Here are my previous Bloggers of the Year: 

2001: Joel Spolsky. 

2007: NakedJen. 

2008: Jay Rosen. 

2010: Julian Assange. 

Just so you know, I'm thinking about who I'm going to shine the light on this year.  

If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment. As usual, please keep comments short, and on-topic. If this provokes a few paragraphs of thought, or on a different topic, please create it in your own space. I try to keep comments here as just that -- comments -- not blog posts, and related to what was said here on this blog. In 2011 there are many ways to put a blog on the Internet. Use them, and perhaps you too can be a BOTY!