The BOBs (weblog award)

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The BOBs (Best of the Blogs) is the world's largest international weblog competition, founded in 2004 and sponsored by Deutsche Welle, the German International Broadcasting Service.

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Through the BOBs, Deutsche Welle focuses attention on the promotion of freedom of information and the press around the world. In cooperation with Reporters Without Borders, Deutsche Welle has presented a special award to bloggers promoting these specific ideals since 2005.

Weblogs, podcasts and videoblogs from all over the world can be submitted for the BOBs in one of the following 14 languages: Arabic, Chinese, German, English, French, Indonesian, Persian, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hindi and Spanish.

The BOBs were last awarded in 2016. [1]

Award categories

The BOBs consist of 6 prize categories (all languages) and one award in each language of the competition (14 languages).

How the competition works

The BOBs presents prizes for both Jury and User's Choice awards. The User's Choice winners are chosen by worldwide online voting. The Jury prizes are awarded by a jury of international bloggers.

Blogopedia

The Blogopedia is an online catalogue featuring a growing inventory of blogs written in eleven languages. It allows the user to browse through the catalog by country, language or subject matter.

To date over 18,000 different blogs, podcasts and videoblogs have been entered into the Blogopedia by users and bloggers from all over the world.

Winners

List of winners year by year: [2]

2004

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best Weblog18摸狗日报Por um Punhado de Pixels
Best TopicEl Hombre Que Comía DiccionariosEstraga Filmes
Best DesignLa malarosaЗамок-блог Эргэла, Северного Дракона
Best InnovationDomino – Cover by CoverRadio RSS
Best Weblog in GermanmedienrauschenBILDblog
Best Weblog in ArabicMoodless.netBeyond Normal
Best Weblog in Chinese18摸狗日报声色犬马－平客的虚无笔记
Best Weblog in SpanishPeriodistas 21Caspa.tv
Best Weblog in EnglishLawrence Lessig BlogEditor: Myself
Best Weblog in PortuguesePonto MediaRicardo Noblat
Best Weblog in RussianБлог журналистки Наташи МозговойTime O'Clock

2005

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best WeblogMás respeto, que soy tu madre Tupiniquim
Best Multimedia BlogBlog à la cibouletteBlog à la ciboulette
Best PodcastAntiwaveAntiwave
Reporters Without Borders AwardManal and Alaa's Bit BucketChronique déplaisante d'une dictature ordinaire
Best Weblog in ArabicHawleyat Al AshjarNisrine coeur de lion
Best Weblog in ChineseMassage Cream刀侧畔千帆过
Best Weblog in English Global Voices Online Body and Soul
Best Weblog in FrenchAgoraVox, le journal media citoyenLire est un plaisir
Best Weblog in GermanLyssa's LoungeRiesenmaschine – das brandneue Universum
Best Weblog in Farsisan neweschtIran Paparazzi
Best Weblog in PortugueseNoMínimo WeblogKibe Loco
Best Weblog in RussianPlanet AfghanistanPlanet Afghanistan
Best Weblog in SpanishJabalí DigitalCaspa TV

2006

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best Weblog Sunlight Foundation Lisa Neun
Best Podcast Muzimei StudioHaftegi
Best Corporate WeblogFootball-ClubBlog do Tas
Reporters Without Borders AwardTanine Sokut y Kosoof (two awards)Blog da Alcinéa Cavalcante
Blogwurst Awardaref-adibUnusual Real Man
Best Weblog in ArabicJar el KamarNostalgic Story Teller
Best Weblog in ChineseThe Colourful World – Shuweicao's BlogThe Colourful World – Shuweicao's Blog
Best Weblog in DutchBureau BelgradoBieslog
Best Weblog in English PaidContent.org Black Looks
Best Weblog in FrenchLa Buvette des AlpagesLa Buvette des Alpages
Best Weblog in GermanLetters from Rungholt Beetlebum
Best Weblog in Farsi Zeitun n/d
Best Weblog in PortugueseApocalipse MotorizadoGarotas Que Dizem Ni
Best Weblog in Russian Magazeta: All about ChinaMagazeta: All about China
Best Weblog in SpanishLa Huella DigitalMangas Verdes

2007

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best WeblogFotomaniaBlog do Tas
Best PodcastDie GefühlskonserveNerdcast
Best VídeoblogAlive in BaghdadCat Ear Baby's Videoblog
Reporters Without Borders AwardJotmanNora Younis
Blogwurst AwardLittle GalerieYo contra el mundo
Best Weblog in ArabicAljazeera TalkImtidad
Best Weblog in ChineseLian Yue's Eighth ContinentLian Yue's Eighth Continent
Best Weblog in DutchFrankwatchingVolkskrantblog
Best Weblog in EnglishValour-ITRidorLive
Best Weblog in FrenchActualités de la république démocratique du CongoouVertures.info
Best Weblog in GermanBehindertenparkplatzBestatterweblog
Best Weblog in Farsi35 Grad Masih
Best Weblog in PortugueseBlog do TasPensar Enlouquece, Pense Nisso
Best Weblog in Russian/dev/karlson/mind.log/dev/karlson/mind.log
Best Weblog in SpanishA mis 95A mis 95

2008

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best Weblog Generation Y Science Squirrel
Best PodcastRadio GrinchBola Nas Costas Iscuitantes
Best VideoblogVoices of AfricaVideoblog do Trajano
Reporters Without Borders Award曾金燕博客 and 4equality (two awards)Generation Y
Blogwurst AwardMaratochkaMister Oof
Best Weblog in ArabicOhodVor der Flut
Best Weblog in Chinese [3] 刘晓原的BLOGScience Squirrel
Best Weblog in DutchFoodlogFree Opinion Venezuela
Best Weblog in EnglishPolitical Party Blog The Consumerist
Best Weblog in FrenchLe Blog de YoroVos photos
Best Weblog in GermanMädchenmannschaftNaher und Mittlerer Osten – الشرق
Best Weblog in IndonesianMedia Idemaseko's weblog
Best Weblog in FarsifreelancerIch und MS
Best Weblog in PortugueseQuerido LeitorQuerido Leitor
Best Weblog in RussianMetroDream by Russos##1244462644726369HNIOWAST##
Best Weblog in Spanish233grados.comBestiaria

2009–2010

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best Weblog Ushahidi Osama Romoh
Best Podcast Cajun French Language TutorialsRadiokalu
Best VídeoblogMr. Free Man Malviviendo
Reporters Without Borders AwardWe are JournalistsHolom Akhdar
Blogwurst AwardBlogs do Além and Wake up, Mr. Green (two awards)Ibda3at
Special Topic Award – Climate ChangeColuna ZeroEcoplaneta
Best Weblog in ArabicOsama Romoh Medad
Best Weblog in BengaliAli Mahmeds BlogAli Mahmeds Blog
Best Weblog in ChineseKe Neng BaKe Neng Ba
Best Weblog in EnglishTalk MoroccoTalk Morocco
Best Weblog in FrenchLe MonolecteLa vigie du web
Best Weblog in GermanDer PostillonDer Postillon
Best Weblog in IndonesianCatatan Ringan Angin-anginanCatatan Dari Hati
Best Weblog in Farsi mamlekate (so just what kind of country is this that we live in) Life in Bamian
Best Weblog in PortugueseFísica na VeiaDigital Drops
Best Weblog in Russian metkere.com Slon.ru
Best Weblog in SpanishLa Vuelta al Mundo de Asun y RicardoMalviviendo

2011

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best WeblogA Tunisian GirlVahid Nikgoo y Jou3an (two awards)
Best Use Of Technology For Social GoodRospilRospil
Best Social Activism Campaign We are all Khaled Said Omipial's Blog
Reporteros Sin Fronteras AwardCiudad Juárez, en la sombra del narcotráficoBlog Novaya Gazeta
Special Topic Award Human RightsMigrant Rights in the Middle EastIndigenous Bengali Blog
Best Video ChannelStands with FistIsla Presidencial
Best Weblog in ArabicViolet Revolution
Best Weblog in BengalíArif Jebtik's Blog
Best Weblog in ChineseTranslator
Best Weblog in EnglishRantings of a Sandmonkey
Best Weblog in FrenchSerious Game (Belgique)
Best Weblog in GermanTextilvergehen
Best Weblog in IndonesianBenablog
Best Weblog in Farsi Sulgar
Best Weblog in PortugueseVá de bike
Best Weblog in Russian Navalny
Best Weblog in Spanish Alberto Montt

2012

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best WeblogWindow of AnguishJou3an
Best Use Of Technology For Social GoodHarassmapWeb Nabludatel
Best Social Activism CampaignFree Razan Asif Mohiuddin's Blog [4] [5]
Premio Reporteros Sin Fronteras Abu Sufian's Blog Woeser
Best Video ChannelKuang KuangInternautismo crónico
Special Topic Award Education and CultureFasokanGrazhdanin Poet
Best Weblog in ArabicKhaled Safi
Best Weblog in BengaliNiaz Mowla's Blog
Best Weblog in ChineseiGFW
Best Weblog in EnglishThe Chronikler
Best Weblog in FrenchKamer Kongossa
Best Weblog in GermanJule's Blog
Best Weblog in IndonesianWordsmith
Best Weblog in FarsiNarenji
Best Weblog in Portuguese Music With Books
Best Weblog in RussianStaskulesh
Best Weblog in SpanishChinochano

2013

AwardJury AwardUser Award
Best Person to Follow in BengaliSaif Samir (Movie Critic Blog) [6]
Global Media ForumTotthokollani
Best InnovationShikkhok
Best Weblog in BengaliShoily

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Bobs - Best of Online Activism". Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ↑ The BOBs – Winners
  3. ↑ "Chinese Bloggers Win Big at Best of Blogs Awards". Wall Street Journal. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh gags award-winning blogger". Deutsche Welle. 25 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "BLOGGER GRANTED BAIL ON HEALTH GROUNDS". Reporters without Borders. 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "ভোটে বিজয়ী শিক্ষক ডটকম – DW – 08.05.2013". dw.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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