Another Award for Parents Online
11 July 2000, Simon Lovesey and Noel Grinsted attended the prestigious New Statesman - New Media Awards in London to receive on behalf of Parents Online a commendation for the Online Community Award.
The awards ceremony was attended by many well known faces from the world of media and politics. Mo Mowlem presented the actual awards.
For Parents Online, this is further acknowledgement and endorsement of the site, particularly in light of the high quality of other entries and profile of the judging panel :
Government e-envoy
Derek Bishton
Editor, Electronic Telegraph
Mark Damazer
Head of political programmes, BBC
Nigel Evans MP
Vice-chairman
Conservative Party
Rachel Goldwyn
Democracy campaigner
Will Hutton
Chief executive, The Industrial Society
Steve King
CEO Information, Communications and Entertainment, KPMG
Janet Rutherford
Director of policy & research
Local Government Association
Jean Seaton
Research Fellow, Centre for Communications Research
University of Westminster
Jon Snow
Main presenter, Channel 4 News
Carole Stone
Independent media consultant
Malcolm Taylor
Director of public policy
Telewest Communications plc
Stuart Turner
Vice-president, public services
Oracle Corporation UK & Ireland