Truthdig.com, a Web site led by Annenberg alumni and faculty that is dedicated to providing insightful and accurate reporting, earned Webby Award nominations in the categories of news, politics and political blogs.
"We're one of the few sites that actually pay to send journalists around the world to places like Afghanistan, Iraq and Gambia to cover stories," said communication professor and Truthdig founding editor Robert Scheer. "We're most thrilled to be nominated in the news category alongside BBC, NPR, Reuters and Salon.com."
Besides Scheer, Annenberg contributors to the Truthdig team include: publisher Zuade Kaufman (M.A. Print Journalism '05); managing editor Peter Scheer (B.A. Communication '04); news editor Kasia Anderson (Ph.D. candidate); chief podcaster and contributor Joshua Scheer (B.A. Communication '03); contributor Larry Gross (Communication School director); and contributor Marc Cooper (journalism professor).
"We recognize that for online journalism to succeed and be important to a democracy, it must be real journalism with professional writers and editors," Robert Scheer said. "Our goal is to inform and 'dig beneath the headlines' to find the real stories."
