Best Blog (2008)Eye on Miami
www.eyeonmiami.blogspot.com
Forget about the people who blog about their favorite movies or their kids or the vegan meals they eat every day. Eye on Miami is smart, witty, and informative — almost like daily newspapers used to be. It's the conscience of the local blogosphere, concentrating on foreclosures, housing woes, corrupt politicians, and the rampant waste of taxpayer money in our community. It's an easy-to-read, simply designed site — the right-column index of scofflaws and newsy topics is especially handy — with an edgy voice. The two people who run the site (Genius of Despair and Gimleteye) do it anonymously, but they still let their personalities shine through. (One classic post described Genius of Despair accidentally hitting University of Miami President Donna Shalala with a chair at a concert.) What the blog does best, however, is research and explain the often hard-to-understand issues in our area. The bloggers think nothing of taking a news story printed in the Herald and explaining the festering, moldy truth that lies beneath the people quoted in the story. They research foreclosures, lobbyist records, and campaign donations — often with sobering results. The truth isn't pretty here in the Magic City, but thankfully Eye on Miami is watching.
We were also named, Miami New Times Blog of the Week:
Blog of Week in Miami New Times: Boycott Lowe's
39 comments:
Congratulations! Great job. keep up the good and honest work. Thank you!
Yay! Well done guys! An award well deserved.
Well-deserved!
There IS intelligent life in the swamp-o!
Super well deserved. Eye on Miami is a must read in this town. Good to see you getting some well deserved recognition.
I dont always agree with everything you write, but i'm often amused and always better informed after reading EOM . Keep up the great work.
Mario Artecona , former New Times best something...
Congratulations! You put 90% of so called jurnalists in this town to shame.
Thanks for all you do.
Congratulations!! Keep fighting the good fight. It's a well deserved award!
A lot of times those New Times Best Ofs are a joke.
Not this time. It was well-earned and deserved.
Congratulations.
In this town you will never run out of material, great job.
Don't let this go to your head. :)
Way to go!
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you guys are welcome
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Well done. Very well deserved, too.
Thanks everyone....my head is pretty big today Rick!! We really appreciate all of you writing...Keep coming back newcomers!
There never was a question but that you are the best. I am happy that New Times recognized you.
congrats. u should run for commissioner. u'd probably win.
Well-deserved!
I'm very impressed! Recognition is SWEET! Enjoy it, celebrate it somehow!
You are the best,that is why I access you every night to see your blogs. I bet the wicked witch of the northwest secretly reads what you write.
Best because they expose the worst of miami.
eye and eye are well deserving of newtimes accolades. eom informs the public and inspires this bloggger. keep in mind eye, "when you are at the top, there is no where to go but down." we'll see in the best of 09."
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Congratulations...I consider Eye On Miami a great source of news, dramatically handicapped by the fact that its cloaked in anonimity. I know that is the stuff of Blogs, but anyone can accuse and critisize if they dont have to put their name on it and be held accountable for any innacuracies.
Still, your Blog stands head and shoulders avobe any other in south florida in terms of relevance, accuracy and passion... Comngratulations.
Congratulations! Well deserved. To think I only zipped through the “best of” restaurant listings.
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Congratulations. Now I know why I have coffee with the Herald and then turn to EOM to see what the Herald missed. Keep it up!
well deserved!
Congrats! Good job. :)
Continue doing great work for our community, it is much appreciated. Having a keen "eye" for discerning the unethical and illegal activities of our government is essential to preserving our democracy.
Thank you,
"With eyes wide open"
This is MAGNA CARTA
Homestead is Home Blog.
it's true, you're head and tail above the rest...i come to you for the story, not the herald. maybe the herald forgets that omission is lying, too.
Way to go Eye on Miami - you deserve the recognition for all the good work you do! You should celebrate!
EOM-----
Great Authors, Reporters You Are:
You stirr the muddy river beds of locales here in Dade. Your discernment & perception of conflicting forces (evil) are much appreciated. We applaud you, standing.
Congrats on being named best blog!! That is awesome!
Excellent, keep it up. You're a regular stop on my daily blogscan, even tho you don't show nekked pitchers.
Congratulations! This is a well-deserved recognition.
GREAT JOB!
Thank you for putting in the time to put out such a quality blog.
I've known it all along. Keep exposing the corruption!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice to see that someone finally recognized your contribution to SFl. And thanks for taking the time to do those things like combing through deed transfers and county meeting transcripts. You know, that stuff that those people called reporters used to do before whatever it is they do now.
Congratulations!
You are as two tiny ants trying to devour the rotting corpse of a water buffalo. Congratulations on your ambition and keep at it.
Moved to San Luis Obispo, CA, in '99
That's pretty funny. thanks for reading our blog....
I am so happy to have discovered you!
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