The Jewish Daily Forward Wins Five 2009 Davey Awards for Newspaper Website

Online, December 10, 2009 (Newswire.com) - NEW YORK - The Forward, America's most influential Jewish weekly newspaper and website, is the winner of five Davey Awards honoring the finest creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide. The Forward is the proud recipient of one Gold Davey and four Silver Daveys for its online news and information Web site, TheJewishDailyForward.com (www.forward.com).

TheJewishDailyForward.com (www.forward.com) received the Gold award for Newspaper Website and four Silver awards for Best Practices, Home Page, Blog and Channel.

"It is such an honor to be recognized by the international web development community for our Web team's continued, unprecedented success in developing our news site," said David Drimer, associate publisher of the Forward. "Our team has done an outstanding job in keeping our site fresh and relevant in today's fast-paced world," he added.

"We are especially thrilled to be recognized for our Sisterhood Web magazine on the Forward," said Jane Eisner, editor of the Forward. "This is truly a testament to the quality of work exhibited on this women's interest magazine on the site, which first launched only this past September."

The Forward was selected from more than 4,000 entries from across the US and around the world to receive these five prestigious Davey Awards. The Davey is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Condè Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, HBO, Keller Crescent, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria's Secret, Wired, Yahoo! and many more.

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About The Forward (www.forward.com)
The Forward, published weekly since 1990 with online content added daily to www.forward.com, is widely regarded as American Jewry's essential, independent newspaper. The English language weekly grew out of the legendary Yiddish language Jewish Daily FORWARD, founded in 1897. The Forward is committed to rigorous reporting and balanced, thoughtful commentary on news, politics and culture in the Jewish world. Headquartered in New York, the newspaper is owned by the Forward Association, Inc., a 501(c) 3 corporation. It is published on Fridays and is available on newsstands nationwide as well as by subscription. For more information, visit www.forward.com.

About The Davey Awards
The Davey Awards honors the "Davids" of creativity, the smaller agencies, companies, or organizations with annual billings or revenues below certain levels. Each year, The Davey Awards honors winners who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only organization consisting of top-tier media, advertising, and marketing professionals from the world's leading organizations and firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.