Three Webby Awards for M&G Online

9 Apr 2008

NEWSWATCH: The Mail & Guardian Online multi-author editorial blogging platform Thought Leader has been named an official Webby Awards honoree, alongside blogs by CNN, CBS News, The New Yorker, CNBC, The New York Times, Time and the Observer Media Group, blogs M&G Online strategist Vincent Maher. M&G Online photo portal News In Photos was named official honoree in both the Newspaper and the Best Use of Photography categories, alongside The Globe and Mail, The New York Observer, LA Times, Las Vegas Sun, Ogilvy Singapore, 360 Cities, Rolex and more.

Meanwhile, the Forum for Black Journalists (FBJ) has rejected the South African Human Rights Commission' recommendations and will continue to operate as a mutually exclusive organisation, reports IOL.

Internationally, various staff members of 93.6 RAM FM, a Palestinian-licensed radio station broadcasting throughout Israel and Palestine in which Primedia has a 15% stake, are currently under house arrest in Israel, according to the M&G Online. These include South African journalist Mark Klusener.

Finally, 40 years after the inaugural colour TV broadcast, a live 3D television test transmission beamed in by satellite was recently held at Riverside Studios in West London, UK, reports IOL Technology.

For more:

Vincentmaher.com: Mail & Guardian Online scoops 3 Webby Award Honours
IOL: Journalists' forum to stay exclusive
M&G Online: SA journalist under house arrest in Israel
IOl Technology: Is 3D TV the next best thing?

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.