Breaking News: Two Nigerian Undergraduates Nominated in The 5th Edition of The Shorty Awards

Two students representing Nigeria from the Federal University of Technology, Akure: Morji Joel and Adetunji Adedotun have been nominated in the 5th edition of an international award honoring the best in social media: SHORTY AWARDS. This award is social media’s version of the Oscars-which recognizes the best in the movie industry, the Grammys-which recognizes the best in the music industry; Shorty recognizes the best in social media. “Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the… Shorty Awards” - The New York Times About Shorty Awards The Shorty Awards are a worldwide effort to engage hundreds of thousands of Twitter users to identify the best people and organizations on social media, culminating in a blockbuster ceremony in New York City. The Shorty Awards are produced by Sawhorse Media, a New York-based technology startup. Sawhorse also created and runs Muck Rack, the leading network to connect with journalists on social media. The Shorty Awards honor the best in social media; recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short content across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare and the rest of the social web. Every year, millions of people visit the Shorty Awards site to support their favorite social media content creators by tweeting nominations. All those tweets culminate in a highly anticipated awards ceremony that celebrates the winners as chosen by categories. The Shorty Awards also honors the industry’s best agencies, brands, and social media professionals. The Shorty Awards ceremony will be on April 8, 2013 at the Times Center in New York City.