The Mobbies

ChrisWalbert.com has been nominated for a Mobbie! The Mobbies, from The Baltimore Sun, are being awarded to the best Maryland blogs in a number of categories. My blog is in the “Personal” category, which I think makes the most sense.

If you want to vote for me, you can do so here. You can vote once a day until the contest ends.

I wrote a post a little more than a year ago about what newspapers, and The Sun more specifically, should be doing to build their web businesses. One of my main points was that The Sun needed to continue focusing on producing excellent content, while reaching out to new readers using social media. The Mobbies is just one example of how The Sun is working to engage people and get them excited about their product, again.

The newspaper industry is still having an extremely tough time and, of course, one blogger contest will not change that. What I think has changed, however, is The Sun’s desire to build a community of local citizens that are actively involved in writing about Baltimore. Hats off to The Baltimore Sun for trying something new and getting us involved.