PoconoRecord.com wins two state Excellence in Cyberspace awards
18 March 2009 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
STROUDSBURG, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- PoconoRecord.com has won
two awards in the 2009 Pennsylvania Newspaper Excellence in
Cyberspace contest. The first award for "Site Design" was based on
the Web site's usability and depth of content. The organization was
also commended for how well it promotes content beyond the home
page, and how much of the Pocono Record's staff is involved in the
day-to-day operations. Among the items included in
PoconoRecord.com's submission for this award was a site built to
collect coverage of the Pennsylvania primary and an ongoing series
titled, "PSPCA: Animal Abuse or Abuse of Power?" This is the second
consecutive year that PoconoRecord.com won this award in its
newspaper's circulation category. The second award was for
"Timeliness" for coverage of an Aug. 2008 standoff in Stroudsburg
that happened next door to the newspaper's offices. "We are
impressed with the minute-by-minute updates," the judges said.
"Mobilizing workers to do jobs that they don't normally cover in an
event is also impressive. We like the use of different angles for
the story and the frequency of new posts and alerts sent to area
residents. Very nice touches." "This win was a team effort," said
Marta Gouger, managing editor, online, for Ottaway Newspapers'
Pocono Mountain Media Group. "Everyone on the Pocono Record's
staff, not just news reporters, kicked in to do constant updates."
The Cyberspace Awards presentation will take place on Tuesday,
April 7 at the Hershey Lodge in conjunction with America East.
ABOUT OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
(http://www.ottaway.com/), is the Local Media Group of Dow Jones.
Ottaway operates eight community media groups around the country -
including the Pocono Mountains Media Group - that collectively are
comprised of 8 daily and 15 weekly newspapers, several lifestyle
magazines and other niche publications, and a multitude of
affiliated Web sites in seven states. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones
& Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation
company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of
global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media
Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and
the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group
includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client
Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information
Services. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd.
and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. Media
Contact: Sean Polay Product Manager, Distributed Media 774.313.6093
DATASOURCE: Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. CONTACT: Sean Polay, Product
Manager, Distributed Media, +1-774-313-6093, or Web Site:
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