Premier Awards - Best Sports Coverage ( Circulation 10000 to 12499,Circulation 12500 to 17499,Circulation 17500 and over)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
Nanaimo News Bulletin (Nanaimo, BC)
Entry Title:
Runner motivates students to find 'purpose and passion'
Entry Credit:
Greg Sakaki
Judge Comment:
Nanaimo News provided good array of stories with original photography and the quality of reporting was high.The entry included women's coverage and an engaging sports column.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Pique Newsmagazine (Whistler & Pemberton, BC)
Entry Title:
Pique Newsmagazine Sports Coverage
Entry Credit:
David Song
Judge Comment:
The quality of writing in this category was very high and there was coverage of a variety of stories with athletes of different genders and ages.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Tri-City News (Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/Port Moody
Entry Title:
TCN Sports Coverage
Entry Credit:
Mario Bartel
Judge Comment:
Tricity News is richly serving its community through covering a wide array of sports and athletes.
Competition Comment:
Canadian Community Newspapers are clearly serving their communities with terrific sports coverage. These entries were extremely close. Simply, no one would cover these stories if these reporters were not on the beat. Audiences are richly invested in sports. There was also an impressive amount of original photography by reporters and photographers. This category might give more weighting to original photography in the future given the extra effort and work required.
There was a strong bias in this category for men's sports and young men's sports. In terms of serving the community the coverage seemed a bit lopsided. Therefore I tended to weight entries that included a bit broader range of coverage of women's sports and some athletes of older ages a bit higher. This was a judging preference in terms of recognizing the scope that was required for the category. The news organizations know their audiences best. Once again, the sports reporting was strong across the category and entries were very, very close.
