New Media Awards 2008

Weblog Archive - July 2008

Bill the minister...

A version of Bill Thompson's speech to the New Media Awards when he was asked to step into the shoes of a minister - albeit briefly...

Tom Watson MP, Minister for Transformational Government in the Cabinet Office, was due to give a speech at the 2008 New Media Awards but was unable to attend due to pressing Parliamentary business. I got to speak instead. And this is what I said - roughly.

Over the last decade the Internet has gone from being something 'out there' to something 'in here', an essential part of daily life for [...]

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2008 NMA winners

The victors in this year's New Statesman New Media Awards are unveiled...

New Media Awards ceremony 2008 video

Video from co-hosts http://2gether08.com/

The winners of the New Statesman New Media Awards 2008 were announced at a ceremony in London last night, Wednesday 2nd July, which was part of the 2gether08 festival of ideas, popular technology and progress.

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