Halfway To Concord announced today it is the recipient of the East Bay Blogging Association’s™ top award for the “Best Independent Local Blog” that doesn’t suck like traditional print dailies.
Also receiving Best Independent Blog awards in this category were:
- Claycord
- Misterwriter
- Concordblogger/Mayor of Concord
- Crazy in Suburbia
- Cowellian
- Broakley
- The Lemon Lady
- The San Ramon Tribune
- Discovery Bay
and (just like the Oscars, we salute our fallen) in memoriam, the late, great DubC.
“Contra Costa bloggers don’t just repost slanted AP stories like the lazy, understaffed dailies,” noted Bill Gram-Reefer, publisher and editor of Halfway to Concord. “We all offer unique, independent, original, and, at times, better sourced and edited content that helps our communities discuss the news and issues of the day far more effectively and genuinely than BANG, for instance.”
The only thing Contra Costa bloggers copy, said Gram-Reefer, “is just like traditional print media, we created our own industry group and of course came away with all the metal just so we could publish it as self-serving news, just like the Contra Costa Times does!”
In fact, as much as locals cheered their favorite blogs, they laughed dismissively at the holier-than-thou East Bay Press Club and its puffery, citing the near monopoly status of dinos like BANG and the Chron and the curious notions they foist on an unsuspecting community concerning news coverage, journalistic license (a source said), and what it means to be “independent.”
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BGR don’t forget all of your great contributers. That Renegade guy is prolific!!
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This truly is an honor!!! I also have never won such a prestigious award! Thanks for the mention- GO BGR!!!!
Hi Bill Gram-Reefer,
You definitely found out who is reading today! Thank you for the great award ceremony. I always knew this was a top notch blog, worthy of the best fanfare and appreciation today.
Congratulations to you for the service you provide – the genuine from the heart reporting, and down to earth language when the topic calls for it. We like that around here!
Thank you for acknowledging The Lemon Lady too. Much appreciated.
Woo Hoo! My first award.
I am honored and touched (at least, that’s what I’ve been told).
Does this award come with a cash stipend?
BTW: Thanks for including me.
Hats off to Halfway to Concord! The sky is the limit! Keep up the great work.
Woohoo. This is my first blog award! Thanks for the mention HTC.