February 12, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
What do NASA, the “Mad Men” character Peggy Olson, and the charity Athletes for a Cure have in common?
They were each recipients of the inaugural “Shorty Awards,” a contest co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to recognize the best items on the Web site Twitter.
Alberto Ibargüen, the foundation’s president, addressed people attending the award ceremony in New York last night via Twitter, which enables users to communicate through 140-character messages.
Winners and nominees included:
– Carrie Bugbee, a public-relations executive in Portland, who “tweets” as Peggy Olson, the rising copywriter in the AMC TV series Mad Men.
Who do you think deserves recognition for their Tweeting?
