Here's a chance for all SFDB readers to get involved and tell us what post you enjoyed the most. So without further delay, I present to you the nominees to check out and consider [click on the "Nominee #" to be taken to the post].
Nominee #1:
Wide Lawns and Narrow Mind's side-splitting discussion of Halloween candy, called "Halloween Candy", was a trip back in time to Halloweens of old and what kind of candy was popular back then.
Nominee #2:
On the night of November 4th, Carlos Miller spent his night taking photographs of the emotional faces of Miami-Dade Democrats as they celebrated the liberation of America from eight years of tyranny. He posted these unforgettable images in a blog entry he titled "The People Have Spoken."
Nominee #3:
Tilefortlauderdale's tiles sometimes take on quite a wonderful life of their own as we saw in "Victor's Fiery New Beginnings."
Nominee #4:
All you want to know about gambling in South Florida was covered in exquisite and humorous detail by Miami Beach 411 in "Poker, Horses & Jai-Alai: A Guide to Gambling in South Florida."
Nominee #5:
Depth of Field captured the emotion, the flavor, and the people that attended Homestead's Ribfest in a photo exposé he aptly titled, "Miami-Dade Parks Ribfest 2008."
So there are the five nominees. Vote below and be part of the process that determines SFDB's Post of the Month for November.
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8 comments:
I think we should keep in mind that most of these blogs were written to inform and share with us. Some of them cough *gambling* cough were written for a paycheck. If someone already got paid, they don't deserve a blog post award. IMHO. Plus Wide Lawns ROCKS!
Wide Lawns does rock but MANY bloggers receive income from their blogs via advertisers or click accounts. Just because an author is paid for their work doesn't mean the article is any less informative, interesting, or even simply just a fun read; and it certainly shouldn't make it any less eligible or worthy of POW. It does, after all, inform.
I agree with Suzy. regardless of whether or not a blogger is paid to write a post, if the post is well-written and informative then it deserves the same amount of respect.
That's like saying people who sell books or write for newspapers/radio/television do not deserve merit because they are paid for it.
And this is coming from a blogger that definitely does NOT get paid to write... lol
I think the issue is whether Miami Beach 411 qualifies as a blog or as a news medium.
If somebody is getting paid to write an article as a freelancer or as a staff writer for somebody else, is that the same as somebody writing an article for their own blog?
Does this mean that I can contribute my blog posts to the Society of Professional Journalists yearly contest?
Although SPJ is very progressive in how they view the New Media, I don't think they've reached the point where they put a news article and a blog post in the same category, even if the blog post was written by a professional journalist.
So I really don't think it's about payment, but more about independence as a writer.
It's one thing for me to write something on my blog, but it's another thing for me to write an article that was assigned to me.
I view them as two different categories. The blog entry will always be more personal, more opinionated, more unfiltered, which is the beauty of blogging.
This is nothing against MB 411 because I've done writing for them in the past and I am currently working on another article for them, which I'm very excited about.
This brings up an interesting point because I have made it a practice not to include "media blogs" on SFDB because of a couple reasons, the main one being that I've always wanted to promote and bring attention to SoFla's "personal blogging" versus "commercial blogging," if that's a way to describe it. That's the reason why you don't see any New Times, Herald, Sun-Sentinel or Palm Beach Post blogs here, with one exception.
I really don't consider MB411 a "media blog" because it's not attached to any media company. You could make an argument that it's a "commercial blog" because it has the potential of generating revenue, but still, it has that personal blog feel about it, in my opinion.
Gus and Michele have been extremely supportive and kind to the SoFla blogging community over the years and that's another reason why I consider them to be different from the media blogs.
Anyway, that's my thinking on the subject.
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You guys AREN'T paid to blog? I'm amazed, really. I thought everybody was.
Me, I'm paid to NOT blog.
Me, I pay money to blog, if you count all the fines and fees I've paid as a result of an angry judge who didn't like my blogging.
BohoPoetGirl, I'm surprised by your comment.
Allow me to clear something up - the gambling post was Matt's idea. Although he was paid to write it, Miami Beach 411 was not paid by any of the casinos mentioned. Matt thought it was a good subject because people were asking gambling-related questions in our forum, and he felt the post would be informative for our readers.
Personally, I feel that everyone with a blog is a media company. Some blogs are better at monetization than others, but we all have reasons why we do it. For some, having a blog allows them a platform to promote their photography and artwork. For others, a blog is a place to share their poetry and build a freelance writing career.
The blog at Miami Beach 411 is there to publish editorial-driven stories that are of interest to our readers. And while our writers do get paid, the blog generates very little direct revenue.
Please don't exclude us from being nominated because we compensate our writers. Just hold us to a higher standard.
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