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2009: Winners | Case Studies | Finalists | Judges

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The We Media Awards recognize Game Changers: People, projects, ideas and organizations leading change and inspiring a better world through media.

In 2009, from 150 nominees we narrowed the field to 35 finalists reviewed by an international panel of judges.

The 2009 awards finalists were:

Akron Beacon Journal/American Dream

Beanstockd

BlogHer

Born in September/Charity Water

Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister/CBC

Creative Visions Foundation

David Dunkley Gyimah, Founder, Viewmag

David Kidder, Founder, Clickable.com

Design 21 Social Design Network

Digg Labs/Stamen Designs

Dotsub

Footnote/The Wall

Freewheelin

Genius Rocket

Innocentive

iStockphoto

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Jonathan Harris

MediaStorm

NewsTrust

NPR API

Off The Bus/Huffington Post

OneVoice

PhotoVoice

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Reuters Iraq Anniversary

SETI@HOME

SocialVibe

The Hype Machine

The Knot

Twitter

UChannel

Ushahidi

Will Wright

WITNESS/ Witness Hub

ZeFrank

What’s A Game Changer?

Game Changers lead society to knowledge. They inspire involvement and action through media. They provide example, insight and inspiration for leaders and visionaries from all fields by demonstrating how to navigate and lead the connected society.

We invited entries from all fields. Big companies, little startups, social entrepreneurs, independent thinkers, brands, causes, tools, ideas, commercial, nonprofit – all were welcome.

The Community Choice winner, SocialVibe, was selected by online voting.

Criteria

Whether through exceptional story-telling, novel business models, significant social impact, brilliant design or powerful vision, we’re seeking to honor achievers and examples that can serve as beacons of inspiration for the next generation of game changers.

Story: Create and apply a unique storytelling experience through journalism, discovery, narrative, exposition, or new methods and metaphors.

Design: Creatively engage multiple levels of intelligence and understanding of complex info with clarity, style, and meaning.

Social Impact: Impact the social condition, stimulate citizenship, raise awareness, influence public policy, marshall support.

Pattern Change: Pioneer original approaches and paradigms.

Purpose: Express a purposeful vision through values reflecting ethics, credibility, responsibility and authenticity.

Community: Organize community, virtual or geographic, in new way.

Sustainability: Innovative business practices, entrepreneurial quality or sustainable model.

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