Premier Awards - Best Local Civic Journalism ( 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:
The World-Spectator (Moosomin, SK)
Entry Title:
Census numbers
Entry Credit:
Kevin Weedmark, Sierra D'Souza Butts
Judge Comment:
Journalism that identifies a problem and leads to change. That is what civic journalism is all about. The paper served its community well with its investigation of census numbers, and got real results.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
The World-Spectator (Moosomin, SK)
Entry Title:
Newcomers from Ukraine facing international student fees
Entry Credit:
Kevin Weedmark
Judge Comment:
This identified a problem few knew about and got immediate action. Another example of civic journalism at its best, uncovering matters of public interest and spurring change.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Rocky Mountain Outlook (Canmore/Kananaskis/BanffAB
Entry Title:
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Best Local Civic Journalism – Greg Colgan
Entry Credit:
Greg Colgan
Judge Comment:
Sometimes it's the job of a newspaper to challenge what everyone else is accepting. This work shows that newspapers need to call out when an issue is improperly handled, even when no one else does, and provide evidence to back up the case for doing things properly.
Competition Comment:
There is a lot of very good work being done by community newspapers to not only cover matters of significant public interest, but to identify what those issues are, investigate them and tell readers what is really going on in their communities. These entries demonstrate the importance of newspaper watchdogs across the country, keeping track of public spending, explaining local developments, investigating the work of government agencies, identifying local needs and ultimately leading to better, stronger communities where residents know what is happening and how it affects their lives.
