washingtonpost.com Multimedia Team Nabs 31 of 90 Television Journalism Awards From White House News Photographers Association

washingtonpost.com Multimedia Team Nabs 31 of 90 Television Journalism Awards From White House News Photographers Association

ARLINGTON Va., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The prestigious White House News Photographers Association has awarded 31 of the 90 awards given in its "Eyes of History 2006" contest for television journalism to producers and editors from washingtonpost.com.

Judging for the awards took place January 14-15, 2006. The awards were announced January 16.

washingtonpost.com is the only website represented among the top competitors for the awards, including major news networks and television stations.

Caroline Little, CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, said "This recognition shows that our investment in building a world-class multimedia team that rivals the excellence of television competitors has paid off greatly. I could not be prouder of our team."

Awards include Editor of the Year, given to washingtonpost.com video journalist, Travis Fox. Fox also won first place prizes in the categories of General News, Day Feature, Documentary, Political and News Feature reporting.

washingtonpost.com video journalists Pierre Kattar, Ben de la Cruz, Christina Pino-Marina, J.C. Crandall and John Poole also won a range of awards in categories including Long Form Editing, Short Form Editing, Sports, Special Reports/Series, and Spot News, among others.

A full list of winners may be found at the following link:
http://whnpa.org/contest/06tvresults.htm

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is the online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO). Its mission is to develop the company's editorial products and businesses on the Internet and across all electronic content delivery platforms. WPNI's flagship products include washingtonpost.com, Slate, BudgetTravelOnline.com, and Newsweek.com. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA

Source: Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

CONTACT: Eric Easter of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive,
+1-703-469-2763

Web site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://whnpa.org/contest/06tvresults.htm

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