Canadian New Media Awards announce finalists

Finalists have been announced for nextMedia's Canadian New Media Awards, to be held in Toronto from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. Among the doc and factual-oriented projects nominated are: the interactive site for Waterlife from the National Film Board of Canada, up for best cross-platform project; Food Network's mobile app from Canwest, up for - surprise, surprise - best mobile application, and EyeSteel Film's Open Source Cinema for RiP: A Remix Manifesto!, up for best use of social media.

November 5, 2009

Finalists have been announced for nextMedia’s Canadian New Media Awards, to be held in Toronto from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. Among the doc and factual-oriented projects nominated are: the interactive site for Waterlife from the National Film Board of Canada, up for best cross-platform project; Food Network’s mobile app from Canwest, up for – surprise, surprise – best mobile application, and EyeSteel Film’s Open Source Cinema for RiP: A Remix Manifesto!, up for best use of social media.

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Barry Walsh is editor and content director for realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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