The Vancouver Courier captured three awards in the 2015 Canadian Community Newspapers Awards competition. The Courier earned first place for Best Coverage of the Arts, Best Editorial Page and Best Local Cartoon.
Judged by industry experts, the awards, which were announced March 27, recognize the best in community publishing across Canada, in categories including writing, photography and multimedia.
The awards will be handed out at the 2015 National Conference on May 22 in Toronto.
The Courier’s arts and entertainment editor, Michael Kissinger, was pleased with the paper’s showing and proud of his colleagues’ tireless efforts. “As with most things Courier-related, it’s always a group effort — from the writers to the photographers to the editors to the proofreaders — and everyone deserves a pat on the back. Maybe even a fist bump or high five, depending your preference,” Kissinger said.
Winners in the 2015 Ma Murray community newspaper awards competition for B.C. and Yukon publications will be announced at a gala at the River Rock Casino Resort April 25. The Vancouver Courier is a finalist in 10 categories in the provincial contest, including portrait/personality photo, business writing, feature writing series, investigative journalism, outdoor recreation, sports writing, cartoonist award, newspaper promotion, online innovation and the special publications category.
