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| Best website & social media: RT grabs 4 nominations at prestigious digital Lovie Awards | |
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| The RT online team has made the final rounds in four categories of Europe’s leading digital honor, The Lovie Awards. Best overall social presence and best news website are among the prizes RT is up for. | The RT online team has made the final rounds in four categories of Europe’s leading digital honor, The Lovie Awards. Best overall social presence and best news website are among the prizes RT is up for. |
| RT contends against highly-renowned rivals such as the Guardian and Vice News. | RT contends against highly-renowned rivals such as the Guardian and Vice News. |
| A project marking the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl made it into the finals in two categories – one for best practice and another for best use of animation on a website. | A project marking the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl made it into the finals in two categories – one for best practice and another for best use of animation on a website. |
| But most importantly the channel is competing to snatch first place for the best news website and also the best overall social presence. | But most importantly the channel is competing to snatch first place for the best news website and also the best overall social presence. |
| "The Lovies celebrates the most creative cases and projects in digital. To grab four nominations, including such prestigious categories as the best news website and overall social media presence – once again proves that RT's global webteam is among the main trendsetters on the digital media market," said RT’s Head of Online Projects Kirill Karnovich-Valua. | "The Lovies celebrates the most creative cases and projects in digital. To grab four nominations, including such prestigious categories as the best news website and overall social media presence – once again proves that RT's global webteam is among the main trendsetters on the digital media market," said RT’s Head of Online Projects Kirill Karnovich-Valua. |
| Although it didn’t reach the finals, the RT team was also among those shortlisted in four more categories, including for the mobile app and web television. | Although it didn’t reach the finals, the RT team was also among those shortlisted in four more categories, including for the mobile app and web television. |
| The Lovie Awards is the European counterpart of the renowned Webby Awards, where RT was placed first last year in the category of Social Media News & Information. | The Lovie Awards is the European counterpart of the renowned Webby Awards, where RT was placed first last year in the category of Social Media News & Information. |
| It is running for the sixth year honoring “contributions and contributors to the internet and digital media.” The winners are chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). However in each of the categories there is also a public vote called the People’s Lovie Awards. This is where RT fans can have their say by voting for the achievements of our web team. | It is running for the sixth year honoring “contributions and contributors to the internet and digital media.” The winners are chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). However in each of the categories there is also a public vote called the People’s Lovie Awards. This is where RT fans can have their say by voting for the achievements of our web team. |
| To supporting RT for best news web site just follow this link, and to back our web team for the best social media presence click here. | To supporting RT for best news web site just follow this link, and to back our web team for the best social media presence click here. |
| To express support for the Chernobyl project as the best website practice you can head here and also feel free vote for RT in the category ‘Websites Best Use of Animation/Motion Graphics.’ | To express support for the Chernobyl project as the best website practice you can head here and also feel free vote for RT in the category ‘Websites Best Use of Animation/Motion Graphics.’ |
| The voting is opened till September 22 on the website of the People’s Lovie Awards. | The voting is opened till September 22 on the website of the People’s Lovie Awards. |
| Launched back in 2005, RT increasingly focused on social media as a means by which to interact with its followers. | Launched back in 2005, RT increasingly focused on social media as a means by which to interact with its followers. |
| It has been one of the pioneers of news broadcasting. Notably, it has been using a 360 degree camera, adding several 360 videos to a section of the RT website. | It has been one of the pioneers of news broadcasting. Notably, it has been using a 360 degree camera, adding several 360 videos to a section of the RT website. |
| Viral videos by RT play have also become one of the backbones of the channel’s web presence. | Viral videos by RT play have also become one of the backbones of the channel’s web presence. |
| RT is also widely presented on YouTube, and is in fact the mostly widely-watched news outlet on the service with over 3 billion views. | RT is also widely presented on YouTube, and is in fact the mostly widely-watched news outlet on the service with over 3 billion views. |