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Award-Winning Show, Weak Website

Posted by Michael Gay on May 27, 2008

An RFK Memorial Journalism Award is being given to HDNet’s news program World Report for their story titled “A Silent War, A Violent Peace,” about Uganda’s civil war. The award is a great honor for the program seen on a network many people can’t watch. But I pose this question: If your show can’t be seen by everyone, shouldn’t your website make up for lack of audience? This show’s site has no video, not much information about the show, and a weak TV schedule. While the TV program might have been exceptional, I don’t believe any awards should be given out anymore to content that lives in only one medium.