Best Weblog
This website - www.grumpygourmetusa.com has been named Best Weblog
by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for 2006.

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The award: In recognition of outstanding achievement in journalism representing the highest standards and principles of SPJ and our profession.

Winner: "The Grumpy Gourmet," Doral Chenoweth, Sept. 30, 2006, Columbus, Ohio

Judging: Members of SDX chapters in Honolulu, San Diego, Florida, Connecticut, Chicago and Houston conducted the judging for the Ohio chapter composed of working journalists in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.





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In this rather fresh and new world of blogsphere old media tends to criticize Weblogs as amateurish. Text with this award calls attention to our achievement in journalism citing our efforts in meeting the highest standards and principles of the Society of Professional Journalists. In reality creation of this website must take in the "our factor" because of the technological aspects of this World Wide Web gift to humankind.

While the text, the written word, and subject matter is old school and attributed to a newly-minted 50-year-member of the Society (known in 1956 as SDX, Sigma Delta Chi), editorial associates credited judgments made on the graphics of the website. Therefore, credit the graphics continuity to Philip Vaughn, Vaughn Graphics, Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The graphics, with music, have been described as "selly." One newspaper editor described the Vaughn graphics as giving "voice" to the website.

Reflecting on the content and intent of this website, I trust it has shelf life.

--- Doral Chenoweth