Film and TV actress Angel Locsin just earned another international recognition by being shortlisted in one of the categories in the Shorty Awards, a worldwide competition for real-time, short-form content that is considered the Oscars for Twitter writers.
The list of finalists for the awards, which was announced only recently, included the name of Locsin under the Best Twitter Celebrity category.
Awarding is set on March 3 at the Times Center in The New York Times Building.
According to the press release from Shorty, over 250,000 nominations have been tweeted for The Shorty Awards to determine the six finalists in each of the 26 official categories.
The Shorty Awards has partnered with sponsors including PepsiCo for the Innovation category, Marketwire for the Journalist category and Porter Novelli for the Advertising category.
Some notable finalists include Haiti resident and TV presenter Carel Pedre @carelpedre, actor and comedian Marlon Waynes @marlonwayans and MythBuster co-host Adam Savage @donttrythis.
Notable organizations that are finalists include NASA @NASA, Whole Foods @WholeFoods and Sesame Street @sesamestreet.
“This year’s diverse group of finalists shows the global impact Twitter users are having across all topics of media,” said Gregory Galant, the CEO of Sawhorse Media, which created the Shorty Awards.
The Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences is comprised of leaders in technology, journalism, business and culture.
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