It is with great pleasure that the judging panel are today announcing the winners of the Euprera Social Media Awards (#ESS2010 on Twitter, @EupreraSprSympo).
The three winners are making presentations about their work and receiving their prizes of 250 Euro at a special ceremony that marks the opening of the 2010 Euprera Spring Symposium, at Arteveldehogeschool, in Ghent, Belgium.
One of the world's leading communications commentators, blogger and podcaster Neville Hobson will present the following awards.
Best Student blogger: Laura Fischer, for New Media in Practice
Best practitioner/ researcher: Ben Cotton, for SocialWebThing
Best group blog: Bergitte Lowzow and Mette-Lise Kjellberg, for Komma
Panel administrator Philip Young, said: "The judges were impressed by some excellent work, which looked at a wide range of challenging topics from a variety of perspectives. We were delighted that our job was anything but easy. Indeed, making the selection was tough, and in all three categories we found stand-out entries which caused much discussion.
"We would like to thank every one who took part, and everyone who visited and commentated on the blogs we chose to feature. Euprera has played a leading role in promoting the investigation of the impact of social media on public relations practice for more than five years and we are delighted to highlight such valuable and worthwhile work.
"One of the defining characteristics of social media is that allows people to share their thoughts, insights and reflections, freely and widely. All three winners have done this with some accomplishment and we are delighted to recognise their achievements with these awards."