Writing samples: The Best of British Blogging
Towse
"British blog awards 2003
"The best of British blogging
"The Guardian's second British blog awards found the country's
webloggers in fine form, with last year's high standards maintained.
Simon Waldman, chair of the judges, hands out the accolades"
Reading through the list, I recognized some of the winners. If you want
to get an idea of what blogging is all about and why some "real" writers
have turned to blogging, read the Guardian article and check out some of
the winners.
Best specialist category went to Phil Gyford's Pepys' Diary
<http://www.pepysdiary.com> which has been mentioned here a couple
times. Steve Miller sent me the link on New Year's Day and I wrote about
it here in February and in my May 2003 column.
<http://www.computerbits.com/archive/2003/0500/towse0305.html>
One of the three winners in the best written category is Stuart Hughes'
Beyond Northern Iraq <http://stuarthughes.blogspot.com>. Stuart Hughes
is a BBC news producer who was blogging away from Northern Iraq until
April 2, when he was injured by a land mine near Kifri. BBC cameraman
Kaveh Golestan, who was with him at the time, died. Hughes was evacuated
and had to have his foot amputated. Hughes blog, which I wrote about in
my June column, is _not endorsed by the BBC.
<http://www.computerbits.com/archive/2003/0600/towse0306.html>
A Special Judges award was given to Darren Shrubsole's LinkMachineGo
<http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego>. Entertaining site. Maybe
some future column...
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Sal
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