Forgive a little self-promotion, but what the hell.

As some of you are aware, I also do blogging regarding politics and events in Cleveland and Ohio. I do this under the aegis of Cleveland.com.

The editor of Cleveland.com, Denise Polverine, apparently nominated me for an Online Journalism Award for “commentary.” No one ever bothered to tell me, but it’s probably just as well.

Well, the finalists were announced a couple days ago. Turns out, I’m a finalist in the category of “Online Commentary (Medium).” The “Medium” means the size of the overall website in terms of monthly hits.

Apparently this is the first time in some 7 years that Cleveland.com has had anyone or anything make it to the finalist stage.

The only negative, is I don’t get to go to NYC for the awards show.

I should also mentioned that the awards are sponsored in part by the Annenburg School of Communication (i.e., J-School) at USC. So until the awards are announced some time at the end of October, I’d appreciate it if the Trojans continue to win so I don’t have to take them from the #1 spot in my blogpoll ballot.