Knight Ridder Digital is widely recognized as a pioneer and leader in electronic publishing. In its five-year existence, the company has earned many industry awards, including several firsts:

January 2002	The Newspaper Association of America awarded Knight Ridder Digital its 2001 Best Practice Award in New Media for the development of Xmultra, a program for converting news and classified information into XML.
October 2001	Online Journalism Awards 2001 names two Knight Ridder Digital sites as finalists: -Knight Ridder Digital's Washington Bureau Web site, KRWashington.com, for a report on the role of modern-day slavery in the chocolate industry; and -Philly.com's Philadelphia Inquirer five-week series on the U.S. government's hunt for drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.
June 2001	KnightRidder.com listed as one of the InternetWeek Top 100 E-Business Leaders
February 2001	BayArea.com Theater and Dance Guide (San Jose [Calif.] Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.) awarded an EPpy Best Use of Rich Media.
February 2001	Viet Mercury awarded EPpy for Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service -- Weekly, Community, Alternative and Free.
November 2000	KnightRidder.com listed as one of the Interactive 500 by Internet Week.
July 2000	SiliconValley.com presented a LISA for the "Best Business Information/E-Commerce Service" by The Kelsey Group.
July 2000	SiliconValley.com presented a LISA (Local Internet Service Award) for the "Best Local Business Information Service" by The Kelsey Group.
June 2000	PCWeek recognized Knight Ridder as one of the fast-growing leaders in creating employment opportunities for top IT professionals.
January 2000	PCWeek recognized Knight Ridder as one of the fast-growing leaders in creating employment opportunities for top IT professionals.
November 1999	Interactive Week ranked KnightRidder.com among the top 100 Net firms in its Internet 500.
June 1999	SiliconValley.com awarded an Edgie for the "Best News Presentation" by the Newspaper Association of America
February 1999	Editor & Publisher awarded top honors to Knight Ridder Real Cities at the Editor & Publisher Interactive Conference. Real Cities earned three EPPY Awards: Best Overall Online Service for elHerald.com Best Special Section in a Newspaper Online Service for Mercury Center's coverage of the Microsoft antitrust trial Outstanding Achievement by an Individual, awarded to Chris Jennewein, vice president, technology and operations
September 1998	Information Week named Knight Ridder the most innovative user of technology in the United States for its Internet publishing efforts – the top spot in the annual 500 listing – for its Internet publishing efforts.
June 1998	The Newspaper Association of America awarded Real Cities four 1998 Digital Edge Awards: Best Online Newspaper Outstanding Achievement: Best Feature Presentation Best Classified Advertising Use of New Media Public Service Award
February 1998	The Ohio Newspaper Association awarded Ohio.com many Awards at its '98 Annual Conference: Best Overall Web site for the state of Ohio in the large newspaper (circulation) category. Best Web site/Content Best Web site/Navigation Best Web site/Customer Service
February 1998	Editor & Publisher awarded Knight Ridder Real Cities many EPpy awards: Best Special Section In A Newspaper Online Service to PhillyNews.com, Philadelphia Online, for the Best Special Section category. PhillyNews.com won for Blackhawk Down, a 30-part, multimedia Web series that combined hard reporting, novel-like narrative, audio, video, animated graphics and photographs. Blackhawk Down told the inside story of the battle between U.S. troops and Somalian rebels in Mogadishu in 1993. Best Use of Interactivity In A Newspaper Online Service to KCstar.com for Money Games: Inside the NCAA, a six-part series that examined NCAA problems and solutions.
July 1998	The Kelsey Group awarded Real Cities a Local Internet Service Award (LISA) for Best Directory National Service.
July 1997	The Newspaper Association of America awarded Knight Ridder Real Cities four Digital Edge Awards at its Annual Connections Conference: Best Online Newspaper Site for Contra Costa’s HotCoco.com Public Service Award for the Grand Forks Herald's Northscape.com coverage of local floods and fires Best Classified Use of New Media to KC.com New Media Pioneer of the Year to Chris Jennewein, vice president of technology and operations, Knight Ridder New Media
April 1995	Interactive Age named Mercury Center the best Web site in the nation. Editor & Publisher named NewsHound, a customized online news search and retrieval service, Best Original Feature for an online newspaper.
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