TruthDig Five-Word Webby Award Speeches

Honors accumulate for Truthdig, a news website with USC Annenberg connections.

Below: Complete texts of brief speeches from Truthdig’s Webby Award wins.

“You can handle the truth.”

ZUADE KAUFMAN (M.A. PRINT JOURNALISM ’05), PUBLISHER BEST POLITICAL BLOG, PEOPLE’S VOICE, 2014


“This one’s for Bradley Manning.”

PETER Z. SCHEER (B.A. COMMUNICATION ’04), MANAGING EDITOR BEST POLITICAL WEBSITE, JURY, 2013


“Whistleblowing: That’s a patriot act.”

ZUADE KAUFMAN (M.A. PRINT JOURNALISM ’05), PUBLISHER BEST POLITICAL BLOG, JURY, 2011 


“Wall Street: What fuckin’ thieves.”

PROF. ROBERT SCHEER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF BEST POLITICAL BLOG, JURY, 2010 


“Lust for truth, not profit.”

ZUADE KAUFMAN, (M.A. PRINT JOURNALISM ’05), PUBLISHER BEST POLITICAL BLOG, JURY, 2007 BEST POLITICAL BLOG, PEOPLE’S VOICE, 2007 OTHER USC ALUMNI CURRENTLY AT TRUTHDIG: JOSHUA SCHEER (B.A. COMMUNICATION ‘03), KASIA ANDERSON (Ph.D. CANDIDATE)