<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>Good morning! This week, Ask Me Ottawa indulges in a bit of self promotion as we share a very <a href="http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=314">special award we recently received</a>: </p><p>"Ask Me Ottawa is pleased to announce that campaign co-chairs Derek
Antoine and Darcy Knoll have been awarded the 2012 Options Bytown Media
Award for Excellence in recognition of new media approaches to covering
the issues and people involved in Ottawa’s homelessness community. The
recognition was presented during Options Bytown’s recent Annual General
Meeting.</p><p><br></p><p>In the past, <a href="http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=314">this award</a> has been given to <em>traditional</em>
journalists who have excelled in their coverage of homelessness. This
year’s selection is a break from that as it recognizes the uniqueness of
Ask Me Ottawa’s social media reporting and the power of grassroots
journalism."</p><p><br></p><p><b><a href="http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=314">Read the full story here</a>:</b> <a href="http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=314">http://askmeottawa.ca/?page_id=314</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thank you for your continued support! Keep the stories coming!</p><p>Derek</p></body></html>