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Best website & social media: RT grabs 4 nominations at prestigious digital Lovie Awards 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 2016 and now we need your help to win People’s Vote. Best overall social presence and best news website are among the prizes RT is up for.
VOTE FOR RT:VOTE FOR RT:
- BEST NEWS WEBSITE- BEST NEWS WEBSITE
- BEST OVERAL SOCIAL PRESENCE- BEST OVERAL SOCIAL PRESENCE
- CHERNOBYL FALLOUT 30: BEST USE OF VIDEO & BEST PRACTICES- CHERNOBYL FALLOUT 30: BEST USE OF VIDEO & BEST PRACTICES
RT contends against highly-renowned rivals such as the Guardian and Vice News. Voting ends on September 22.
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. For best website in News RT is running against such contenders as The Guardian, Vice News and Radio Free Europe.
But most importantly the channel is competing to snatch first place for the best news website and also the best overall social presence. Special online 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.
"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. READ MORE: #DigitalVDay in 360: Experience WWII victory celebrations in RT's unique panoramic videos
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).
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.
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.
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.