Vancouver Courier writers, photographers and videographers nabbed six nominations for the prestigious 2019 BCYCNA Ma Murray Awards.
The B.C. Yukon Community Newspaper Awards celebrate excellence amongst its member newspapers, and have hosted the Ma Murray Awards for almost a century. The winners will be announced at a gala held at the River Rock Casino Resort, April 27.
Among the nominees, Vancouver Shakedown columnist Grant Lawrence’s story “Meet the renowned sculptors shaping Canadian culture from East Vancouver studio,” is nominated in the Arts & Culture Writing category.
John Kurucz’s feature on small businesses struggling amid Vancouver’s tax and property crunch is nominated for Business Writing.
Editor Michael Kissinger’s video on the odorous corpse flower, which bloomed to great fanfare at the Bloedel Conservatory, is nominated in the Breaking News Video category.
And his video on tapestry artist Sola Fiedler is nominated for best Feature Video.
The Courier also received two nominations for best Multimedia Feature Story. One for Mike Howell, Michael Kissinger and Dan Toulgoet’s “No Fixed Address,” which examined Vancouver’s growing homeless population who are living in vehicles.
The other for John Kurucz, Dan Toulgoet and Michael Kissinger’s music-filled preview of the Vancouver Guitar Festival.
The full list of nominees can be found HERE.
