Global Voices, the international network of bloggers with whom Reuters has partnered, is the Grand Prize winner of the 2006 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. The winners were selected from 109 entries, submitted by print, television and other online news organizations as well as educational and non-profit institutions.
Global Voices has played an important role in the past year in helping Reuters bring global conversations about news and international issues to our users. Among the stories Reuters.com presented with strong Global Voices participation this year were the Mumbai train bombings; the war in Lebanon; and the visit of China’s president to the United States. (See Global Voices blogs included in Reuters.com coverage on Lebanon and Israel)
The Knight-Batten panel of judges put it well:
“It’s an extraordinary site that allows for both editorial gatekeeping and wide access to news and information from underreported parts of the world.
The judges also credited the project and its corps of bloggers with helping to elevate standards in the blogosphere.
Reuters is proud to have provided core funding to Global Voices Online, helping to support a global team of blogger-editors who select, explain and translate citizen news and views from outside North America and Western Europe.
Dean Wright
Managing Editor and Senior Vice President, Consumer Services
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Big hand to Global voices for winning the Knight-Batten Awards, I think such award will encourage their team for bringing global conversation with broad coverage through Innovations in Journalism. I think they can play important role to convert Citizen to Citizen journalist- the real time. Cheers!
-Paul
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