The year's best producers of short* news content

*140 characters or less, on Twitter

The Shorty Awards honors the year's best content producers on Twitter.

The first annual Shorty Awards Ceremony was held on February 11, 2009. Read what the press had to say about it and watch video from the night. Get news about next year's awards and who to follow on Twitter by joining the email list, subscribing to the blog, or following @ShortyNews on Twitter.

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There were 5 finalists in this category.

337 votes

@BreakingNewsOn

BNO News

BreakingNewsOn has moved to @BreakingNews

247 votes

@themediaisdying

themediaisdying

Helping flaks pitch better and update lists. *** Email tips to mediaisdying@gmail.com *** Created by @munkyfonkey

92 votes

@jafurtado

Jose Afonso Furtado

art library director. Teaching in Post-Graduation "Books and Publishing in Digital Era". Universidade Católica de Lisboa

79 votes

@ColonelTribune

ColonelTribune

The Colonel knows Chicago. He is also a more gentlemanly version of @ChicagoTribune

65 votes

@jason_wcmh

The Human Scanner

Assignment Editor, I'm the human scanner.

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Top nominees in news, sponsored by PR Newswire

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#advertisingArrayTop nominees in advertising, sponsored by Porter Novelli@Mariansalzman: RT @AgilityAtWork: If you missed @sarahskerik & @mariansalzman's webcast during today's @PRWeekUS virtual event, don't fret, it's he ...
#apps
#brand
#business
#design
#education
#entertainmentTop nominees in entertainment, sponsored by Rocketboom@rocketboom: RT @TWBrit: @andrewbaron that was around 3677 words..... and the depiction is actually very similar to the problems within Social Media ...
#finance
#foodTop nominees in food, sponsored by Epicurious@epicurious: What's an easy way to put a healthy spin on steak? Grilled Steak Salad with Tomato Vinaigrette http://t.co/cCSaTi...
#green
#health
#humor
#musicTop nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: 2012.2.8(水) 18:00〜19:30 HOUSE [Diego] 休講。
#newsTop nominees in music, sponsored by DanceJam@DanceJam: 2012.2.8(水) 18:00〜19:30 HOUSE [Diego] 休講。Top nominees in news, sponsored by PR Newswire@prnewswire: HootSuite Adds Instagram to its #App Directory http://t.co/Nwwp1B... ^cc
#nonprofits
#personal
#photography
#politics
#science
#socialmediaTop nominees in socialmedia, sponsored by PepsiCo@pepsi: "Get outta that refrigerator right now!" http://t.co/oIiziv... #dubstep #awesome #funny
#sports
#startups
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#travel
#videogames
#weird
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