LiveHopeLove.com Wins 2009 People's Voice Award!

Jon Sawyer and Nathalie Applewhite celebrated LiveHopeLove.com at the 2009 Webby Awards Gala in New York City on June 8 and 9.

LiveHopeLove.com won the 2009 People's Voice Award for the Art category, was a finalist in the Best Use of Photography category, and was an Officlal Honoree in the Best Visual Design - Aesthetic category. The site is part of the Pulitzer Center's Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica a multi-media reporting project, which includes an extended essay by Kwame Dawes for The Virginia Quarterly Review, two short documentaries for the public-television program Foreign Exchange, a collection of poetry inspired by his reporting, photography by Joshua Cogan, and a performance of the poems set to music by composer Kevin Simmonds.

LiveHopeLove.com is the interactive web presentation designed by bluecadet interactive that synthesizes audio and text versions of the poems, the Foreign Exchange videos, additional video interviews, the music, and photography produced by the Pulitzer Center.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoringexcellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts,business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities

Of the nearly 10,000 entries submitted to the 13th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work.

About the Webby Awards and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences:

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg, Virgin Atlantic Chairman and Founder Richard Branson, and The Weinstein Company Co-Founder Harvey Weinstein. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper.The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states and generated over 750 million mediaimpressions worldwide.

Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business and everyday lives, the 13thAnnual Webby Awards expands the mission of the Webby by honoring excellence in over 100+ Website, Interactive Advertising, Online Film& Video, and Mobile Web categories.

The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category -- The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award-- in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for bothawards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards. However, you, the online community, determine the winners of ThePeople's Voice by voting for the nominated work that you believe to bethe best in each category. Each year, the People's Voice Awards garners hundreds of thousands of votes from the Web community all over the world.