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Apr 28, 2014: Hop Studios: Truthdig wins 2014 Webby Award for “Blog - Political”
Yet again, Truthdig wins another Webby Award! Congratulations to them for earning the People’s Voice Webby Award for “Blog - Political”. Truthdig’s continued success comes from continuing to serve its most important people—its audience—and this shows how much their audience does appreciate them! Apr 16, 2013: Hop Studio: Truthdig Nominated for Two Webby Awards
It is our pleasure to announce that Truthdig has been nominated for two Webby Awards in the categories of political website and political blog! Jan 19, 2013: Life in The Patriarchal Matrix: Truthdig Digs Itself a Very Deep Hole.
I have never thought that such a “progressive” website like Truthdig would lower itself. I have never thought that Truthdig would post such an ableist article like what they have posted about Autism Spectrum Disorder (AKA Autism). The article makes all sorts of claims and also misses a lot of important information about Autism and its symptoms. May 6, 2011: USC Annenberg News: Scheer's "Truthdig" wins 2nd Webby Award
The Webby Awards named Truthdig, a website co-founded by communication professor Robert Scheer and alumna Zuade Kaufman (M.A. Print Journalism '05), the best political blog for the second consecutive year Dec 12, 2005: LA Observed: The woman behind Truthdig
New media reporter Anne Riley-Katz's LABJ piece on Robert Scheer's venture Truthdig.com focuses less on the deposed L.A. Times columnist and more on co-founder and publisher Zuade Kaufman. With good reason, since it seems that Kaufman—who comes from money and whose name opens doors in L.A. circles where Scheer's might not—played crucial parts in making the webzine happen. |
Truthdig is a news website that provides a mix of long-form articles, interviews, and blog-like commentary on current events, delivered from a "progressive" point of view. The site is built around major "digs" led by authorities in their fields who write multifaceted pieces about contemporary, often controversial, topics. Articles on Truthdig are open for comments, and the participants in the discussions tend to be left-leaning. Truthdig was co-founded by Los Angeles entrepreneur Zuade Kaufman, who serves as publisher, and journalist Robert Scheer, who serves as editor in chief and writes a weekly column for the site.
Truthdig's Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and publisher Zuade Kaufman met while she was working as his research assistant for the Los Angeles Times' hyperlocal editions Westside Weekly and Our Times. When the newspaper changed owners and the local editions were cut, Scheer and Kaufman saw a new opportunity in the Internet. After Kaufman graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Arts in journalism, they launched Truthdig.com. The website's mission is to "drill beneath the headlines" and provide readers with in-depth stories often skimmed over or skewed by mass media. The publication features original reports, opinion columns, cartoons and "digs," comprehensive reports led by experts in various fields.
Truthdig's Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and publisher Zuade Kaufman met while she was working as his research assistant for the Los Angeles Times' hyperlocal editions Westside Weekly and Our Times. When the newspaper changed owners and the local editions were cut, Scheer and Kaufman saw a new opportunity in the Internet. After Kaufman graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Arts in journalism, they launched Truthdig.com. The website's mission is to "drill beneath the headlines" and provide readers with in-depth stories often skimmed over or skewed by mass media. The publication features original reports, opinion columns, cartoons and "digs," comprehensive reports led by experts in various fields.
