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Awards

Recipient of two 2007 MPA Digital Awards: Slate V won best online video–standalone for "Justice Scalia Joins 24;" Slate received third place for Web site of the year under the News and Social Topics/Business and Finance category.
Winner of 2007 Online Journalism Award for Commentary from a large Web site given to William Saletan. Slate's Deputy Editor David Plotz was also nominated in the same category.
Winner of two of Min's Best of the Web Awards, to Jacob Weisberg for Editor of Web site and for best podcast/videocast.
Winner of the 2006 Weblog Award for best podcast. (Andy Bowers, executive producer and host.)
Winner of four 2006 Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Awards: (Internet Travel Article) Gold, David Plotz, "An American Barbecue Pilgrimage"; Silver, Jacob Weisberg, "Book Hunting in Britain"; Bronze, Seth Stevenson, "Should I Move to Amsterdam?"; (Special Purpose Travel) Gold, Seth Stevenson, "Baja, Top to Bottom."
2006 Winner of the Web Marketing Awards for Best Media Web Site and Best Photography Web Site.
2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize from the National Building Museum awarded to Witold Rybczynski, recognizing Rybczynski's architecture criticism in Slate.
2006 EPpy Award for Best Internet News Service (over 1 million visitors). The award is made by Editor and Publisher and Mediaweek.
2006 Award from the Chicago Headline Club/Society of Professional Journalists in the category of commentary given to Slate's Austan Goolsbee
2006 James Beard Journalism Award given to Sara Dickerman for "Down With Gloves." Slate's Mike Steinberger was also nominated in the same category.
2005 First-Place Winner in the "Faux Faulkner Contest": Sam Apple, for "The Administration and the Fury" in Slate.
2005 Winner of Online News Association awards for Online Commentary, large sites: Seth Stevenson, Slate.com, "Ad Report Card," and Enterprise Journalism, large sites: Slate.com, "What is Torture?" Special recognition: Mickey Kaus, Slate.com, "Kausfiles."
2005 Winner of two EPpy awards for Best Internet News Service with more than 1 million monthly visitors, and Best Internet Entertainment Service with more than 1 million monthly visitors.
2005 Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Award to Meghan O'Rourke in field of Online Commentary
Winner of three 2005 Society of American Travel Writers awards: (Cultural Tourism Article) Gold, Seth Stevenson, "Trying Really Hard To Like India"; (Personal Comment) Bronze, Matthew Polly, "Brown Revisited"; (Internet Travel Article) Silver, Elisabeth Eaves, "Dancing in Spanish: Flamenco in Seville."

Press Releases

March 18, 2008: Slate Announces New Publisher

March 17, 2008: Slate Launches Law Blog

Feb. 11, 2008: Slate 60 List Celebrates Leading Philanthropists

Nov. 2, 2007: Slate V Unveils Winning Video from First-Ever User-Generated Contest

Oct. 17, 2007: Slate Expands Political Coverage

Sept. 4, 2007: Slate V Becomes a Strong Force in Web Video

Aug. 1, 2007: Slate and OPEN from American Express® To Launch New Interactive Features for Small Business

July 11, 2007: Slate 60 Conference Honoring Innovative Philanthropy Enters Second Year

May 4, 2007:
Yahoo!, The Huffington Post and Slate to Host First-Ever Online-Only Presidential Debates, Moderated by Charlie Rose

April 16, 2007: Slate Launches Second Green Challenge To Reduce Carbon Emissions

April 2, 2007: Slate to Launch "The Fray" 2.0, Redesign of Popular Discussion Area

March 14, 2007: Clive James' Inimitable Interviews to Appear on Slate

Feb. 26, 2007: Ron Rosenbaum to Join Slate Magazine

Feb. 16, 2007: Warren Buffett Tops Slate 60 List of Biggest Charitable Donations

Jan. 30, 2007: Slate Magazine to Screen "The Situation" in New York City

Oct. 23, 2006: Slate Launches Green Challenge To Reduce Carbon Emissions

Oct. 16, 2006: Slate Launches New "Cool Capitals" Ad Campaign for European Destinations

Oct. 6, 2006: Additional Speakers Announced for Slate 60 Conference

Sept. 26, 2006: Slate Magazine Launches New Video Series

Aug. 14, 2006: Slate 60 Conference To Gather Top Philanthropists at Clinton Library

June 26, 2006: Slate Marks 10^th Anniversary With New Design

May 1, 2006: Slate Promotes Texas Ranch House With User-Initiated Takeover

Feb. 17, 2006: America's Biggest Donors Scale Back Their Giving in 2005

Jan. 18, 2006: Slate Breaks Into Top 20 News Sites for December

Dec. 1, 2005: Slate and Magnum Photos Partner With "Today's Pictures" Feature

Nov. 15, 2005: JC Penney Goes Page to Page With Special Single-Advertiser Issue

Sept. 29, 2005: Slate Adds Top Technology Writer Adam Penenberg

June 10, 2005: Slate Wins Two EPpys

March 8, 2005: Slate 60 List of Top Philanthropists Released

Recent News Articles About Slate

The Chicago Tribune (September 6, 2007)
"Before I list my current top-five podcasts and urge you to give this new medium a try, I probably should define what a podcast is.

"The five I recommend here are professionally produced, mainstream programs that are likely to be gateways to niche podcasts you'll discover once you get over the small hurdle of figuring out how and where to subscribe (Apple's free iTunes program for Mac and Windows makes it ridiculously simple, but other programs are easy too).

"2. The Gabfest. This weekly, news-in-review chat show from Slate is a delightfully informal round-table conversation among three Washington print journalists -- the online magazine's political correspondent John Dickerson, senior editor Emily Bazelon and deputy editor David Plotz. The listener feels like the fourth at a gathering of witty, opinionated and well-informed friends."

MediaPost (September 4, 2007)
"Slate's online video magazine Slate V is proving to be a sticky destination--delivering more than 2 million video downloads since its launch in late June, its creators report.

"The site, which gets daily promotion from the Slate.com home page, launched with a 10-month advertising flight from Infiniti and a commitment to produce one original video each weekday as well as a "Did You See This" hand-picked editorial favorites compilation from around the Web."

The Chicago Tribune (August 22, 2007)
"If you've paid any attention to news-and-information Web sites lately, you've noticed that most are trying to dress them up with the latest Internet fad, video.

"These efforts are only intermittently effective. A reporter or columnist reading his piece aloud just feels like a naked ploy to keep you glued to the site a little longer, unless that writer has the vocal charisma of James Earl Jones. A video of a profile subject, on the other hand, can greatly enhance a print story.

"But what's most challenging and, in the long run, probably most effective, is what the online magazine Slate is doing.

"Its pioneering new video site Slate V concentrates on trying to come up with original video concepts, such as a demonstration of the 12 basic types of advertisements, using TV spots, or a test of which water gun works best, using staffers in T-shirts."

The Wall Street Journal (June 1, 2007)
"The Project: Slate V, an online video site to be launched June 25 by Slate.com, the daily Web magazine about politics, news and culture owned by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. Slate, which has hosted videos on its site since August, plans to produce at least one new video a day for Slate V. One example: a regular feature called "Damned Spot," consisting of short videos that dissect political ads.

"The Buzz: Nissan's Infiniti has signed up to be the site's exclusive sponsor for 10 months. Infiniti and Slate V will promote the site at film festivals, giving Nissan the opportunity to connect with the audience online and off, says Kristi Lind, client communications director for Nissan and Infiniti at Omnicom Group's media-buying firm OMD. Infiniti ads, which promote both the new video site and the car brand, will start running on Slate.com today. The new site will also solicit videos from users, and pay for the best -- similar to the way Slate publishes articles from freelancers. "We want to professionalize Web video," says David Plotz, Slate's acting editor."

MediaPost (Nov. 14, 2005)
IN A FIRST FOR ONLINE magazine Slate.com, a single marketer—retailer JC Penney—has purchased all display ads on the site today. The arrangement, which ends at midnight, gives JC Penney banner ads on every Slate.com page, as well as "special ad section" buttons at the bottom of the navigational tabs. Avenue A/Razorfish, Chicago handled JC Penney's media buy, or "site buyout." All of today's ads drive visitors to a holiday-themed microsite, JCPGifts.com.

Slate publisher Cliff Sloan added that the Web magazine has been working with marketers to come up with new ways to structure ads. "One thing that is a big priority for us is to be very innovative in advertising--to work with advertisers to reach our audience in innovative ways," he said.

National Review Online (June 10, 2005)
"We had White House communications director Dan Bartlett in today for an editorial board meeting. I asked him if blogs fit into the WH's communications strategy. He said he has people on his staff whose full-time job is to monitor the blogs to keep up with what's going on. I asked him what the most important blogs to read, from the White House's point of view, are. He said that in terms of what influences the mindset of the Washington media, Kausfiles, the Slate daily roundup of the papers, and Andrew Sullivan were crucial ones to keep up with."

Fishbowl DC (mediabistro.com May 17, 2005)
"When we quoted Time's John Dickerson today, we didn't realize it was the last time we'd write such a thing. Turns out that he's departing from Time to become Slate's chief political correspondent, joining what is perhaps D.C.'s pound-for-pound most talented bureau."

Online Journalism Review (April 5, 2005)
"Slate has made its mark not just with political reporting and insightful features, but with its people-powered aggregators like the groundbreaking Today's Papers and In Other Magazines. The concept is simple: Have a writer read other media and sum it up in a witty way for the time-challenged consumer. Taking on Weblogs makes a lot of sense for Slate, and they promise in their promos to deliver 'Five Million Blogs in Five Minutes.'

"Today's Blogs is a lively read and largely focuses on the most popular A-list bloggers and the memes they are following."

The Charlie Rose Show (March 2005)
Guest: Jonathan Klein, president CNN

KLEIN: And a lot of our viewers, I think, may confuse awareness with knowledge. And that's an opportunity for us. That gap between being aware of the story...

ROSE: To provide the knowledge or to provide what?

KLEIN: To provide the knowledge. To provide information and facts, and things you just didn't know. And you know who does that really well? NPR does that really well, and "Wall Street Journal" does that really well. A couple of newsmagazines do it well, sites like Slate do that really well. They presume that you know--Jon Stewart does it well in a different way--they presume that you know the basics of what's going on, and then they tell you much more.

OMMA (Feb. 1, 2005)
"Sites We Love"
"SLATE: A brand born on the Web continues to raise the bar

"There aren't too many online publications that serve up incisive commentary and critique on the issues of the day, whether they're Supreme Court decisions or movie reviews. Sure, there are newspaper sites that do an excellent job but brands born and bred purely online, they are not.

"It could be argued that online publications like Slate helped lay the groundwork for bloggers by offering provocative essays on politics, culture, art, business, and practically everything else. We love Slate's "Chatterbox," "Webhead," and its arts and lifestyle coverage. Its multimedia travelogs are splendid. Having started as an experiment in online journalism and advertising eight years ago, Slate burgeoned into a must-read, developing an influential readership and a cache' that was nurtured within Microsoft Corp., despite the fact that the property never did fit into the software maker's empire. Late last year, Microsoft sold Slate to the Washington Post Co. where we believe it is sure to prosper and strike appropriate synergies with the company's other sites."