The Internet’s possibilities for good are endless, and the stories featured in The Lovie Letters demonstrate just that.
The Lovie Letters, presented in partnership with Google, gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the best work being made for the European Internet—from lessons learned to proudest moments and more. We sat down for exclusive video interviews with some of the 2018 Lovie Winners who are actively using digital to make the world a better place.
Check out videos below featuring Lovie Winners including: YouTube Creator for Change Alex Bertie, #Techmums founder Dr. Sue Black, SOON_ Creative Director Fred Flade and Managing Editor of The Bureau Local Rachel Oldroyd.
And read more of the stories on this year’s Lovie-winning projects at lovieletters.eu
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WATCH: 2018 Lovie Letters
Alex Bertie, YouTube Creator for Change
We sat down with Alex Bertie, recipient of the 2018 Lovie Creator for Change Award. He talked with us about what it’s been like to document his journey as a trans male through YouTube, how he feels when he rewatches his own videos and more. See his Lovie Letters interview above.
Plus: Watch Alex Bertie’s 7 Words of Lovie speech at the 8th Annual Lovie Awards.
Dr. Sue Black OBE, Founder of #techmums
Dr. Sue Black OBE is the founder of #techmums, savior of Bletchley Park and the 2018 Lovie Lifetime Achievement Winner for her pioneering work for women in computing. Created for Lovie Letters, check out a special video tribute to Dr. Sue Black’s incredible work, above.
Watch Dr. Sue Black’s 7 Words of Lovie speech at the 8th Annual Lovies.
Fred Flade, Creative Director, SOON_
SOON_ London won a 2018 Lovie Award for their Paralympics Great Britain website redesign.
In this video (above), SOON_ Creative Director Fred Flade shares more about the team’s greatest challenges with a project of this size and scope, as well as the most rewarding aspects.
Watch SOON_’s 7 Words of Lovie speech at the 8th Annual Lovies.
Rachel Oldroyd, Managing Editor, The Bureau Local
The Lovie Awards honoured The Bureau Local with the Lovie Be Greater with Data Award at the 8th Annual Lovie Awards, for their outstanding use of data and the Internet to enable journalistic collaboration across the UK, resulting in the unearthing of essential news stories. Here, Managing Editor Rachel Oldroyd explains how The Bureau Local uses data to shed light on crucial, hyper-local stories.
Watch The Bureau Local’s 7 Words of Lovie speech at the 8th Annual Lovies.
For more behind-the-work stories from this year’s Lovie Winners, visit lovieletters.eu