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.
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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.
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June 2001 |
KnightRidder.com
listed as one of the InternetWeek Top 100
E-Business Leaders
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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
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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 Costas 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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