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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
It’s been a good ride for GOTB
Just a quick note to pass on some more good news about the blog. Last night, GOTB was named Best Blog for 2007 by Cox Newspapers, the company that owns the Dayton Daily News.
This is another very nice honor for this blog. Cox owns about 40 newspapers, big and small, across the country. The company has been a leader in Internet journalism and boasts several hundred blogs, and among them are many very, very good ones. Our flagship paper, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, has more than 60 blogs, for instance, including several excellent ones. And our own DDN website has at least a dozen outstanding blogs among its online offerings.
This is GOTB’s second journalism award this year and fourth overall. I have always said the key ingredient that makes this blog interesting is the particular community of intelligent readers and thoughtful commenters that are regulars here. It was particularly gratifying this time to see the judges specifically cite quality reader comments as a reason for making the award.
So once again, congratulations to YOU. Here are the judges’ gracious comments about GOTB:
“Scott Elliott’s “Get on the Bus” blog puts local education in the broader context with fearless posts that address kidnapping, sex education, race and other issues that face Dayton and the rest of the nation.
Elliott brings focus to these issues with a unique blend of facts and observation. His post on kidnapping included statistics that put the chances of kidnapping in context to being struck by lightning and other singular events. His post on racial division included a history of “white flight” and a post about challenges to Dayton schools revealed the emotional story of “Ciara” a child unable to speak at a public school. Each post is as compelling as it is unique.
In short, Elliott sees larger stories in the commonplace events of our lives. Equally as important, the audience responded with insightful and thought-provoking comments far beyond any other entrant in this category. Some of the posts ran about as long as Elliott’s original, building upon points he had made.”
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