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Online News Sites Score More With Flash Than With Substance: Study by journalism student finds award-winning Web sites grab attention with bells and whistles - and not writing. [...]
The Internet has had a sordid history of awards and pseudo-awards given for Web sites. [...] After a while, it seemed like 95 percent of Web sites were in the top 5 percent. There's also been everything from Cool Site of the Day to the vaunted Webbys.
Add that history to the orgy of journalism awards, from local press clubs to the Pulitzers, and you can safely assume that online journalism is a, uh, rewarding field. No doubt.