Summer is the season where the local papers run their various readers contests to drum up a little interest and ad revenue, and sadly Green Mountain Daily did not repeat its sweep of 2009.
GMD was bumped off the top spot in the Seven Days “Daysie” awards, where Philip Baruth captured the readers’ award for best political blog (congratulations, Philip!). Second place went to vtdigger.com. Interesting, that runner up, as vtdigger is… well… an online newspaper, really, rather than a web log. I wonder if editor/journalist Anne Galloway isn’t a bit uncomfortable about the “blog” label’s baggage in the media business. Still, even if it makes her squirmy, I’m glad she won something – even if it’s not an exact fit – because she deserves to. It’s the best online news site in Vermont and deserves to be recognized. Congratulations Anne!
GMD did, however, repeat in the Times Argus Best of the Best contest a couple weeks back, winning the readers’ nod for best blog. Thanks to all who voted for us in both contests, and to Seven Days and Times Argus for running the contests.
And thanks for being here for us, Odum.
And everybody here at GMD, for all of your hard work!
Anne definitely isn’t running a blog, and I would never have classified VTDigger that way, but I only get one vote in the Daysies.
I tried to tweak the categories a little this year, to reflect the changes in the media ecosystem, but I didn’t really know how to do it. Any suggestions for how we could change our media categories next year?
Feel free to email me at cathy@sevendaysvt.com.