Premier Awards - Outstanding Community Service ( 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,Digital - Population under 10K,Digital - Population 10-99K,Digital - Population 100K plus)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
SooToday.com
Entry Title:
SooToday’s Random Acts of Kindness Program
Entry Credit:
Jasmyn Rowley
Judge Comment:
Random Acts of Kindness is a great piece of community service journalism. It does a great job of celebrating the unsung heroes of the local community and clearly engages the readers.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
The World-Spectator (Moosomin, SK)
Entry Title:
One family's experience with Alzheimer's Disease
Entry Credit:
Ashley Bochek
Judge Comment:
This is a great way of combining a personal story, a community event as well as providing information on Alzheimer's to readers. Thoughtfully done and well researched.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
The Independent of Petrolia and Central Lambton,ON
Entry Title:
Petrolia 150 Commemorative Edition
Judge Comment:
A great way of engaging with the community to share in the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the town. Informative and innovative presentation with clear buy in from the local community.
Competition Comment:
Outstanding community service is an area where community newspapers and sites should shine. Alas, publishers need new ideas for this category. Almost all of the entries were recycled from previous years or knock-offs from other papers. Community newspapers should be coming up with new and original ideas to engage their communities. However, the three winners did a great job of highlighting people, events or issues in their communities and told great stories that engaged their readers.
