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2002 Winners

the best of the web
and the winners are...

The Best Sites of


activism

webby award winner

ActForChange
www.actforchange.com

people's voice winner

Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org
  nominees
  ActForChange   http://www.actforchange.com  
  Greenpeace   http://www.greenpeace.org  
  The Jane Goodall Institute   The Jane Goodall Institute  
  voice yourself   http://www.voiceyourself.com  
  World Resources Institute   http://www.wri.org  

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best practices

webby award winner

Movable Type
www.movabletype.org

people's voice winner

Wired News
www.wired.com
  nominees
  Commanding Heights Online   http://www.pbs.org/commandingheights  
  edutopia online   http://www.glef.org  
  Movable Type   http://www.movabletype.org  
  Theban Mapping Project   http://www.thebanmappingproject.com  
  Wired News   http://www.wired.com  

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broadband

webby award winner

CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com

people's voice winner

CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com
  nominees
  BET Hollagram   http://hollagram.bet.com  
  CBC Radio 3   http://www.cbcradio3.com  
  Commanding Heights Online   http://www.pbs.org/commandingheights  
  Heavy   http://www.heavy.com  
  Homeless   http://www.abc.net.au/homeless  

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commerce

webby award winner

Amazon.com
www.amazon.com

people's voice winner

Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
  nominees
  Amazon.com   http://www.amazon.com  
  Art.com   http://www.art.com  
  Fresh Direct   http://www.freshdirect.com  
  RedEnvelope   http://www.redenvelope.com  
  The Tire Rack   http://www.tirerack.com  

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community

webby award winner

Meetup
www.meetup.com

people's voice winner

Geocaching
www.geocaching.com
  nominees
  BBC Video Nation   http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation  
  Geocaching   http://www.geocaching.com  
  LiveJournal.com   http://www.livejournal.com  
  Meetup   http://www.meetup.com  
  Nervous Industries   http://www.nervousness.org  

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education

webby award winner

NASA Earth Observatory
earthobservatory.nasa.gov

people's voice winner

NASA Earth Observatory
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
  nominees
  BrainPOP   http://www.brainpop.com  
  NASA Earth Observatory   http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov  
  Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus   http://www.visualthesaurus.com  
  sodaplay   http://www.sodaplay.com  
  The New York Times Learning Network   http://www.nytimes.com/learning  

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fashion

webby award winner

SHOWstudio
www.showstudio.com

people's voice winner

STYLE.com
www.style.com
  nominees
  Hint Fashion Magazine   http://www.hintmag.com  
  JAPANESE STREETS   http://www.japanesestreets.com  
  Lucire   http://www.lucire.com  
  SHOWstudio   http://www.showstudio.com  
  Style.com   http://www.style.com  

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film

webby award winner

indieWIRE
www.indiewire.com

people's voice winner

Rotten Tomatoes
www.rottentomatoes.com
  nominees
  Bright Lights Film Journal   http://www.brightlightsfilm.com  
  indieWIRE   http://www.indiewire.com  
  Metacritic   http://www.metacritic.com  
  Rotten Tomatoes   http://www.rottentomatoes.com  
  SPONGI   http://www.spongi.com  

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finance

webby award winner

PayPal
www.paypal.com

people's voice winner

PayPal
www.paypal.com
  nominees
  ClearStation   http://www.clearstation.com  
  E-LOAN   http://www.eloan.com  
  PayPal   http://www.paypal.com  
  Quicken.com   http://www.quicken.com  
  Yahoo! Finance   http://finance.yahoo.com  

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games

webby award winner

Orisinal
www.orisinal.com

people's voice winner

Swirve
www.swirve.com
  nominees
  A Tale in the Desert   http://www.atitd.com  
  Disney's Toontown Online   http://www.toontown.com  
  Indie Game Jam   http://www.indiegamejam.com  
  Orisinal   http://www.orisinal.com  
  PopCap Games   http://www.popcap.com  

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govt

webby award winner

NASA
www.nasa.gov

people's voice winner

NASA
www.nasa.gov
  nominees
  NASA   http://www.nasa.gov  
  National Weather Service   http://www.weather.gov  
  Publius   http://www.publius.org  
  Rete Civica Iperbole - Comune di Bologna   http://www.comune.bologna.it  
  United Nations   http://www.un.org  

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health

webby award winner

Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
www.ppgg.org

people's voice winner

HIV STOPS WITH ME
www.hivstopswithme.org
  nominees
  Cancer.gov   http://www.cancer.gov  
  HIV STOPS WITH ME   http://www.hivstopswithme.org  
  lifeclinic.com   http://www.lifeclinic.com  
  Planned Parenthood Golden Gate   http://www.ppgg.org  
  teenwire.com   http://www.teenwire.com  

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humor

webby award winner

get your war on
www.mnftiu.cc
/mnftiu.cc/war.html

people's voice winner

The Onion
www.theonion.com
  nominees
  Eric Conveys an Emotion   http://www.emotioneric.com  
  get your war on   http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html  
  oddtodd.com   http://www.oddtodd.com  
  The Onion   http://www.theonion.com  
  WHITEHOUSE.ORG   http://www.whitehouse.org  

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living

webby award winner

Do-It-Yourself Network
www.diynet.com

people's voice winner

Do-It-Yourself Network
www.diynet.com
  nominees
  Bad Girl Swirl   http://www.badgirlswirl.com  
  Do-It-Yourself Network   http://www.diynet.com  
  Girl-on-the-street   http://www.girlonthestreet.com  
  Kitchens.com   http://www.kitchens.com  
  oddtodd.com   http://www.oddtodd.com  

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music

webby award winner

Flaming Lips
www.flaminglips.com

people's voice winner

Flaming Lips
www.flaminglips.com
  nominees
  Flaming Lips   http://www.flaminglips.com  
  Metacritic   http://www.metacritic.com  
  Okayplayer.com   http://www.okayplayer.com  
  pinknoises.com   http://www.pinknoises.com  
  Tech.Nitions   http://www.technitions.com/tech2.html  

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art

webby award winner

Listening Post
www.earstudio.com
/projects/listeningPost.html

people's voice winner

Penny Arcade
www.penny-arcade.com
  nominees
  Andy Deck-Art Context   http://artcontext.org/  
  BlinkenLights   http://www.blinkenlights.de  
  Listening Post   http://www.earstudio.com/projects/listenin...  
  NYC Surveillance Camera Players   http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html  
  PuppetTool   http://www.lecielestbleu.com/puppettool  
 
*You will find information about Listening Post at the URL provided. However Listening Post is a physical network art installation, which is the focus of the nomination.

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news

webby award winner

Google News
news.google.com

people's voice winner

BBC News Online
www.bbcnews.com
  nominees
  allAfrica.com   http://www.allafrica.com  
  BBC News Online   http://www.bbcnews.com  
  Google News   http://news.google.com  
  MSNBC   http://www.msnbc.com  
  Romenesko   http://www.poynter.org/medianews  

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personal

webby award winner

NobodyHere
www.nobodyhere.com

people's voice winner

Cockeyed
www.cockeyed.com
  nominees
  Cockeyed.com   http://www.cockeyed.com  
  David Still   http://www.davidstill.org  
  Jeff Harris   http://www.jeffharris.org  
  Jenville   http://www.jenville.com  
  NobodyHere   http://www.nobodyhere.com  

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politics

webby award winner

MoveOn.org
www.moveon.org

people's voice winner

The Note
www.abcnews.go.com
/sections/politics/US/TheNote.html
  nominees
  Congress.org   http://www.congress.org  
  Environmental Working Group   http://www.ewg.org  
  IssuesPA   http://www.issuespa.net  
  MoveOn.org   http://www.moveon.org  
  The Note   http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politic...  

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print

webby award winner

AlterNet
www.alternet.org

people's voice winner

The Onion
www.theonion.com
  nominees
  AlterNet   http://www.alternet.org  
  Boxes and Arrows   http://www.boxesandarrows.com  
  Metropolis Magazine   http://www.metropolismag.com  
  Shift Online   http://www.shift.com  
  The Onion   http://www.theonion.com  

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radio

webby award winner

Epitonic Radio
http://epitonic.com/radio.jsp

people's voice winner

CBC Radio 3
www.cbcradio3.com
  nominees
  CBC Radio 3   http://www.cbcradio3.com  
  Epitonic Radio   http://www.epitonic.com/radio.jsp  
  KEXP   http://www.kexp.org  
  This American Life   http://www.thisamericanlife.org  
  Transom   http://www.transom.org  

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science

webby award winner

exploreMarsnow
www.exploremarsnow.org

people's voice winner

HowStuffWorks
www.howstuffworks.com
  nominees
  Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics   http://mathworld.wolfram.com  
  exploreMarsnow   http://www.exploremarsnow.org  
  HowStuffWorks   http://www.howstuffworks.com  
  SCIENCE HOBBYIST   http://amasci.com  
  Scirus   http://www.scirus.com  

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services

webby award winner

eBay
www.ebay.com

people's voice winner

eBay
www.ebay.com
  nominees
  eBay   http://ebay.com  
  Evite   http://www.evite.com/  
  Netflix   http://www.netflix.com  
  Paytrust   http://www.paytrust.com  
  VolunteerMatch   http://www.VolunteerMatch.org  

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spirituality

webby award winner

Pluralism Project
www.pluralism.org

people's voice winner

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
www.goarch.org
  nominees
  BBCi Religion & Ethics   http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion  
  Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary   http://girardianlectionary.net  
  Parish of Trinity Church   http://www.trinitywallstreet.org  
  Pluralism Project   http://www.pluralism.org  
  Ritualwell.org   http://www.ritualwell.org  

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sports

webby award winner

ESPN.com
www.espn.com

people's voice winner

ESPN.com
www.espn.com
  nominees
  ESPN.com   http://www.espn.com  
  NBA.com   http://www.nba.com  
  Surfline   http://www.surfline.com  
  The Official Site of The America's Cup   http://americascup.yahoo.com  
  Tour de France - 2002   http://www.letour.fr/2002/us/index.html  

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tech

webby award winner

Apache Web Server
www.apache.org

people's voice winner

Google
www.google.com
  nominees
  Apache Web Server   http://www.apache.org  
  Google   http://www.google.com  
  Laszlo Presentation Server   http://www.laszlosystems.com  
  Linux   http://www.linux.org  
  phpBB   http://www.phpbb.com  
  *You will find information about Apache Server and Linux at the URLs provided. However it is the Apache Server and Linux which are the focus of the nominations.

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travel

webby award winner

Lonely Planet Online
www.lonelyplanet.com

people's voice winner

Lonely Planet Online
www.lonelyplanet.com
  nominees
  IgoUgo   http://www.igougo.com  
  Joe Sent Me   http://www.zyworld.com/brancatelli  
  Lonely Planet Online   http://www.lonelyplanet.com  
  SeatGuru.com   http://www.seatguru.com  
  The New York Times: Travel   http://www.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index....  

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tv

webby award winner

Nick.Com
www.nick.com

people's voice winner

CartoonNetwork.com
www.cartoonnetwork.com
  nominees
  Animal Planet: Future is Wild Interactive   http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/fu...  
  CartoonNetwork.com   http://www.cartoonnetwork.com  
  Frontline/World   http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld  
  HBO Online   http://www.hbo.com  
  Nick.Com   http://www.nick.com  

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weird

webby award winner

rathergood.com
www.rathergood.com

people's voice winner

rathergood.com
www.rathergood.com
  nominees
  20th Century Castles   http://www.missilebases.com  
  David Hasselhoff Video : Hooked on a Feeling   http://www.hellonetwork.com/demo/toysclub/...  
  FORTEAN TIMES ONLINE   http://www.forteantimes.com  
  Pole Shift Preparation   http://www.poleshiftprepare.com  
  rathergood.com   http://www.rathergood.com  

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kids

webby award winner

3d&i
www.3d-i.org

people's voice winner

Disney's Toontown Online
www.toontown.com
  nominees
  3d&i   http://www.3d-i.org  
  BAMboozled.org   http://www.bamboozled.org  
  Disney's Toontown Online   http://www.toontown.com  
  sodaplay   http://www.sodaplay.com  
  Whyville   http://www.whyville.net  

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In addition to the 30 categories honored at this year's Webby Awards Ceremony, the following award was awarded using Nielsen//NetRatings Internet audience measurement data. Learn more by reading the 2003 Rising Star Press Release.


kids

webby award winner

Snapfish
www.snapfish.com

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