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More love for GOTB
I just learned that the good people who run our website here at the DDN entered this blog in the Inland Press Association’s New Frontiers Interactive Media Awards and it won second place for Best Staff Written Blog. Inland is an association of media companies from across the country. (First place went to a Mount Blogmore, a political blog at a South Dakota newspaper.)
This is a very nice honor. And it’s GOTB’s second national award and third major journalism award overall. (Last year, it was named Best Blog in Ohio by the state chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and in 2006 it was a national finalist for Best Online Commentary from the Online News Association.)
As I’ve written in the past, no blog would merit recognition if it were just one person yaking on and on. What makes a blog useful and interesting is the exchange of ideas that can only come from active reader participation. So once again, all you readers have made me look good.
Thanks for getting on the bus!
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By Stephanie Gottschlich
February 21, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
Scott’s my blogging hero. As a fellow journalist and newbie blogger, I can say his blogs are fair and interesting, and he knows his readers well. There’s a lot of important information the Miami Valley wouldn’t hear about if Scott weren’t blogging. Congratulations Scott, well deserved!By Matt
February 17, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
Hey Scott, Nice job! It’s a great blog.By Dan Kennedy
February 15, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
Congratulation Scott. It is great to be recognized by colleagues.By Riverdale Ghost
February 15, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
Glad to be of assistance, if I be any. Personally I found a bit of enlightenment in the thing. (Thank you.)By Scott Elliott
February 15, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Mary, I wish. No, I just get a swelled head and bragging rights.By Mary
February 15, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this
Congratulations, Scott, good job. However, for the record, I am more impressed with what might come from the dialogue than I am the awards. Just curious, do you get a pay raise each time you get an award? More education print space? An assistant?