SF Gates's Mark Morford Wins Best Online Column Award

Posted on July 5, 2005

SFGate.com writer top online columnist Mark Morford won first place in the online columns division of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' annual contest. Morford's column appears on SFGate.com, the website of The San Francisco Chronicle. Morford smoked the competition: this is the second time in three years that he's won.

Morford, 38, has written his twice-weekly column since 2000 and recently began writing for the site's new Culture Blog.
"Mark's witty and irreverent column is one of the most popular and distinctive features of our Web site, and we're grateful that his fellow columnists have recognized his talents," said SFGate.com News Director Vlae Kershner.

A sample of Morford's irreverent style can be found in a recent column entitled "Keep Your Foul Paws Off Aslan: Will Disney butcher The Chronicles of Narnia?"