Jen Chung Wins a Wired Rave Award!

We have some exciting news to share with our readers - Jen Chung, co-founder, editor of Gothamist, and executive editor for all Gothamist sites, has won a Wired Rave Award! The Rave Awards look for people that are "innovators, instigators, and inventors" in their field, with Jen receiving the award for blogs (she's "The Town Crier"). Lest you think Wired hands the award out to anyone, Jen has some pretty good company. Some of the 2007 Rave Award winners include: Tim Kring, creator of Heroes (and Crossing Jordan!); J.K. Rowling; Alfonso Cuarón; fellow blogger, Arianna Huffington; and the Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Here's an excerpt from Wired:

Gothamist got big by thinking small: Chung keeps her sites trained on what's going on in readers' backyards. "As we were starting the site, I thought, how many people know who their city council member is?" says Chung, who still has a day job as an advertising exec in Manhattan. "We're relentlessly focused on stories that larger outlets might have mentioned in passing but have otherwise neglected."

While it's Jen's name on the award, the honor is shared with all our editors and contributors across the Gothamist Network and with the readers, tipsters, and commenters who make what we do possible. Thanks for your support! And we've got a lot of exciting developments planned for the future -- so stay tuned.

The Wired issue with the 2007 Rave Awards is on newsstands now. The bonus for buying the actual magazine, is that you can see for yourself how Jen's head fills up nearly half a printed page! (She also wants you to know you can find your City Council member here or here.)

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By tien mao in Arts & Entertainment on April 24, 2007 11:10 AM

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Kevin Chen

This site is awesome, being away from New York I can get up to date with my beloved City. Congrat for the award. =)

enid

Congratulations! You {and your crew} TOTALLY deserve it.

annieo

Jen (and your gain),

You are heroes to all of us!

Thanks for the inspiration.

annieo

Still Not Amused

It shows that you actually pay attention to detail "Mateo", With that said Try reading into the comment ! Have you ever heard of the word/term "Sarcasm" ? Well I have a nasty habit of employing it in all of my posts . Think of it as a puzzle where as you are the one responsible for "Desiphering" (deciphering) it ! Get my "pooint" (Point)!!!

Myszka

Congratulations, Jen! I'm happy for you and everyone at the -ists!

mariab3bx

Jen, this is well-deserved. Congratulations. You certainly keep me wired into what's going on in New York. I marvel at how you manage to do it so successfully.

Brightliner

Okay, how about this, then. To honor and thank us commenters, how about fixing the comments system so that 30-50% of all comment attempts don't result in useless error messages and often double postings?

The SUBWAYblogger

Yes, I saw this! (I'm a WIRED subscriber). Congrats.

But good lord with all the "haters." Who cares if there's a spelling mistake here and there. Man, it sounds like a there's a lot of people out there that graduated with an English degree, and then realized that their only career option is to be a high school English teacher.

If you want perfect spelling and strict AP Style Guide usage, go read the Times. If you want something worth reading about NYC, stick with the -ist!

zach

Congratulations Jen and Gothamist.

Well-deserved; you guys are fabulous.

Now if only we could find a way to quite that damn advertising day job, huh?

R

Congratulations!!!!

drewo

Congratulations Jen and Gothamist. Keep up the fine work.

Mateo

Your an everyday topic with her, That's bad she's only [10] .

"You're"

meh

ok, you guys do deserve this. truly: well done.

Google Toolbar

Kudos!

D

Congratulations, Jen. No matter what the haters say, they still come to this site, so win-win!

happy for you

congratulations to everyone at gothamist!! it's great that wired is recognizing what your readers have long appreciated, even the ones who complain a lot. nice work!!

Anya

CONGRATULATIONS!! Not just for this site but for the whole network. I now automatically visit an -ist site, if it exists, when I'm planning to visit another city.

lc

I want to add my congrads to Jen and Gothamist and its staff. This award is well deserved. You all worked so hard to get to this point and I hope this is the impetus you need to vault the ..IST network to a new level.