2020 Premier Awards - Best Multimedia Breaking News Coverage ( Circulation up to 1499,Circulation 1500 to 3999,Circulation 4000 to 6499,Circulation 6500 to 9999,Circulation 10000 to 12499,Circulation 12500 to 17499,Circulation 17500 and over)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
Voice of Pelham (Pelham, ON)
Entry Title:
COVID-19 positive at Fonthill Sobeys
Entry Credit:
Dave Burket, John Chick, Don Rickers
Judge Comment:
The story of the Pelham councillor/grocery store owner spreading COVID caught the attention of much of locked down Canada. The Voice if Pelham was like a dog with a bone and used their website to advance the story long before the paper was ever printed.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Peninsula News Review (Sidney, BC)
Entry Title:
Mother's Day outing turns into tragedy
Entry Credit:
Wolfgang Depner, Peninsula News Review Team
Judge Comment:
Good photos and good on the ground work by Woflgang Depner - tighter writing and painting word pictures with the witnesses description early in the story would have made the submission better.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Carleton Place-Almonte Canadian Gazette (AlmonteON
Entry Title:
Timeline to a takedown: A manhunt in Carleton Place ends with first degree murder charge
Entry Credit:
Hollie Pratt-Campbell, Tara Gesner
Judge Comment:
Great work sticking with the story to get the images of the suspect being arrested. To make this story better, there need to be more colour - talking to neighbours, describing the scene more fully.
Competition Comment:
The winning entries here were not just about being first, but about telling a compelling story - because that after all - is what will stick with the reader.
