Mike Stopforth

In new media / Web 2.0 / social media terms, the words ‘4th Annual’ are pretty exceptional. Very few things - apps, campaigns, services - last for long at all so I’m pretty proud of our very own South African blog awards and that fact that despite some resistance to the process last year, they’re back again and rearing to go…

Credit to Jon Cherry and the team for the new look site. Nominations should open up in the next few weeks - Monday 11 February to be exact - so make sure you get online to submit your favourite sites then. Let’s hope the new categories exhibit some of the fantastic journalistic talent blogging is encouraging in our country.