Best of the Blogs awards given

The Deutsche Welle 2006 Best of the Blogs Awards gave the top award for Best Weblog to the Sunlight Foundation.

BOBs jury members said they admired the Sunlight Foundation's work to increase transparency in government and called the project a positive example of how blogs can shape political discourse. The watchblog was also praised for its potential to be adapted for use in other countries.

Two Persian-language blogs, the photo blog Kosoof and Hamed Mottaghis' Weblog Tanine Sokut, shared first prize in the Reporters Without Borders category. PaidContent.org won award for Best English Weblog.

November 13, 2006 | BY JONATHAN DUBE