Meet the esteemed judges of the 2006-2007 Asia Blog Awards:
• Anna of HERstory, the 2004 ABA winner of Best Indian Blog.
• Connie Veneracion, Sassy Lawyer and queen of Philippine blog royalty.
• Fred of Extra Extra, former winner of best Sri Lanka blog and now a resident of Kinshasa, Democratic Rep of Congo.
• Graham Holliday of top Vietnam food blog Noodlepie.
• Previous Indonesia ABA winner and inteernational man of mystery Jakartass.
• Japundit founder of the eponymous Japundit.
• Malaysian alpha-blogger and Freedom Blog Award winner Jeff Ooi.
• Jeff Laitila, founder of of ABA-winning Japanese group photo blog Sushicam.
• Lee Chapman of the Tokyo Times.
• Malaysia’s multi-talented Kenny Sia.
• Patrix, founder of Desipundit.
• Phil of Flagrant Harbour, founder of the first Asia Blog Awards.
• Rezwan, author of the 3rd World View, Global Voices contributor and founder of Bangladesh blog list.
• Richard of The Peking Duck.
• Robert Koehler, the man behind essential South Korean site the Marmot’s Hole.
• Roland Soong of the essential Greater China site East South West North.
• Ron Morris of ABA winning 2Bangkok.com.
• Simon of Simon World, previous host of 2004 Awards and nominee for several international accolades.
• Scott Sommers, 2004 ABA winner for Scott Sommers’ Taiwan Weblog.
• Spike of Hongkie Town.
• Tengku Mohd Ali Bustaman, better known as Pok Ku, of Malaysian ABA winner Di Bawah Rang Ikang Kering
Finally, AsiaPundit will also be participating as a judge.
This is a preliminary listing and admittedly heavy on East and Northeast Asia. Other regional judges have been invited and more additions are expected.
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6 Responses to “ABA 06-07: The Judges”
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June 12th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
The list of judges is very impressive and thanks a lot for aranging this contest. I have covered this topic in my blog and have also written about the contest in two forums.
June 13th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Pokei Duck?
This is going to be very political.
June 13th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
[…] The best award show on the planet is back. This year Asiapundit will be overseeing things but I have retained some involvement as one of the judges. […]
June 15th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
I think ELF Geek nominated me for something already. I’m very thankful, but I would like to withdraw my blog from competition.
Gracias,
Kevin
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August 24th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
[…] Winners will be judged equally according to votes, Technorati ranking and the judges’ selection. […]
November 30th, 2006 at 10:57 am
When the results will be announced? Or have they been?