Fri Jan 4 15:38:10 2008

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Lexington newspaper honored for internet coverage

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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The website heraldleaderphoto.com has been awarded the 2007 Media Eclipse Award in the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Friday that the website of the Lexington, Kentucky Herald-Leader was recognized for its coverage of last year's Kentucky Derby.

"We are thrilled to win this award because it was a grass roots project," said David Stephenson, multi-media editor and content producer of heraldleaderphoto.com. "There were many photographers, reporters and freelance contributors who helped make the site a success. It's hard for a newspaper to hold so much content on the Kentucky Derby, so the possibilities of opening up coverage in audio, video and photographs on the Web provides us with tremendous presence for our readers. We covered the small-time trainers right to the Queen of England."

The New York Times website, nytimes.com, received honorable mention in the Audio Multi-Media Internet category for its Kentucky Derby coverage.

Judges for the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category were Brian Horton of Associated Press Broadcast; Mike Kane, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and Mike Farrell, racing journalist and former UPI Radio reporter.

The 2007 Eclipse Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, January 21, 2008 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.