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What is it about Tom Messner? The WPTZ meteorologist, also known as Mr. Smiley — and (lovingly?) referred to by one respondent this year as “Tom Crystal Methner” — just won his ninth consecutive Daysie.
The biggest change in the Media category this year is that we dropped the award for best publication, because, well, Seven Days kept winning, and that was getting kind of embarrassing. It never seemed fair, anyway, to poll our own readers, the people who — and we hope we’re not being presumptuous here — we’re pretty sure already like us. A lot.
It’s a little more exciting to watch you pit us against each other, as you did in the best print/web journalist category. Seven Days political columnist Shay Totten demolished his colleagues Lauren Ober, Ken Picard and Dan Bolles — who came in the next three spots — to take home that Daysie for the third year. Oh, and he won for best Twitter feed again, too. We’re just saying: Shay, watch your back.
Those of you who own a television — more than a few responded, “What’s TV?” — still love the newscast on WCAX, which beat out WPTZ by more than 400 votes this year. On the radio, 95 Triple X’s Jamie & Chantal just barely held on to their three-year Daysie-winner reign — well, “they” used to be Mike & Chantal. The Point’s Zeb Norris came in not far behind. The Point also came this close (20 votes!) to edging out four-year winner Vermont Public Radio for best radio station. Maybe next year, folks.
— Megan James
Click on the links below to view the runners-up, previous winners, and spotlights (where available) in each category.
