Premier Awards - Best Sports Coverage ( Circulation 10000 to 12499,Circulation 12500 to 17499,Circulation 17500 and over,Digital - Population 100K plus)
Back
Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
The Lake Report (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON)
Entry Title:
The Lake Report - Sports
Judge Comment:
The Lake Report's layout and presentation of its sports stories was the difference. Starting a sports story the editor deemed important to the community on the front page was a nice touch.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Peace Arch News (Surrey, BC)
Entry Title:
Home is where the community sports coverage is
Judge Comment:
The Peach Arch News serves its community well. Good photos and presentation made for a tough choice between the top two entries in this class.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Nanaimo News Bulletin (Nanaimo, BC)
Entry Title:
Nanaimo News Bulletin
Entry Credit:
Greg Sakaki
Judge Comment:
The Nanaimo News Bulletin does a wonderful job of covering the sports news. The majority of photos were locally-generated, but perhaps could have been ran slightly larger for impact.
Competition Comment:
All entrants featured well-written sports stories that provided readers information on local athletes. The point totals came down to layout and impact of how the stories caught the reader's eye.
The winning entries did have more newspaper-generated photos, rather than those supplied by various sources. I do understand the limitations of sourcing your own photos.
All eight communities are very well served by these newspapers when it comes to their coverage of the local sports scene.
