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G. Xavier Robillard Wins 4th Annual HumorFeed Competition
Posted January 15, 2009
2 comments posted. Read them now. The fourth annual HumorFeed Satire News Awards was won by humor writer G. Xavier Robillard, who took
first place amid fierce competition with the faux news story "Baristas Claim Obama's Coffee Not
Black Enough."
"Robillard's story does what all good news satire does: magnifies one of the story's biggest
absurdities for a whole lot of laughs," said Fox TV reporter Dave Kartunen, one of the judges on the
evaluation panel. "There were a lot of well-written entries this year... I really enjoyed the
competition."
Kartunen was one of five journalists and writers who selected Robillard's entry as the top pick of
HumorFeed's finalists. Other judges included Emmy-award winning journalist Robert Zelnick, chair of
the Boston University Department of Journalism; NPR correspondent Eric Weiner, author of NY Times
bestseller Geography of Bliss; humor columnist Madeleine Begun Kane, winner of the 2008 Robert
Benchley Society Award for Humor; and BBC comedy writer Andrew Marlatt, the writer behind the
legendary humor website SatireWire.
"Robillard's story was a delightful parody," said Kane. "And the title made me laugh out loud!"
You can read the rest of the press release in HumorFeed.
 
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