It’s no April Fools’ Day joke! FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC), has been nominated in the 30th Annual Webby Awards in the category Websites and Mobile Sites: News & Politics.
FactCheck.org is one of five nominees in the News & Politics category of the Webbys, which honor online excellence and are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Panels of judges for the academy have awarded FactCheck.org a total of 10 previous Webby Awards as best politics site, including six straight from 2014-19. FactCheck.org has also won the Webby People’s Voice Award 11 times, most recently in 2023.
Fans of FactCheck.org can help it win this year’s People’s Voice Award, which is voted on by the public. Go to vote.webbyawards.com and sign in or sign up to vote. The following link will take you directly to the News & Politics category. Or, to find the category from the main page, click on “Categories,” then “Websites & Mobile Sites,” then “General Desktop & Mobile Sites,” and finally “News & Politics.”
For those who wish to vote: if you register with your email address, be sure to confirm your account so that your vote will count. Click “Resend Confirmation Email” if one is not automatically sent to your email address.
The other nominees in FactCheck.org’s category are Reuters, for Syria After Assad; The SLAPP Back Initiative; The Trace; and the Council on Foreign Relations.
The voting period ends April 16. The Webby winners will be announced April 21.
