It may be the ultimate in butt-kissing, but it's for a good cause. Press Access announces the winners of its 2000 "PRESStige" Awards, which give PR practitioners a chance to
cast their votes for the best journalists in the business. (OK, maybe we're just a little bitter that we didn't win.) Among this year's most coveted (er, respected) media
hounds:
- Most Astute Product Reviewer: Timothy Dyck, eWeek
- Most Discerning News Reporter: Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet
- Most Prominent Cyberwriter: Michael Fitzgerald, Redherring.com
- Most Visionary Editor-in-Chief: James Daley, Business 2.0
- Pioneering Syndicated Columnist: Jeremy Caplan, Yahoo! Internet Life
- Up and
Coming Journalist: Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
(Press Access, 617/542-6670.)