This one time, at band camp...

By Stephanie Pretorius

Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, apparently for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation but maybe is it because he is simply Nobush. Here are a couple of online reports that have covered the story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/10/091009_nobel_obama_wup_sl.shtml

This site gave the most succinct report on the event. The report states why Obama was awarded the prize and then has links to sound bites of commentary on the win from one supportive source and one critical source. This is the kind of brief report that is easy and quick to read online but that is lacking in any real news, so Obama won the prize we know that now but where is the response? Where are the opinions?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8299697.stm

This report is far more useful as not only does it provide one with the basics of the news report but also commentary on the event from a numerous sources including blogs and opinion pages.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/obama.nobel.peace.reaction/index.html

This report is really interesting as it comments on the civil journalism and online response to the news that Obama had one the prize. The report focuses on personal and individual opinions from tweets and blogs while also incorporating accurate news such as the fact that Obama is the first occupant of the white house to receive the prize in 90 years. These kinds of news reports are becoming more and more common and preferred. The public does not only want to hear about what the professionals are saying but what their peers and ordinary people are saying.