Hamilton Spectator leads ONA nominations
The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo. The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record…
The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo.
The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo.
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Here is the complete list of the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations for 2013.
FEATURE WRITING (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Grant Lafleche, St. Catharines Standard
Jim Moodie, Sudbury Star
Patrick Kennedy, Kingston Whig-Standard
EDITORIAL, OPINION AND ANALYSIS (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Randy Richmond, London Free Press
Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Jane Sims, London Free Press
ENTERPRISE/INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Chip Martin, London Free Press
Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Claire Brownell, Windsor Star
STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Vidya Kauri, Ryerson University
Ryan Bowman, Conestoga College
EDITORIAL, OPINION AND ANALYSIS (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Derek Shelly, Kingston Whig Standard
Andrea DeMeer, Woodstock Sentinel Review
Tara Klager, Guelph Mercury
K.A. (Sandy) Baird
Award for HUMOUR WRITING
Nicole MacIntyre, Hamilton Spectator
Tom Mills, Sault Star
Chuck Brown, Guelph Mercury
NOVICE REPORTING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Beatrice Fantoni, Windsor Star
Molly Hayes, Hamilton Spectator
Amy Kenny, Hamilton Spectator
SPOT NEWS REPORTING (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Corey Larocque, Niagara Falls Review
Margarita Poliakov, Sudbury Star
Matt Day, Niagara Falls Review
DESIGN AND GRAPHICS (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Sherri Lavigne, Sault Star
Tania Praeg, Guelph Mercury
Gord Howard, St. Catharines Standard
PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
David Bebee, Waterloo Region Record
Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
BUSINESS WRITING
Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star
Debora Van Brenk, London Free Press
Steve Arnold, Hamilton Spectator
ONLINE VIDEO PRODUCTION
Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record
Janek Lowe, Waterloo Region Record
Barry Gray, Hamilton Spectator
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
David Bebee, Waterloo Region Record
Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
Peter Lee, Waterloo Region Record
SPOT NEWS REPORTING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Hamilton Spectator news team, Via Rail crash
Waterloo Region Record news team, 11 migrants killed in crash
Sarah Sacheli, Windsor Star
SPORTS WRITING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Dave Waddell, Windsor Star
Greg Mercer, Waterloo Region Record
Patrick Maloney, London Free Press
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
Tony Saxon, Guelph Mercury
Gino Donato, Sudbury Star
DESIGN AND GRAPHICS (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Dean Tweed, Hamilton Spectator
Neil Ballantyne and Tania Praeg, Waterloo Region Record
John Bullock, Hamilton Spectator
SPORTS WRITING (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Mike Davies, Peterborough Examiner
Brian Smiley, Brantford Expositor
Rob Massey, Guelph Mercury
HEALTH NEWS & LIFESTYLE
Grant LaFleche and Erica Bajer, St. Catharines Standard
Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator
Jonathan Sher, London Free Press
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
“Cycling Safety” news team, Sarnia Observer
Chris Seto, Guelph Mercury
Kristie Pearce, Windsor Star
ONLINE MULTIMEDIA SPECIAL PROJECT
“Nik Wallenda’s walk,” by Dan Dakin and the Niagara Falls Review news team
“Private Riley” by Mark McNeil with Barry Gray and Dean Tweed, Hamilton Spectator
Michael Rafferty trial coverage by the London Free Press news team
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Craig Glover, London Free Press
Derek Ruttan, London Free Press
Janek Lowe, Waterloo Region Record
ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY
Jason Kryk, Windsor Star
Robert Wilson, Waterloo Region Record
Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star
Claire Brownell, Windsor Star
Jeff Outhit, Waterloo Region Record
GENERAL NEWS FEATURE
Molly Hayes, Hamilton Spectator
Jeff Outhit, Waterloo Region Record
Debora Van Brenk, London Free Press
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Dax Melmer, Windsor Star
Derek Ruttan, London Free Press
Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Scott Tracey, Guelph Mercury
Cathy Dobson, Sarnia Observer
Ray Spiteri, Niagara Falls Review
EDUCATION REPORTING
Rosie-Ann Grover, Kristen Calis, Jessica Cunha, Joan Walters, Metroland Media Special Project
Teri Pecoskie, Hamilton Spectator
Shawn Jeffords, St. Catharines Standard
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Scott Wishart, Stratford Beacon Herald
Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
Mark Wanzel, Barrie Examiner
FEATURE WRITING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record
Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor
Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer
Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
COLUMN WRITING
Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star
Patrick Kennedy, Kingston Whig-Standard
Paul Benedetti, Hamilton Spectator
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITING
Amy Kenny, Hamilton Spectator
Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record
John Law, Niagara Falls Review
Social Media
Hugo Rodrigues, Brantford Expositor
Josh Brown, Waterloo Region Record
Dan Dakin, Niagara Falls Review and St. Catharines Standard
Novice Reporting (under 25,000 circulation)
Laura Stricker, Sudbury Star
Rachel Psutka, Guelph Mercury
Matt Day, Niagara Falls Review
Green Environmental Reporting
Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator
Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator
Carol Mulligan, Sudbury Star
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.