Louisiana Sea Grant Communications Receives APEX Award
Louisiana Sea Grant has been recognized with a 2015 APEX Award of Excellence for the redesign of the program’s website. The Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) are sponsored by Communications Concepts Inc., which helps publishing, public relations and marketing professionals improve their publications and communications.
Louisiana Sea Grant won in the Websites – WordPress Sites Category. LSG has operated a family of websites since the program first established an online presence about 15 years ago. Along with the programmatic umbrella site (www.laseagrant.org), there were separate Education, Fisheries and Law & Policy websites. With this redesign, the Law & Policy site became incorporated into www.laseagrant.org, and that department’s website was decommissioned. Education and Fisheries websites will be incorporated into the new site over the coming months. The redesign launched August of 2014.
The 27th annual APEX Awards featured nearly 1,900 entries in 11 major categories and 100 subcategories. The awards recognize outstanding performance in areas including graphic design, editorial content and success in communications excellence. This year, 82 Grand Awards were given in the major categories, with 749 Awards of Excellence recognizing exceptional entries.
Since its establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant has worked to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at Louisiana State University, is part of the National Sea Grant College Program, a network of 33 university-based programs in each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico.