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Locals Nominated for Webbys!
From everyone at LAist and in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, congrats! | Photo by discarted via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr
While the Pulitzer Prize announcements yesterday gave nothing to the LA Times and as the LA Weekly noted, this year marked the first time since 2006 that the Weekly didn't win a Pulitzer, effectively ending their current streak (at one), the Webby Awards were announced today and with locals nominated.
- Epic-Fu -- Variety (Online Film & Video)
- Tom Green's House Tonight -- Variety (Online Film & Video)
- The Los Angeles Film School -- Best Home/Welcome Page (Websites)
- Why Tuesday? -- Blogs/Political (Websites)
- Huffington Post -- Blogs/Political (Websites)
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- Science (Websites)
- Goodnight Burbank -- Comedy: Long Form or Series (Online Film & Video)
- TruthDig -- Political
(Websites)Vote for your favorites here.
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Congrats to all! If any other locals we missed on the above list, chime in on the comments and we'll get you up.
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