the-parents-ii.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/churchill-vs-cheney.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/04/right-vs-left-canard-watch-ctd.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/05/the-fierce-urgency-of-whenever.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/its-so-personal-the-roundup.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/livetweeting-the-revolution.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/livetweeting-the-revolution-day-10.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/what-happened-in-1990.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/they-tortured-a-man-they-knew-to-be-innocent.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/they-tortured-a-man-they-knew-to-be-innocent-ctd-2.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/whose-country.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/leaving-the-right.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/the-morning-after.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/stability-over-size.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/the-view-from-your-recession-checking-back-in-2.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/from-september-2001-to-june-2009.htmlhttp://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/the-day-of-ashura-wrap.html
The Economist
Knowledgeable voices able to place the daily news within the context of financial and political stories developments, the correspondents on "Free Exchange" present an online resource for understanding some of the most complex issues of our time.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/12/the_credulous_fedhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/12/a_tale_of_two_unemployment_rathttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/10/dollar_dominance_not_in_americhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/01/prosociality_and_developmenthttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/01/wine_and_doughhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/02/in_defense_of_economistshttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/02/is_philosophy_a_luxury_goodhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/03/finance_workers_become_embittehttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/03/a_note_about_nationalisationhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/04/why_innovate_when_you_can_shophttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/04/philosophers_are_better_liarshttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/05/confessions_of_a_subprime_borrhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/06/blame_reaganhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/07/fifty_little_hoovers_hooveringhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/07/a_question_for_the_health_wonkhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/08/what_next_for_fannie_and_freddhttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/08/lazy_workers_enjoying_the_dolehttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/08/the_trouble_with_private_schoohttp://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2009/10/imbalances_a_reason_for_concer
Foreign Policy
Would the founding fathers have invaded Iraq? What are the eight lessons Afghanistan has taught us? Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks delivers insight and intelligence almost hourly.
http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/28/inside_an_afghan_battle_what_happened_at_wanat_last_july_ihttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/05/iraq_the_unraveling_xxv_smackdown_in_the_green_zonehttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/06/the_good_warhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/26/8_lessons_from_afghanistan_a_report_from_the_fronthttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/14/women_in_coin_iii_the_view_from_helmandhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/15/the_matt_mabe_story_iii_the_meaning_of_i_had_a_sonhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/31/military_intelligence_a_list_of_essential_readingshttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/09/24/dave_does_dull_storm_warnings_on_the_petraeus_ometerhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/09/29/bush_and_obama_panic_vs_ditherhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/09/five_questions_on_the_army_and_the_fort_hood_shooterhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/07/fiasco_at_the_army_war_collegehttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/05/obamas_warhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/23/ring_around_afghanistan
Kevin Drum tackles the most political difficult issues of the day, breaking them down and making sense of them for everybody, wonks or not.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/08/real-barack-obamahttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/08/crazieshttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/08/lesson-townhallshttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/10/burn-it-down-and-salt-earthhttp://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/10/bonus-chart-dayhttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/fort-hood-letterhttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/friday-cat-blogging-20-november-2009http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/are-you-pro-choicehttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/reining-wall-streethttp://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/has-obama-fizzled
The New Yorker
Whether dissecting new classics, "bookspotting" strange books around the world or celebrating lost authors, "The Book Bench" is eclectic, lively and, of course, interactive.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/11/protagonists-of-punishment.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/04/eve-kosofsky-sedgwick.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/05/ask-an-academic-orange-juice.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/remembering-upd/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/eating-our-word/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/graphic-languag/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/the-exchange/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/what-are-you-re/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/book-club-confidential/ http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/covers-contest/
Regular Department or SectionRecognizes the distinctive voice and unified design of a department or section of a magazine website or online-only magazine
The "Food Channel" combines smart, engaging multimedia storytelling by noted chefs, bartenders and nutritionists with lively reader comment. It takes the subject of food in an innovative new direction.
http://food.theatlantic.com/http://food.theatlantic.com/back-of-the-house/when-a-chef-cant-taste-his-food.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/front-of-the-house/does-race-matter-sushi-chefs.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/everybodys-a-critic/the-downside-of-a-fancy-dinner.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/nutrition/sugar-what-you-didnt-see-on-colbert.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/abroad/the-land-of-milk-and-horses.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/abroad/yogurt-from-greece-to-california-1.php http://food.theatlantic.com/corbys-fresh-feeds/yes-calorie-labeling-works.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/my-transformation/sugar-from-sweet-to-sickening.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/behind-the-counter/doctors-orders-eat-more-chocolate-1.phphttp://food.theatlantic.com/abroad/better-than-southern-fried-chicken.php
"Art Beast" sets new standards for arts reporting with its bold, clean design, visually stunning galleries and rich collection of articles and reviews that range from the Bolshoi to Lady Gaga.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmaker/art-and-photographyhttp://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/01/12/img-art-beast-homepage-october-7th-2009_124935360721.jpeghttp://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/01/12/img-art-beast-homepage-november-27th-2009_125015318681.jpeghttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-28/marcel-duchamps-secret-masterpiece/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-17/robert-franks-america/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-11/lady-gaga-and-the-bolshoi/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-15/the-accidental-artist/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-29/ed-ruschas-painted-words/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-16/dash-snow-death-of-an-art-star/http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-27/classic-photography-in-lego/
Discover
Discover's blog section resides right smack in the middle of the news cycle with science writing that is surprising, exciting, up-to-the-minute and laugh-out-loud entertaining.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/12/29/are-digital-strip-searches-coming-soon-to-every-airport-near-you/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomyhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loomhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariancehttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersectionhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beatshttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discobloghttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/15/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2009/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/science-tattoo-emporiumhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-we-meet-at-lasthttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/10/28/has-fermi-seen-new-evidence-for-dark-matter/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/09/prepare-to-be-amazed-first-pics-from-the-repaired-hubble-are-stunning/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/09/awesomely-bizarre-light-show-freaks-out-norway/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/23/science-and-religion-are-not-compatible/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/07/15/what-questions-can-science-answer/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/05/14/rules-for-time-travelers/
NYMag.com's "Entertainment" section balances a candy bowl of fun stuff—Flash-enhanced "Twilight" slideshows, hilarious voice-over commentary on "Final Destination" death motifs—with rich cultural commentary.
http://nymag.com/agenda/http://nymag.com/arts/?f=artshttp://nymag.com/tv/http://nymag.com/arts/books/bookclub/book-of-basketball/http://nymag.com/daily/tv/http://nymag.com/daily/movies/2009/07/byways_of_relevance_the_annota.htmlhttp://nymag.com/srch?t=sw&tx=jerry%20saltz&N=23+272&No=0&fd=All&Ns=issuedate|1http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/08/vulture_goes_to_the_ladies_roo.htmlhttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/art_basel_the_art_worlds_back.htmlhttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/08/death_has_a_sense_of_humor_fin.htmlhttp://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/11/twilight_slideshow.html
With ambition set as high as Texas Stadium's scoreboard, SI.com delivers quality reporting, insightful writing, behind-the-scenes videos and powerful photography.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/super-bowl/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/draft-2009/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/09/20/mmqb/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/08/02/postcards.index/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/07/23/vick.goodell/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0910/nfl.best.road.warriors.2000s/content.1.html
Multimedia Feature or PackageRecognizes the imaginative use of interactivity and multimedia in the presentation of a single story or editorial package
Esquire
Esquire's "Augmented Reality Issue" marries the print issue with video and multimedia in a way that creates a "wow" factor and leaves readers wondering what's coming next.
http://www.esquire.com/arhttp://www.esquire.com/video/#v49407280001http://www.esquire.com/video/#v49642419001http://www.esquire.com/video/#v49644376001http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/augmented-reality-technology-110909
The comprehensive coverage in New York magazine's Fashion Week package takes you from the front row to backstage with nary a wobbling stiletto.
http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2010/spring/main/newyork/details/donnakaranhttp://nymag.com/search/search.cgi?t=fashion-hit&q=year:2010|short%20season:spring|collection%20type:rtw|gender:womenswearhttp://nymag.com/author/lynn%20yaegerhttp://nymag.com/author/jeremy%20kosthttp://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/09/video_backstage_at_proenza_sch.htmlhttp://nymag.com/tags/model%20diaryhttp://nymag.com/srch?t=sw&tx=new%20york%20fashion%20week&N=23+4294965918&No=0&fd=All&Ns=issuedate|1http://nymag.com/tags/three%27s%20a%20trendhttp://nymag.com/tags/ask%20a%20retailer
"20/10: The Decade in Rewind" brought together bold photography, smart social media integration and contributions both hilarious and heartbreaking from a surprising mix of voices.
http://2010.newsweek.com/home.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/essay/the-end-of-selling-out.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/photo/visions-of-the-decade/2000.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/video/decade-in-seven-minutes.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/most-important-dates/first-licensed-gay-marriage.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/tactical-blunders/mccain-rushes-to-dc.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/history-altering-decisions/jeffords-switches-parties.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/newly-minted-tycoons/lebron-james-nba-star.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/celebrity-mugshots/paris-hilton.htmlhttp://2010.newsweek.com/essay/the-age-of-terror-has-passed.html
Poetry
The "Chicago Poetry Tour" combines in-depth audio narrative, photographs and maps to bring to stunning life the city's fascinating and surprising place in the history of American poetry.
www.poetryfoundation.org/gallery/walking-tours/chicago/index.htmlwww.poetryfoundation.org/gallery/walking-tours/index.html www.poetryfoundation.org/gallery/walking-tours/chicago/index.html www.poetryfoundation.org/gallery/walking-tours/chicago/popup.htmlwww.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/release_042009.html
Runner’s World
With "The Marathon Challenge," Runner's World transforms the painful experience of training for a 26.2-mile run into a compelling Web-based community effort.
www.runnersworld.com/challenge09www.runnersworld.com/challenge09/trainingplanUsername: guestrunnerPassword: healthy1www.runnersworld.com/challenge09/loopE-mail: guest@runnersworld.comPassword: healthy1www.runnersworld.com/challenge09/videohttp://www.runnersworld.com/cda/microsite/article/0,8029,s6-238-510-0-13235-0,00.htmlhttp://www.runnersworld.com/cda/microsite/article/0,8029,s6-238-510--13224-1-1X2X3X4X5-6,00.htmlhttp://www.runnersworld.com/brandnewdanhttp://www.runnersworld.com/challenge/richmond2009/race/http://www.runnersworld.com/richmondvideo
Interactive ToolHonors the outstanding use of interactive tools that enable users to create or share content, participate in communities, improve the quality of their lives or enjoy recreational activities
Like all the best apps, "The Athlete Body Timeline" makes sense of a variety of databases, showing how athletes' height and weight has changed over the ages. What's most surprising is how surprising this information turns out to be.
http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/magazine/body/timeline
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum tracks your household's carbon footprint for you. Climate change may be a global issue, but IEEE Spectrum turns it into a personal education.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/carbon-calculator-2009
Inc.
Editors are supposed to put data in context, and Inc.'s "Business Valuation" tool does just that. And don't miss the flash bubble graph that allows you to see how your industry stacks up against others.
http://www.inc.com/valuation_media/2009/deploy/index.html
InStyle
InStyle.com's Hollywood Makeover tool gives fans a chance to look just like their favorite celebrities—virtually. Weekly trend updates and social networking tools give 1.9 million users the chance to star on their own red carpet.
http://www.instyle.com/instyle/makeover/?action=showMakeover&tab=hair
Men’s Health
After years of dining off "Eat This, Not That" in print, Men's Health brings users the menu advice they need when the menu is actually in their hands.
http://eatthis.menshealth.comwww.menshealth.com/iphone-etnt
PodcastingHonors outstanding audio podcasts on a magazine website or online-only magazine
Harvard Business Review
Featuring interviews with leading thinkers in and beyond the world of management world, "IdeaCast" succeeds by maintaining a sharp focus and attracting consistently insightful guests.
http://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2009/12/when-women-ask-for-raises.htmlhttp://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2009/11/can-good-journalism-also-be-pr.htmlhttp://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2009/11/is-your-business-ready-for-h1n.htmlhttp://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2009/10/leading-your-boss-and-followin.htmlhttp://blogs.hbr.org/ideacast/2009/06/the-5-leadership-essentials.html
Well reported and expertly packaged, "Robots for Real" provides a compelling sense of the variety and complexity of robot culture, from surgeons with robotic assistants to high school teams rooting on their own devices.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/robotics/humanoids/lessons-from-a-mechanical-childhttp://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/robotics/diy/the-robowranglers-from-texashttp://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/robotics/artificial-intelligence/the-amazing-androids-of-hiroshi-ishigurohttp://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/robotics/home-robots/for-willow-garage-robotics-is-personalhttp://spectrum.ieee.org/podcast/robotics/medical-robots/surgeons-and-robots-scrub-up
The "Fiction Podcast" shines an invaluable light on The New Yorker's catalog of literary treasures, creating thought-provoking, sometimes haunting links to the work of contemporary writers.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/10/19/091019on_audio_pamukhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/03/16/090316on_audio_oateshttp://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/11/16/091116on_audio_lihttp://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/08/17/090817on_audio_ferrishttp://www.newyorker.com/online/2009/02/09/090209on_audio_angell
Tablet
Via lively original reporting and imaginative use of audio clips, Tablet Magazine tells fascinating stories about otherwise overlooked elements of Jewish culture.
http://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/2377/remembrance-day/http://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/7960/the-queens-of-bollywood/http://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/21468/blessed-bluegrass/
Vanity Fair
Eclectic, topical and thoroughly engaging, "Writers Reading" delivers on a simple premise—nonfiction writers reading from their recent work—with consistently excellent results.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/writers-reading/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/12/09/garry-wills-reads-from-bomb-power.htmlhttp://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/11/05/jonathan-safran-foer-reads-from-eating-animals.htmlhttp://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/10/19/kati-marton-reads-from-enemies-of-the-people.htmlhttp://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/10/12/edmund-white-reads-from-city-boy.htmlhttp://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/04/14/gay-talese-reads-from-thy-neighbors-wife.html
VideoHonors videos or video series in support of other website content or as independent news and feature stories
National Geographic's videos about the art of photographing a 1,600-year-old redwood and a (seemingly) man-eating leopard seal are models of the form.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=nichols-redwoodSs-gatefold&catID=1http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=nicklen-leopard-seals-deadly-beauty&catID=7
The Oxford American
"The Oxford American" pulls its viewers into rarely captured scenes of Southern culture, creating a big picture take on Southern life that perfectly complements the magazine's print counterpart.
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/sections/solost/
Reason
Using a short, funny send-up of the ubiquitous UPS "Whiteboard" commercials, Reason takes on some of its favorite targets: unions, regulation of industry and the federal government.
http://reason.tv/video/show/whiteboard
T, The New York Times Style Magazine
The Web overflows with celebrity interviews, but Lynn Hirschberg's series does something novel: It lets famous people speak at length, telling stories both personal and compelling.
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/tmagazine/video/index.html#/screentests
Yale Environment 360
In "Leveling Appalachia," Yale Environment 360 partners with Media Storm to take a wide-angle view of the sacrifice of millions of acres of West Virginia mountains to coal mining.
http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2198
CommunityHonors the use of proprietary content, interactive technology and social media to establish and sustain user communities
For "Your Shot," amateur photographers contribute work, editors regularly select stand-out samples, and the site's features display them in arresting, playful ways.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/your-shothttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/daily-dozenhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/voting-machinehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/match-gamehttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/jigsaw-puzzleshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/wallpaperhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/infinite-photographhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=mark-harveyhttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player#/?titleID=jeremiah-ridgeway&catID=1http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/?titleID=your-shot-special-issue&catID=1http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/?titleID=your-shot-moments&catID/
"The Loop" offers readers practical advice—but beyond that, it gives them a place to record their progress, find like-minded runners and maintain a detailed profile, creating a true and powerful online community.
http://runnersworld.com/comm/homeExample User Profile: http://www.runnersworld.com/RabbiPesachExample Bloggers:http://www.runnersworld.com/augustim350http://www.runnersworld.com/unlikelyrunnerhttp://www.runnersworld.com/seniorrunnerhttp://www.runnersworld.com/ghhrfyhttp://www.runnersworld.com/AmbyBurfootGroups:http://www.runnersworld.com/community/groups/http://www.runnersworld.com/newrunnersjourneyhttp://www.runnersworld.com/atlantarunnersForums: http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/index.jspPhoto Galleries: http://www.runnersworld.com/community/photos/index.jspPeople Finder: http://www.runnersworld.com/community/search/user.jsp
In "FanNation," readers can fill out their stats, build their own obsessive groups, and challenge each other to "Throwdown" debates. It's a place for obsessive sports fans to drop by, hang out or take up full-time residence.
http://fannation.com/http://fannation.com/truth_and_rumorshttp://www.fannation.com/community/http://fannation.com/throwdowns
