The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org has been nominated for a 2021 Webby Award in the category Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics.
FactCheck.org has been honored with a Webby from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Science — and in the People’s Voice popular vote — on a number of occasions. In 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and from 2014-2019, FactCheck won Webby Awards. From 2
007-2010 and again from 2012-2017, FactCheck received the most votes in the Webby People’s Voice competition in the politics category.
The other nominees for the 2021 Webby Award in the News & Politics category are the PBS NewsHour; NBC News: Trans, Imprisoned – and Trapped; FRONTLINE; and FiveThirtyEight: The Election Forecast.
The Webbys, also known as “the Oscars of the Internet,” are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and honor excellence on the internet.
FactCheck.org, whose mission is to serve as a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters, also fact-checks misinformation in science through its SciCheck feature. Its latest efforts in the SciCheck COVID-19/Vaccination Project seek to increase exposure to accurate information about COVID-19 and vaccines, while decreasing the impact of misinformation.
Please help FactCheck.org win the People’s Voice Webby for best website/mobile site in news & politics! Use your email account or Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus account to sign in and vote. Voting ends on May 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and winners will be announced May 18.
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