Saturday 1 May 2010

9 SMs win ONAs

Updated re links to winning newspapers
Nine Sun Media newspapers were represented in the winners' circle tonight at the Ontario Newspaper Awards gala in Waterloo.

The Niagara Falls Review won three awards, the Woodstock Sentinel-Review netted two. The London Free Press, Ottawa Sun, Kingston Whig-Standard, Simcoe Reformer, St. Catharines Standard, Sudbury Star and Owen Sound Sun Times each picked up one award.

Not too shabby for employees of a newspaper chain that cancelled its own Dunlop Awards and frowns on entering media awards competitions.

Big congrats to:

London Free Press news team - Spot News Writing (over 25,000 circulation);

Bruce Garrioch, Ottawa Sun - Gene Florcyk Memorial Award for Sports Writing (over 25,000 circulation);

Corey Laroque
, Niagara Falls Review - Spot News Writing (under 25,000 circulation);

John Law, Niagara Falls Review - Robert J. Hanley Award for Sports Writing (under 25,000 circulation);

John Law, Niagara Falls Review - James Bruce Award for Excellence in Coverage of Entertainment and the Arts;

Rob Tripp and Paul Schliesmann, Kingston Whig-Standard - London Free Press Award for Excellence in News Feature Writing;

Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer - K.J. Strachan Award for Editorials, Opinion and Analysis (under 25,000 circulation);

Julie Jocsak, St. Catharines Standard - Spot News Photography (over 25,000 circulation);

Elliott Ferguson, Woodstock Sentinel-Review - Jack Bowman Memorial Award for Spot News Photography (under 25,000 circulation);

Hugo Rodrigues
, Woodstock Sentinel-Review - Municipal Affairs Reporting (under 25,000 circulation);

John Lappa, Sudbury Star - Sports Photography (under 25,000 circulation);

Owen Sound Sun Times - John E. Motz memorial Award for Excellence in Layout and Design.

The Hamilton Spectator and Guelph Mercury tied at six awards each. The Waterloo Record and Windsor Star each won four awards.

For the complete list of winners, see the Canada News Wire release.

The CNW story says more than 240 journalists, managing editors, publishers and sponsors attended the gala. There were 450 entries for 32 categories, 10 fewer than last year.

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