After 7,000+ nominations and 1800+ votes for our 91 finalists, here are the winners of the 2007 Black Weblog Awards.
The Winners have been announced!
Congratulations to all the winners!
The winners are listed below:
Best Blog Community
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Nappturality
Best Blog Design
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Clutch Magazine
Best Blog Post or Blog Post Series
Popular Vote: “Who Killed Hip-Hop? On Some JFK Shit…”
Judges’ Vote: “What About Our Daughters Wins Battle!!!”
Best Business Blog
Popular Vote: Black In Business
Judges’ Vote: Black In Business
Best Celebrity Blog
Popular Vote: Tyra Banks
Judges’ Vote: ?uestlove
Best Culture Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Afrobella
Best Faith-Based Blog
Popular Vote: Are You There God? It’s Me, Dawn
Judges’ Vote: The Infidel Guy Show
Best Fictional Blog
Popular Vote: Fake Janice Combs
Judges’ Vote: Life and Times of Ata Nafia…a (not) true story
Best Food Blog
Popular Vote: A Lot About Nothing
Judges’ Vote: TriniGourmet.com
Best Gossip Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Best Group Blog
Popular Vote: Concrete Loop
Judges’ Vote: Racialicious
Best Hip-Hop Blog
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges’ Vote: The Smoking Section
Best Humor Blog
Popular Vote: Crunk & Disorderly
Judges’ Vote: Funky Brown Chick
Best International Blog
Popular Vote: Black Women in Europe
Judges’ Vote: Black Women in Europe
Best LGBT Blog
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges’ Vote: Keith Boykin
Best Music Blog
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges’ Vote: HoneySoul.com
Best New Blog
Popular Vote: Blogxilla.com
Judges’ Vote: Stereohyped
Best Niche Blog
Popular Vote: Afrobella
Judges’ Vote: Fly
Best Personal Blog
Popular Vote: The Beautiful Struggler
Judges’ Vote: InTheLifeOf.org
Best Photo Blog
Popular Vote: The D-Nice Journal
Judges’ Vote: Alakija.com | photoblog
Best Podcast
Popular Vote: HoodHype
Judges’ Vote: Friday Favecast
Best Political/News Blog
Popular Vote: The Field Negro
Judges’ Vote: Jack and Jill Politics
Best Science/Technology Blog
Popular Vote: Nerd With Swag
Judges’ Vote: Tiffany B. Brown
Best Sports/Recreation Blog
Popular Vote: The Starting Five
Judges’ Vote: The Starting Five
Best Teen Blog
Popular Vote: My Teenage Years
Judges’ Vote: Queer Kid of Color
Best Video Blog
Popular Vote: Love B. Scott
Judges’ Vote: Ill Doctrine
Best Writing in a Blog
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: Blackprof.com
Black Blogger Achievement Award
Popular Vote: Keith Boykin
Judges’ Vote: Baratunde Thurston
Blog of the Year
Popular Vote: Young, Black and Fabulous
Judges’ Vote: What About Our Daughters?
Blog to Watch
Popular Vote: Real Talk NY
Judges’ Vote: AverageBro
Here are a few comments from NPR's Web producer Geoffrey Bennett on Honoring the Best Black Blogs
News & Notes, September 5, 2007 · The 2007 Black Weblog Awards are being handed out, and News & Notes Web producer Geoffrey Bennett weighs in on that and the stories that are making the rounds on the show's blog, "News & Views."