Entry is now open to online publisher CNET UK‘s Business Technology Awards.
The 17 award categories include IT team of the year, technology marketing campaign of the year and technology innovation of the year
Entrants can register online – the deadline for entries is May 30.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on September 23.
‘The Pulitzers aren’t going to finance American journalism; in fact, one can make the argument that these self-congratulating awards, and the attention devoted to them, are symptomatic of the decline of the newspaper industry.’
So says Gawker of America’s premier press awards in a characteristically pithy piece of commentary.
But pith isn’t the sole aim, this well aimed jab strikes at the exposed underbelly of the US press and scores a good point.
‘Newspapers’ Pulitzer-chasing is most damaging because it distracts newspapers from their real challenge.
‘Rather than impress colleagues with the seriousness of their reporting, US newspapers need to engage a readership that is drifting off to television and the internet.
‘Pulitzer-winning journalism will win Pulitzers; it won’t save an industry which is experiencing double-digit annual declines in advertising revenue.’
Nodding agreement here.
Guardian.co.uk was named website of the year at last night’s British Press Awards, as the paper picked up three awards.
Guardian journalist Sean Smith was named digital reporter of the year and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad foreign reporter of the year.
The Financial Times also scooped three awards winning the newspaper of the year title and prizes for two of its journalists.
The Sun walked away with most prizes on the night with four: scoop of the year and reporter of the year for Tom Newton Dunn; and its ‘Help for Heroes campaign’ named campaign of the year and winning the Cudlipp award.
Press Gazette has the full list of award winners.
The Washington Post scooped a record six award at last night’s Pulitzer Prize ceremony including the Breaking News prize for its ‘multi-faceted’ online and print coverage of last April’s Virginia Tech shootings.
As the tragedy unfolded, the Washington Post covered the event in print and in multimedia online, providing what the Pulitzer Board described as ‘exceptional coverage’.
The Post provided profiles of each of the 32 victims as well as the killer, Seung-Hui Cho, and wrote about the failure of the university’s mental health services to react to warning signs or help Cho.
It also won prizes for public service, feature writing, national reporting, international affairs and commentary.
Joshua Micah Marshall, editor and publisher of US political blog Talking Points Memo, has received the George Polk Award for legal reporting and becomes the first blogger to do so.
Marshall won the award, which have been handed out by Long Island University since 1949, for his coverage of dismissals of United States attorneys, which were found to be politically motivated.