David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, has had nothing but good news to report this month. Not only has he been nominated in the elected representative category of The New Statesman's annual 'New Media Award', he also recieved second place in MediaGuardian's list of the 30 'most important ethnic minority figures in the media industry'.
Lammy's blog was praised by readers on The New Statesman's website (link) as an "excellent website giving constituents up to date information." As one of 19 nominees in the category, he will compete with the likes of Philip Davies, Tom Watson and several other accomplished blogging MPs.
This month's second highlight for Lammy was his election as the second most important ethnic minority figure in British Media in The Guardian's media section last week (link). The list of minority media figures was created after last years 'MediaGuardian 100' was exclusively white.
Lammy commented that he finds it a "real honour to be nominated for the New Statesman New Media Awards" after having "worked hard to make my website a useful resource and an effective means of ensuring my constituents can see what I am doing at both local and national levels."
He continued to say: “It is also fantastic to have a place on the ethnic minority power list. I was glad that the Guardian chose to showcase the many people from diverse backgrounds in prominent positions within the British media arena.”
The winners for the 'New Media Awards' will be presented in July.
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