It appears that in the midst of a worldwide digital revolution, where so far we've seen television, movies, music, radio and print go digital, those involved in mass media have taken another step toward the future. According to this article, The National Magazine Awards will announce tomorrow that 12 new categories will be added strictly for online material.
"Podcasters, rejoice, for you are now eligible for a National Magazine Award."
The article notes that the prestigious National Magazine Awards have been around since 1966. 43 years later, the highest honor for magazine writers will now be available to online magazine writers as well. The new categories will include mobile media, news reporting, podcasting, and more. Though the awards will have their own seperate event a couple weeks before the annual awards show where the older, more distinguished awards are given out, this is still a big step for digital media.
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Interesting. That's good that online magazines will have more categories. I'm not quite sure what podcasting is? The mobile media will be a great category.
ReplyDeleteWith the decline in print magazine sales and everyone doing their reading on-line, I think this is a great idea, and they probably had to offer this new category.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of web-based magazines, and even most of the reputable print magazines are also available on-line, so why not?
PERFECT! There is only room for mass media forms to be explored, most people do everything through the internet, this is the smartest thing to do. Going digital will benefit any company.
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