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New Media Awards 2006

New Media Awards 2006 Finalists

Award categories: Accessibility, Advocacy, Contribution to civic society, Education, Elected representative, Independent information, Innovation, Modernising government

ACCESSIBILITY
Commission for Social Care Inspection [view comments]
http://www.csci.org.uk

Common Knowledge (CKUK) [view comments]
http://www.ckglasgow.org.uk

mySociety: WriteToThem [view comments]
http://www.writetothem.com

Usability Exchange [view comments]
http://www.usabilityexchange.com

ADVOCACY
Backing Blair [view comments]
http://www.backingblair.co.uk/

mySociety: Pledge Bank [view comments]
http://www.pledgebank.com

Radio Active [view comments]
http://www.radioactivelive.com/

CONTRIBUTION TO CIVIC SOCIETY

209radio [view comments]
http://www.209radio.co.uk

Comment is free [view comments]
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/index.html

mySociety: WritetoThem [view comments]
http://www.writetothem.com/lords

Patient Opinion [view comments]
http://www.patientopinion.org.uk

The Magistrate's Blog [view comments]
http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/

EDUCATION

Film Street [view comments]
http://www.filmstreet.co.uk

Ordnance Survey [view comments]
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/giszone/gateway.cfm

Sonic Postcards [view comments]
http://www.sonicpostcards.org

ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE

David Miliband MP [view comments]
http://www.odpm.gov.uk/cs/blogs/ministerial_blog/default.aspx

Derek Wyatt [view comments]
http://www.derekwyatt.co.uk

Jo Swinson MP [view comments]
http://www.joswinson.org.uk

Stephen Tall [view comments]
http://www.stephentall.org.uk/

INDEPENDENT INFORMATION

EdinburghSucks.com [view comments]
http://www.edinburghsucks.com

Harry's Place [view comments]
http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/

openDemocracy.net [view comments]
http://www.opendemocracy.net

UK Freedom of Information Act [view comments]
http://foia.blogspot.com

INNOVATION

BBC Back Stage [view comments]
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/

ConnectViaBooks [view comments]
http://www.connectviabooks.com/

last.fm [view comments]
http://last.fm

ReadSpeaker: Podcaster [view comments]
http://www.readspeaker.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=2746

MODERNISING GOVERNMENT

Local Directgov Programme [view comments]
http://local.direct.gov.uk/mycouncil/

Love Lewisham [view comments]
http://www.lovelewisham.org

Stop Crime - Devon and Cornwall Police [view comments]
http://www.stopcrime.co.uk

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