The Webby Awards announced that Curb Free with Cory Lee has been named the Best Personal Blog/Website in the 25th Annual Webby Awards Internet Celebration. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet.
IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Mitchell Baker; MOMA Senior Curator Paola Antonelli; Host of NPR’s Code Switch Shereen Marisol Meraji; R/GA Global Chief Creative Officer Tiffany Rolfe; Co-Inventor of the Internet Vint Cerf; DJ and Founder, Club Quarantine D-Nice; Co-host Desus & Mero on Showtime Desus Nice; SVP of Content at Twitch Michael Aragon; Twitter Senior Director, Product Design Richard Ting; and Founders of VERZUZ Swizz Beatz and Timbaland.
Curb Free with Cory Lee is a blog run by Cory Lee from LaFayette. He started the blog in 2013 and since then, he has traveled to 37 countries and all seven continents as a powered wheelchair user. On the blog, he shares his experiences as a wheelchair user traveling the world and he hopes to inspire other people, both those with and without disabilities, to break out of their comfort zone and see all of the beauty our world has to offer.
“Curb Free with Cory Lee has set the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, executive director of The Webby Awards. “This award is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creator.”
“I am absolutely shocked and honored to win these two awards,” said Mr. Lee. “The Webby Awards are considered the 'Oscars of the internet', so it is surreal to win these awards today. I am eternally grateful to the Webby judges and the disability community for supporting me and allowing me to do what I love. Receiving these two Webby Awards is further validation for me to keep rolling around the world.”
Curb Free with Cory Lee will be honored at the star-studded Internet Celebration on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
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