SportsYakima.com among nation’s best
December 25, 2009 by YH-R Sports
YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Herald-Republic’s sports Web site, SportsYakima.com, was honored as one of the 20 best in the nation in its classification the Associated Press Sports Editors announced Friday.
SportsYakima.com earned honorable mention among sites with fewer than 1 million unique visitors a month.
Copy editor Marcus Michelson and news producer TJ Mullinax are largely responsible for the day-to-day operation of the site with help from the rest of the newspaper’ sports and web departments.
“The judges came away very impressed by the efforts evidenced on the day we randomly selected,” said Gerry Ahern, assistant managing editor for Yahoo Sports. “From microsites for specific local teams and sports, to video, to blogs, to live chats, to breaking news, the editors clearly understand the importance of not only drawing, but trying to engage their audiences.
“Getting down to a top 20 in each category was very difficult. There’s a lot of great work being done.”
TOP 10: The Capital Times/Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wis.); Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer; Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal; Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star; Tulsa (Okla.) World; The Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal; The (DeKalb, Ill.) Daily Chronicle; Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News; The (Tacoma) News Tribune; The (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise.
HONORABLE MENTION: Yakima Herald-Republic; Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World; Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.); Florida Today (Melbourne, Fla.); Newport News (Va.) Daily Press; Canton (Ohio) Repository; Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard; Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette; The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster, Ind.)
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