The 21st annual Webby Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 15, 2017, which was hosted by comedian and actor Joel McHale.[1][2] The Webby Awards have been dubbed the "internet's highest honor" and, in 2017, received nearly 13,000 entries from 70 countries.[3]
Winners
edit| Category | Sub-Category | Webby Award Winner | People's Voice winner | Other Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Achievement | Lifetime Achievement | Internet Archive | ||
| Artist of the Year | Solange Knowles | |||
| Social Movement of the Year | Women's March | |||
| Best Actress | Gillian Anderson | |||
| Best Actor | Steve Buscemi | |||
| Special Achievement | Van Jones | |||
| Agency of the Year | BBDO New York | |||
| Web | Activism | Women's Footprint in History by UN Women and Elkanodata | Shout Your Abortion by Civilization (Design Practice) | Global Gender Gap Report Browser by TWO-N Inc. |
| My Grandmother's Lingo by SBS | ||||
| Make It OK by Preston Kelly | ||||
| Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History by The Metropolitan Museum of Art | The Garden of Earthly Delights by Jheronimus Bosch by Q42, NTR, Fabrique & Pieter Huystee Film | ||
| Associations | Vera Institute of Justice by Hyperakt | The United State of Video Games by E3 | ||
| Best Individual Editorial Experience | Voices From Standing Rock by The Washington Post | |||
| Best Practices | VirginAmerica.com by Virgin Atlantic, Work & Co | WIRED Ad Free by Condé Nast | ||
| Best Visual Design - Aesthetic | iFly50.com by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Born05 | |||
| Online Film & Video | Music Video | Coldplay – Up&Up by Prettybird | Beyoncé – Formation by Prettybird | DJ Shadow feat. Run the Jewels – Nobody Speak by Pulse Films |
| Miike Snow – Genghis Khan by Pulse Films | ||||
| OK Go – The One Moment by Ogilvy & Mather | ||||
| Animation | “Are You Lost in the World Like Me?” by Moby and the Void Pacific Choir (illustration by Steve Cutts) | |||
| Variety | "We the Internet TV" | "Movie Accent Expert Breaks Down Actors' Accents" by Wired | ||
| Video Remixes/Mashups | "Kendrick Lamar/Rick and Morty Mashup" by Mylo the Cat | |||
| Mobile Sites & Apps | Best Streaming Video | HBO Now by HBO | Radio Garden by Studio Puckey & Moniker | |
| Pandora | ||||
| Bumpers | ||||
| Overcast | ||||
| Games | Pokémon Go by Niantic, Inc. | The Walking Dead No Man's Land Mobile Game by AMC Networks | Dots & Co by Dots | |
| Star Wars Arcade by Goodboy Digital and Disney EMEA | ||||
| NBA LIVE Mobile by Electronic Arts | ||||
| Social | Music | Mark Ronson – The Official Cover by McCann London | Album+Art by Eisen Bernardo | #beckWOW Instagram Campaign by Capitol Records |
| StreetMusicMap Instagram by StreetMusicMap | ||||
| Rolling Stone Instagram by Rolling Stone | ||||
| Podcasts | Arts & Culture | Still Processing | Stuff You Should Know | |
| Best Host | Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People | 99% Invisible | ||
| Best Individual Episode | "Is the Internet Being Ruined?" (Ep. 253)
from Freakonomics Radio |
"My Little Hundred Million" (S1-E6)
from Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell |
||
| Best Sound Design/ Original Music Score | Secrets, Crimes & Audiotape: Wait Wait Don’t Kill Me Series | Undisclosed: The Music | ||
| Best Writing | How to Be a Girl | Stuff You Missed in History Class | ||
| Comedy | The Hilarious World of Depression | The Last Podcast On The Left | ||
| Documentary | The Kitchen Sisters Present | Missing Richard Simmons | ||
| Drama | Homecoming | |||
| Interview/Talk Show | Another Round | |||
| Lifestyle | Women of the Hour | The Sporkful | ||
| News & Information | "Voting rights – and wrongs" episode
from Reveal |
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast | ||
| Recaps | Masterpiece Studio | |||
| Science & Education | Hidden Brain | Waking Up with Sam Harris | ||
| Sports | The Bill Simmons Podcast | |||
| Technology | Leo Laporte talks with Edward Snowden's Lawyer | Codebreaker | ||
| Advertising, Media & PR | Data Driven Media | Doctors of the World | I'm Moving to Canada | |
References
edit- ^ "The 21st Annual Webby Awards Honor This Year's Internet VIPs". Variety. Archived from the original on May 19, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Hollywood Reporter Website Nominated for Webby Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 2017-04-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "Here Are The Winners Of The 21st Annual Webby Awards". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.