{"id":222,"date":"2010-06-15T14:15:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/beliefnet-wins-two-webby-awards.html"},"modified":"2010-06-15T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T14:15:20","slug":"beliefnet-wins-two-webby-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/06\/beliefnet-wins-two-webby-awards.html","title":{"rendered":"Beliefnet Wins Two Webby Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beliefnet has an inspiring news story of it&#8217;s own to report. We won two Webby awards!<br \/>\nMichael Kress, our Managing Editor and Vice President of Editorial, had the pleasure of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/webby?x=LR0NMkQz1nw\">accepting<\/a> Beliefnet&#8217;s Webby Awards at a ceremony in Manhattan last night, in the traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/webby?x=LR0NMkQz1nw\">five word speech<\/a>. Beliefnet won 2 awards in the Religion and Spirituality category &#8211; &#8220;Webby Award Winner&#8221; and &#8220;People&#8217;s Voice Winner.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe experience was fun and very inspiring, said Kress. &#8220;It was a great reminder of just how new, dynamic, experimental, and constantly changing and advancing this medium is&#8211;whether it&#8217;s furthering a great cause, posting silly pictures, or of course, helping people enrich their spiritual lives.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe reported some of the following highlights:<br \/>\n<em>There were celebrities:<\/em> BJ Novack from <em>The Office <\/em>hosted; very-pregnant Amy Poehler won an award presented by Will Arnett and Jason Bateman; Also sighted were Isabella Rosselini, Buzz Aldrin, Jimmy Falon and Lisa Kudrow.<br \/>\n<em>There were Muppets:<\/em> Animal and Floyd, from The Muppets, accepted a Webby on behalf of Jim Henson Studios, which Animal proceeded to eat.<br \/>\n<em>There were many Inspirational Moments:<\/em> Roger Ebert was given an award for Web Person of the Year. Ebert literally lost his voice&#8211;his ability to talk&#8211;when he had his jaw removed as part of his battle against cancer. The web gave him a new kind of voice, and he has gone from being one of America&#8217;s most important movie critics to an insightful commentator on our culture in general.<br \/>\n<em>There was music:<\/em> The choir of PS 22 in Staten Island has become an internet sensation with its awesome renditions of popular songs. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/webby?x=j7HGpyvePck\">They performed<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>And there was the Acceptance Speech.<\/em> The Webby&#8217;s give recipient five words in which to say thank you or say something fun. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/webby?x=LR0NMkQz1nw\">See Michael Kress&#8217; brilliant speech.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beliefnet has an inspiring news story of it&#8217;s own to report. We won two Webby awards! 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