The Cable Gamer is not a big fan of awards and prizes inside the news industry, mostly because she has seen up close that they are small "p" political--the award givers tend to give them to their friends and ideological soul-mates.
Yet TCG doesn't disagree that CNN.com has a pretty good website, and that it deserves some sort of prize, such as this one, from the Online News Association.
Here's the writeup, conveniently written by CNN! But again, if you don't toot your horn, who will?
The General Excellence award honors sites that successfully fulfill their editorial mission, effectively serve their audience, maximize the Web's characteristics and represent the highest journalistic standards, according to the organization.
CNN.com won the award for large sites, with the panel commenting that the site "made substantial changes in the past year, making it one of the more dynamic destinations out there."
The judges also remarked that CNN.com "takes user content seriously and integrates it into the whole, opening a new era of networked content."
Last summer, CNN.com relaunched the Web site, pioneering integrated multimedia story-telling online, enhancing the presentation of live video, offering quick links to local news and providing new features to make coverage more accessible than ever.
