Premier Awards - Best Community Newspaper Website ( Circulation up to 1499,Circulation 1500 to 3999,Circulation 4000 to 6499,Circulation 6500 to 9999)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
Nunatsiaq News (Nunavut/Nunavik, NU)
Entry Title:
Nunastsiaq News
Entry Credit:
Corey Larocque, Randi Beers, Gord Howard
Judge Comment:
The Nunatsiaq News is a strong website that provides excellent reporting and writing in multiple languages. The website is easy to navigate and readers should be able to quickly find anything they are seeking. It is a hyper-local website and presents relevant news coverage for its readers.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Manitoulin Expositor (Manitoulin Island, ON)
Entry Title:
manitoulin.com
Entry Credit:
Dave Patterson, Xoë Roy
Judge Comment:
The Manitoulin Expositor website has an aesthetically appealing design that is quite different than what the majority of news websites use. It has good local coverage, but the website can be a bit difficult to find the most up-to-date local news on the main page. However, it's not overwhelming and keeps things simple for readers, who are likely to come back multiple times a day to get their local information.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
The Macleod Gazette (Fort Macleod, AB)
Entry Title:
www.fortmacleodgazette.com
Entry Credit:
Frank McTighe
Judge Comment:
The Macleod Gazette is a solid local website, with an extremely simple design that allows readers to find information quickly and easily. The breakdown of the website is well done since it has stories, e-editions, events and dropdown tabs that are very easy to access. By keeping everything simple, it makes the website easy to use.
Competition Comment:
All the websites in this category had unique designs that avoided the cookie-cutter approach being used by many media companies. This is a strength that should be commended since it gives a distinctive experience for readers of each website.
