Town Crier finalist for six provincial awards
The Town Crier is a finalist for a personal best six [url=http://ocna.org/]Ontario Community Newspaper Association[/url] [url=http://ocna.org/better]Premier Awards[/url].
[attach]1332[/attach]City Hall Bureau Chief Kris Scheuer’s story “[url=https://streeter.ca/gone-out-of-business.html]Gone out of business[/url]” from our May 2009 North Toronto edition tells the story of how shops along Yonge Street from Lawrence to Eglinton Avenues were struggling amid constant roadwork and an economic slump.
Arts & Entertainment editor Lorianna De Giorgio is a finalist for the second time in as many years for “[url=https://streeter.ca/girls-allowed.html]Girls allowed[/url]”, an article about female comics and the struggles they face to be taken seriously in a funny business.
[attach]1333[/attach]The paper’s October 2009 Kids & Education supplement “Trends and Traditions” has been recognized in the special sections category. This publication, under the editorial direction of Kelly Gadzala, art direction of Shadi Raoufi and sales direction of Jennifer Gardiner, featured articles on fun and funky school traditions and co-curricular programs.
[attach]1334[/attach]Our design excellence was recognized for the front page of Nov. 2008’s Bayview-Mills edition. The cover featured a story by City Editor Karolyn Coorsh and photograph by Francis Crescia on the renovation of the Lawrence Park Community Church, a story about city hall’s attempt to mentor women in politics, and a teaser photograph for a story about a marijuana grow-op bust.
[attach]1335[/attach]Town Crier’s new and improved website — [url=http://www.mytowncrier.ca]www.mytowncrier.ca[/url] is a finalist in two categories, one for web portal of the year (best website for multiple newspapers) and a special award for best website as chosen by members of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Leading our online efforts were Editor-in Chief Eric McMillan, former online editor Phil Alves, Vice President of New Media Doreen Iannuzzi and programmer Hui Lan.
Our sister paper [url=http://vaughantoday.ca/]Vaughan Today[/url] also did well in this year’s awards, becoming a finalist in three categories: Cartoonist of the Year for Patricia Storms (a previous OCNA winner), Best News Story for an article on Vaughan council’s call for the mayor’s resignation by Corey Lewis; and for Community Service for their “[url=http://vaughantoday.ca/upswing/]Shop Local[/url]” campaign.
Winners will be announced on May 14 at an awards dinner held at the Toronto Sheraton Centre on Queen Street.
