1st Place: WEAU.com
2nd Place: VolumeOne.org
3rd Place: LeaderTelegram.com

In one of the most unsurprising developments of the past year, even more people are turning to the internet for their news – both local and national. And while the Valley’s media outlets are still struggling with how to monetize satiate that thirst for information, one thing seems somewhat obvious: you like shorter articles. Once again, you voted WEAU.com as your up-to-the-moment source for local goings on, with its super-succinct stories and host of features from job postings to weather radar to recipes from that cheeky little rascal Mr. Food. Meanwhile, the Leader Telegram’s sprawling website took third place, posting and updating its full-length print stories all day long. You voted VolumeOne.org into second place, which is odd – even though we post all of our magazine content online – because we don’t deal in the kind of newsy news this category embodies. Of course, the poll was actually conducted from VolumeOne.org, so maybe that’s not so odd at all. – Mike Paulus