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Black Press nominated for B.C. & Yukon Community ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃpapers Association awards

The awards honour community newspaper and digital excellence across B.C. and Yukon
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More than 20 Black Press newspapers are up for this year’s Ma Murray awards.

Hosted by the BCYCNA, the honours celebrate the work of community journalists across the province for advertising, photography, writing in print and overall newspaper excellence. This year’s awards include a new category focussing on multimedia storytelling in the digital medium.

Winners will be announced on April 28, at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.

Black Press paper nominations:

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY A

Haida Gwaii Observer

Clearwater Times

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY B

Hope Standard

North Island Gazette

Revelstoke Review

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY C

Salmon Arm Observer

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY E

Parksville/Qualicum Beach ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY F

Langley Times

Penticton Western ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ

The Chilliwack Progress

NEWSPAPER EXCELLENCE AWARD, CATEGORY G

Vernon Morning Star

Photo awards:

FEATURE PHOTO AWARD, COLOUR OR BLACK & WHITE, UNDER 25,000

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Joel Krahn - Bird Eclipse

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Crystal Schick - Super Moon

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Mike Thomas - Have Canoe Will Travel

PHOTO ESSAY AWARD

Parksville/Qualicum Beach ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Peter McCully - Day in the Life of Parksville

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Joel Krahn - Muskrat Jamboree

PORTRAIT/PERSONALITY PHOTO AWARD

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Crystal Schick - African Music Festival

SPORTS PHOTO AWARD, UNDER 25,000

Oak Bay ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Keri Coles - Flyin’ high

Salmon Arm Observer, Lachlan Labere - Politician versus pugilist, a mayoral one-two

Yukon ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Crystal Schick - Butterfly Swimmer

SPOT NEWS PHOTO AWARD, OVER 25,000

Abbotsford ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Vikki Hopes - Gang violence claims another life

The Chilliwack Progress, Paul Henderson - Overdose

SPOT NEWS PHOTO AWARD, UNDER 25,000

North Island Gazette, Tyson Whitney - Firefighter/house fire

Revelstoke Review, Marissa Tiel – Standoff

Terrace Standard, Quinn Bender - Train versus pedestrian

Writing awards:

ARTS & CULTURE WRITING AWARD

, Mike Davies - Hope is such a precious commodity

COLUMNIST AWARD

, John White - Conversation with a moose / Bullying leaves deep scars behind

, Brenda Anderson - Taking Canada-US relations to the next level / Familiar name among the numbers

ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE AWARD

, Andrew Hudson - Deer Zero

, Andrew Bailey - Clayoquot Cleanup

ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING AWARD

, Tom Zytaruk - Trashed, a three-part series

, Lori Fox - Gwich’in prepare for another battle to stop drilling in caribou calving grounds

FEATURE ARTICLE AWARD, OVER 25,000

, Tamara Cunningham - Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district taking initial steps to reconciliation

Nanaimo ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Bulletin, Karl Yu - Nanaimo parent advocates for support

FEATURE ARTICLE AWARD, UNDER 25,000

, Flavio Sachett Nienow - Wildlife traps concern dog owners

FEATURE SERIES AWARD

Grace Kennedy - Life after the RCMP

, Grace Kennedy - Making the Merge

JOHN COLLISON MEMORIAL AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

, Matthew Claxton -

NEVILLE SHANKS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR HISTORICAL WRITING

Comox Valley Echo, Judy Hagen- Hunt for History – The man behind the letter ‘Q’

SPORTS WRITING AWARD

, Travis Paterson -

, Eric Welsh - A soccer star’s tale of two worlds

ERIC DUNNING AWARD FOR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY

Don Kendall, Black Press Media

MA MURRAY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

, Evan Fentiman & Deb Theoret - Butt Out

, Karen Hill & Kevin Parnell - Get Involved

, Roxanne Hooper - Throwback Thursday… Way back!

SPECIAL SECTION AWARD, UNDER 25,000

, Christine van Reeuwyk, Janet Gairdner & Lyn Quan - Women in Business

, Grant Harris, Nick Briere & Laura Millsip - Mining Week 2017

Digital awards:

BREAKING NEWS VIDEO AWARD

, Barry Gerding & Jen Zielinski -

, The Northern View, Shannon Lough - A stand of defiance

FEATURE VIDEO AWARD

, The Northern View, Quinn Bender, Keili Bartlett, Shannon Lough & Todd Hamilton -

, Crystal Schick -

MULTIMEDIA SERIES AWARD

, The Northern View, Shannon Lough -

, Ashley Wadhwani, Katya Slepian, Karly Blatts -

, Angie Mindus -

SINGLE MULTIMEDIA BREAKING NEWS STORY

, Dustin Godfrey, Jen Zielinski & Staff - Firefighters battling fire on West Bench

Penticton Western ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Staff -

, Travis Paterson -

SINGLE MULTIMEDIA FEATURE STORY AWARD

, Kendra Wong - What is it like to be part of the Canadian Armed Forces?

, Keri Coles - WWII veteran united with family of fallen soldier after decades-long search

Advertising awards:

AD CAMPAIGN AWARD

Mission City Record, Karen Murtagh - English Tarts

AD CAMPAIGN AWARD, COLLABORATIVE

Victoria ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Cara Robbins & Nick Waddington - Footloose Shoes

AD DESIGN AWARD, COLLABORATIVE, OVER 25,000

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Maryn Goms & Maggie Prince - Mark’s

AD DESIGN AWARD, COLLABORATIVE, UNDER 25,000

Nelson Star, Sandy Leonard, Adam Mandseth & Marc-Andre Hamelin - Burger Week

AD DESIGN AWARD, OVER 25,000

Goldstream ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Gazette, Rebecca Wilde - Bucky’s Taphouse

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ, Maryn Goms & Jackie Brittain - P&L Speedprint

AD DESIGN AWARD, UNDER 25,000

100 Mile House Free Press, Evan Fentiman & Martina Dopf - Shop Local



About the Author: Ashley Wadhwani-Smith

I began my journalistic journey at Black Press Media as a community reporter in my hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C.
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