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Awards and Accolades
The Daily Prophet
- Winner of the 2001 ArsDigita Prize, sponsored by Professor Philip Greenspun of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- First place winner of the 2003 Cable & Wireless Childnet Award
- 2003 BBC Newsround Viewer's Choice Award
In Print
- 'Convergence Culture: Where Old & New Media Collide' by Dr Henry Jenkins, MIT
Chapter six - entitled "Why Heather Can Write; Media Literacy & The Harry Potter Wars" - revolves around the work, innovation, and implications of the world of Prophet Incorporated founder, Heather Lawver. From an academic perspective, Dr Jenkins analyzes the impact The Daily Prophet has already had on reshaping the attitudes of American educational theory and improves the lives of children. Carrying on from there, he continues to discuss the 2001 PotterWar campaign, founded and operated by Heather and London City Councilman Alastair Alexander. Together this duo of the most unexpected of best friends 'fought the good fight' and also managed to establish legal precedent for the application of traditional trademark and copyright laws to a brave new world of technology. When no experts could agree on how to apply old laws to new media, it took a 16-year-old with a basic understanding of parody law and a decent helping of common sense to stand up, protect her friends worldwide, and fight for their right to express themselves openly without fear or reprisal. Dr Jenkins opens up a whole new perspective on this campaign, providing insight into the most unexpected quirks brought about by PotterWar and the forward thinking nature of children.
"There have been lots of idealistic claims made about the transformative power of cyberspace. The Daily Prophet... is one of those places which
lives up to those claims."
- Dr. Henry Jenkins, Director, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
View online video of Prophet Incorporated President, Heather Lawver, explaining the Daily Prophet for the 2003 Cable & Wireless Childnet Award (along with second and third place winners, Andrew Fei and Sarah Bowler, and special Teacher's Award winner, Stephane Derone): low bandwidth or high bandwidth.
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