Here are the winners of the 2019 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards
Editor’s note: J-Source editor-in-chief Sonya Fatah participated as a judge in this year’s CCNAs.
The winners of the 2019 Canadian Community Newspaper Award winners were announced June 4, with first place for best all-round newspaper and best front page in its circulation category going to the Victoria Standard.
The CCNAs, presented by News Media Canada, are awarded annually to “(celebrate) the very best in community journalism.”
Congrats to all this year's winners! #CCNA #NewspapersMatterhttps://t.co/C16wgIBMJZ
— News Media Canada | Médias d'Info Canada (@NewsMediaCanada) June 4, 2019
Alberta’s Cochrane Eagle won top honours for Excellence in Rural Reporting.
Nunatsiaq News took home four awards, including for best website and best new story.
I won first place in the 2019 CCNA awards in our circulation category for Best News Story, on the Ike Haulli civil court judgment, while @sarah0rogers won third place for a story on the tragic death of an 11-year-old girl in Umijuaq. @NunatsiaqNews pic.twitter.com/2sbIoblUb1
— James Henry Bell (@jameshenrybell) June 4, 2019
The University of Toronto’s student newspaper the Varsity was awarded first place for outstanding campus newspaper and best campus website. Raneem Alozzi, Maggie Macintosh and Sherina Harris of Ryerson University’s the Eyeopener won best campus news story for their investigation Who is the mystery student who gave RSU executives an $11,000 raise?
https://twitter.com/TrueDenton/status/1136012441723310080
Jackie Hong of the Yukon News won for environmental reporting in the paper’s circulation category.
Came in third for environmental reporting/history writing at Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. @xjackiehong beat me in both categories, placing firsts. Happy we're on the same team
— Julien Gignac (@JulienGignac) June 4, 2019
For a full list of winners and nominees, visit the NMC’s website.
Steph Wechsler is J-Source's managing editor.