New Statesman New Media Awards 2007 (fit as a Butcher's blog)
I like the way that the New Statesman is pulling together its New Media Awards this year: in public.
Some industry awards are highly suspect in their businesses models and who they go to. Reader awards are a little better, but how refreshing to see the nominations process happen and be discussed in public.
Could make the awards more meaningful and certainly more hard-won than those selected behind closed doors.
Mike Butcher (of Vecosys) is blogging the awards process - to add a human voice at the centre of the exercise I guess (good idea). According to his first post you can nominate and debate nominees for the following:
This year's categories are:
- Contribution to civic society
- Modernising government
- Elected representative
- Education
- Information and openness
- Advocacy
- Young innovator
Our judges will be looking for evidence that new technologies have been applied in a creative manner to the benefit of others. So please click on this link and get nominating.
I imagine sooner or later Guido Fawkes will be inciting a riot in the comments sections but sabs aside, best of luck to New Statesman...
Much more likely that no one will care.
Posted by: Guido Fawkes | 08/03/2007 at 17:00
Oh, I'm sure someone will...
Posted by: Antony Mayfield | 08/03/2007 at 17:19
I'm not too sure... GF asked a rather naff question at the George Osbourne event on Thursday and I didn't realise it was him till someone pointed him out!
Posted by: Simon Collister | 10/03/2007 at 16:09