Internet Freedom Journalism Awards

Internet Freedom ("the voice of free speech") announced its winners of the 1999 Journalism Awards. Awards went to Courtney Macavinta for investigative journalism on the net, Salon for being an organization with high standards in writing, and my friend Keith Dawson for being an individual with high standards in writing. We won't embarrass the winner of the award for "Internet Article of Shame" by repeating it here - if you want to know, go see for yourself.

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[Seth Scali]

That's kind of sad.

Very interesting awards, to say the least. Is it really worth it, though, to make an "Award of Shame"? It really makes the entire effort seem rather juvenile-- "here, let's make fun of those who oppose us". Couldn't that time be better spent, say, getting petitions signed (not the online kind) to take before congress when they vote on SAFE?

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[Chops-Frozen-Water]

Is it really worth it, though, to make an "Award of Shame"?

I think it's a good counterpoint example to the awards. A 'Look, here's how far we still need to go' sort of perspective. Otherwise, the awards lose a little of their meaning (IMHO) and become Just Another Feel-Good Awards List pat-on-the-back.
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