Awards

I'd like to extend congratulations to my colleague Todd Bishop, whose Microsoft blog was named the best weblog on a specialized topic in the Society of Professional Journalists regional Excellence in Journalism awards this year (PDF).

And I'm pleased to note that SeattlePI.com was named best overall Web site affiliated with an offline media entity.

We also took first place for an online A&E or lifestyle feature adapted from another medium for A Time to Live, one of the most astonishing special reports I've worked on during my years at SeattlePI.com. Our 2004 election night coverage won first place for spot news (not adapted from another medium).

Our Photos of the Year 2004 package received second place for "creative use of the medium (adapted)."

Honorable mentions went to SeattleNoise for original A&E and lifestyle content; and to Inside Seattle's New Library for special report/enterprise (adapted).

The newspaper side of our operation also racked up quite a few awards in this year's competition, as this story details. Between the print and online categories, the P-I took home 39 awards, including 12 first prizes.

The judges also named Buzzworthy best general news and commentary weblog. I guess I must be doing something right. Thank you all for reading and for offering your comments and feedback.