Hey Jennifer,
I read your post today mentioning the polls for the 2008 Weblog Awards. I recently wrote a feature length PBS article about the blog awards and got a chance to interview the administrator of the award and several of the nominees:
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/01/can-blog-awards-identify-quality-online-content012.html
Anyway, I thought this was something you and your readers would find interesting.
take care,
Simon
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.