Monday, March 26, 2007

That's "award-winning" Jessica McBride to you

Congratulations to Jessica McBride, a friend of this blog and a fellow columnist at the Waukesha Freeman. The Milwaukee Press Club handed out their annual awards. Jessica McBride won in two categories:
Web Category 2
Best Feature Story Originally Published on a Website
1st
Cheryl Sherry, Susan Squires
The Post-Crescent
Dairyland Redefined

2nd
Jessica McBride
McBride's Media Matters
Starfish

Web Category 3
Best Web-Only Commentary
1st
WTMJ 620 AM
Jessica McBride Media Matters

2nd
Sara Oceguera
MKE/MKEonline.com
Summerfest and State Fair Three Views 2006
I had to laugh at Jessica's comment,
Of course, when I wrote the feature story, I was a former corporate journalist writing as a citizen journalist... who is now a corporate journalist.
Maybe a few bloggers oughtta join the club. This award cracked me up.
Television Category 1
Television Journalist of the Year
1st
Mike Jacobs
WTMJ-TV
Mike Jacobs Composite
No, really. C'mon, really.