World’s Best Blog is from Cuba

Deutsche Welle’s The BOBs is over, and according to them, the best weblog is Generación Y, a Cuban blog in Spanish authored by Yoani Sanchez. Russian Radio Grinch received the price for best podcast, and 4equality (in Persian) got the Reporters Without Borders price.

Placed under house arrest, Zeng Jinyan describes her life under constant surveillance by the Chinese authorities. The Persian Weblog 4equality is working to gather 1 million signatures on a petition for women’s rights in Iran. The Sunlight Foundation’s Party Blog, which exposes what groups and companies sponsor fundraising events for US politicians, won the Best Weblog English award.

Check out all the winners over at The BOBs site.

Thord Daniel Hedengren

Thord Daniel Hedengren is a designer, writer, and blogger, and also the former editor of The Blog Herald. He used to be a hotshot in the gaming industry in Sweden, but sold everything and went International. Most recently he wrote a book called Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, and does loads of kickass design.

View Comments (3)

guest says:

November 28, 2008 at 10:28 am

Please tell Yoani We need to see the best blog in Arabic also
Thank you :)
Zoe Delay @ The Bobs says:

November 28, 2008 at 6:54 pm

It was a great pleasure to be nominated beside all these great bloggers
bugjee says:

November 29, 2008 at 7:04 am

i think if you use the word “best”
nothing more growth here…
i think good or batter is right for this..