Sunday, September 25, 2005
CBC.ca shut out in Online Journalism Awards
For the first time in a couple of years, CBC.ca has been shut out in the list of finalists in the prestigious Online Journalism Awards, announced late Saturday in California.
It's unclear whether or not the lockout had anything to do with this. But the rules say the site and the pages that have been nominated have to be active throughout the judging and for one year after the awards. Parts of the CBC.ca site have been shut down since the lockout. CBC.ca senior and executive producers usually give a list of possible nominees to managers in mid-summer. Because of the lockout the final list of nominees, usually circulated on Groupwise, was not available.
A CBC manager, Sue Gardner, Senior Director of CBC.ca was one of this year's judges.
The Globe and Mail did make the finals, for oustanding use of multiple media for
AIDS in Africa: A Turning Point.” (and following the rules mentioned above, the excellent site is not behind the Globe's pay wall. Take a look.)
TV news has also been nominated for awards during the lockout. But, of course, all that takes is sending in a tape for judging. The judges don't have to come to watch the current crippled CBC News on television.
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For the first time in a couple of years, CBC.ca has been shut out in the list of finalists in the prestigious Online Journalism Awards, announced late Saturday in California.
It's unclear whether or not the lockout had anything to do with this. But the rules say the site and the pages that have been nominated have to be active throughout the judging and for one year after the awards. Parts of the CBC.ca site have been shut down since the lockout. CBC.ca senior and executive producers usually give a list of possible nominees to managers in mid-summer. Because of the lockout the final list of nominees, usually circulated on Groupwise, was not available.
A CBC manager, Sue Gardner, Senior Director of CBC.ca was one of this year's judges.
The Globe and Mail did make the finals, for oustanding use of multiple media for
AIDS in Africa: A Turning Point.” (and following the rules mentioned above, the excellent site is not behind the Globe's pay wall. Take a look.)
TV news has also been nominated for awards during the lockout. But, of course, all that takes is sending in a tape for judging. The judges don't have to come to watch the current crippled CBC News on television.
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10:19 AM posted by Robin Rowland
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