 The organisation won a number of awards in its early years, including "The Economist's" New Media Award in 2008 at the Index on Censorship Awards and Amnesty International's UK Media Award in 2009.In 2010, the New York "Daily News" listed WikiLeaks first among websites "that could totally change the news," and Julian Assange received the Sam Adams Award and was named the Readers' Choice for "TIME's Person of the Year" in 2010.The UK Information Commissioner has stated that "WikiLeaks is part of the phenomenon of the online, empowered citizen."