Guess Who Won CBS New York’s Most Valuable Blogger Award? This Guy.


by on Sep 15th, 2011

Screw the race for the 9th Congressional District; the real vote worth watching this week was CBS New York’s Most Valuable Blogger Awards. And guess who pulled off a stunning upset there? That’s right, Sheepshead Bites. Boom, baby!

Sheepshead Bites beat out Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York, Livingfreenyc, New York Places No More, Scouting New York and Second Ave. Sagas for the Editor’s Choice award in Local Affairs. No, we didn’t win the people’s vote – that went to Joe.My.God – but that’s okay with us. We’re more than happy to have been given the recognition by a group of editors over at CBS, though winning the popular vote sure would’ve been a nice touch.

Thanks to everyone who voted for us, thanks to our tipsters, and especially thanks to my colleagues, the hard-working team behind Sheepshead Bites and Bensonhurst Bean.

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  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Congratulations!!!!  Now you can open that Sheepshead Bay Bites coffee shop.

  • Guest

    I hate to be a douche, but it says Scouting New York got the editor’s choice.

    • http://www.nedberke.com Ned Berke

      When we scheduled this post (around 2:30) it said Sheepshead Bites. I see now they’ve changed it and am trying to figure out what the hell is going on. 

      • Guest

        I’m pretty miffed and it’s not even my site! Hope it gets cleared up!

      • Anonymous

        Jeez, its Florida 2000 all over again!

      • Matt in DC

        if this isn’t rectified there will be blood in the streets

      • http://www.nedberke.com Ned Berke

        It’s settled! We are the winner! Just got off the phone with CBS folks and they assured us that we are the winners. There was a glitch that caused it to cycle between us and Scouting NY (a great photoblog in its own right), an error they had at some of their other affiliates as well. It has since been corrected and we’re up there as the champions. Hoorah.

        • Barkingspider7

          Congratulations Ned.  You and your staff deserve this.  You work hard and produce a fun and factual blogsite. 

        • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

          I saw it change before my very eyes. Then it changed back again a bit later. I thought perhaps I was seeing things for a moment or two.

          The page was doing live updating.

        • Matt in DC

          over/under on how long it takes Ned to put this in the masthead: 4 hours

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001 Lisanne!

    The vote of the editors count for far more. The people’s vote was a contest, and should have been conducted on a one person, one vote basis.

  • Matt in DC

    this will make spooning with you this weekend that much more personally satisfying

  • Allanb

    Where’s the badge on your site that shows it now? c’mon Ned, JoeMyGod’s site is completely filled on the left hand side of his page with awards… 😉

    • http://blog.arikatt.com Ariela B.

      I noticed that too. I wasn’t impressed when I visited it. There’s no “about” page link that I can see either, to tell me who the hell Joe is in the first place, and what he writes about or what neighborhoods he covers. Just a cluttered wall of awards and links to archives and other blogs. Unhelpful. He must just have a lot of friends to vote for him every day. That alone doesn’t mean his site is any good.

  • http://www.njluxurymotors.com Arthur Borko

    WOO! Congrats!

  • Windy

    Congratulations Ned and your staff. Wooo Hooo

    You make us proud!!!

  • Anonymous

    CONGRATS!!! A WELL DESERVED HONOR!!!!

  • Local Broker

    Congrats to you and all the people that help/helped you get to where you are today! (still trying to figure out what to you are going to eat for lunch)

  • http://blog.arikatt.com Ariela B.

    Congratulations, Ned! I voted every day, like a loyal minion. 🙂

  • LeaterK

    Everyone voted for Ned

    Why is the link saying

    Congratulations New York MVB’s!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eileen-Kotler/1612281209 Eileen Kotler

    Congratulations, it’s a well deserved honor.

  • Bk2Bklyn

    Here’s to giving Sheepshead Bites (and, in essence, Sheepshead Bay as a community) the acknowledgement they well deserve…Congrats to you and your staff!!

  • Brightonresident

    Mazel Tov to Sheepshead Bites.  A well deserved honor.  Continue on in this grand tradition!!!!

  • Allanb

    Ned, I think you deserve the Good Job award as well! For doing a really Good Job!
    I would be honored if you would post that beside your MVB award!
    http://www.clipartpal.com/_thumbs/pd/education/good_job_gold_ribbon_T.png

  • nolastname
    • http://www.nedberke.com Ned Berke

      Deserve it? Why? What did they do to deserve it? Ingrates…

      😉

    • http://www.nedberke.com Ned Berke

      Deserve it? Why? What did they do to deserve it? Ingrates…

      😉

      • nolastname

        And to think I just wore my Bites T to Nathans. Free ad qualifies me as deserving. ;-P

  • Ray Johnson

    Wow. This is great. Congratulations. I voted many times, but not enough.

  • heather

    Bravo! Congrats!

  • LeaterK

    People’s Choice winner is

    Joe.My.God
    Editor’s Choice winner is

    Sheepsheadbites
    Maybe next time, Ned can win both

  • Rberke

    Congrads Bites.  I know how hard Ned & his staff work to provide current information important to the area.  Keep at it!

  • Tinafg

    Go Ned!!!! As if I didn’t know you were the best! Congratulations!!!!!!! So proud of you! Even prouder to know you!

  • TomSongs

    Ned,

    Tina G shared a few links related to the annual 9/11 events during the past few years. I have enjoyed your intelligent, unvarnished perspective. Great to see that CBS “gets it”.

    Best to you and your team.