With all this talk of online journalism I felt the need to mention that I have really been enjoying Charlie Brooker's column for The Guardian. His views on media culture are insightful and very amusing. My favourite recent columns include "There's too much stuff. We live in a stuff-a-lanche. It's time for a cultural diet" and "We watch them on the bus. At work. At play. We have been invaded by screens".
It further interests me that Brooker writes for the online version of The Guardian which I believe to be one of very few online newspapers worthy of reading.
It doesn't surprise me that at this year's British Press Awards Brooker was named Columnist of the Year - The judges rate his columns as "edgy, entertaining and wonderfully surreal, he has the explosive writing skills that can turn your thinking upside down. A definite destination read and a jewel of a column. Acerbic, nasty, spiteful, yet clearly in love with every subject he writes about at the same time. Must read stuff."
The Guardian was also named website of the year - "still a clear choice when you are asked which newspaper is making the most of all the online technologies at its disposal. From its podcasts to its interactive blogs and coverage of Obama it continues to lead the way. It remains the big daddy of newspaper websites. Others are getting better but it’s still the best – attracting as many as 30 million readers a month".
Good stuff.
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