Threat Level is one of four finalists in the 2008 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism for our readers' work digging up over 100 self-serving anonymous edits performed by corporations and governments on Wikipedia. Readers used WikiScanner to uncover the shenanigans.
I hope they are also thanking Virgil. He did most of the work here, really. Thanks, Wikipedia Sleuths! Threat Level Places in Innovative Journalism Awards | Threat Level from Wired.com |