Gemini winners; Lasica interview
Exactly a month ago, I chided the Gemini’s choices for its Web awards. Thankfully, the winners are all worthy sites:
- Most Popular Website [sic]:
- Undergrads (bias: produced by a former acquaintance)
- Most Innovative Website [sic]:
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (ridiculous bias alert: this site is affiliated with company that owns the sites I work for)
For next year’s hopefuls: register a site using .tv.
K. Paul Mallasch plans to run a series of “What Online-News Folks Read” interviews. The first one is with J.D. Lasica.
King’s College j-students discovered what they couldn’t quote when their school enacted the “Chatham House Rule” for a government sponsored presentation entitled: “After September 11: Canada-U.S. Relations.” I’d never heard of the rule before, but these “non-attribution” briefings are apparently common in government. Worth looking into…