The award comes roughly a year after GlobeSt.com underwent a major design upgrade, so the award is very much a team effort. Included in the award are the site's bureau chiefs: Melissa Kress (Southeast and the site's managing editor); Connie Gore (Southwest); Katie Hinderer (Northeast); Robert Carr (Midwest); Daniel Williams (Southern California and editor of Real Estate Southern California); and Brian Miller (Northwest). The award also recognized Scott Thompson (director of creative services and project development) and Chirag Shah (site coordinator).

"This is a lively and accessible site," the judges said. "The dynamic feature adds visible image and focus to the home page. The strong news orientation of the content is well-targeted to its audience."

There were 21 categories in this year's competition. Other winners included: June Arney and Fred Schulte of the Baltimore Sun for Best Team Report (All Categories); Joan Whiteley of the Las Vegas Review-Journal for Best Newspaper Report (Less Than 250,000 Circulation); and Randi Marshall of Newsday for Best Newspaper Report (More Than 250,000 Circulation).

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