Free Press garners trio of National Newspaper Awards nominations
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The Winnipeg Free Press has scored three nominations in the 2017 National Newspaper Awards competition, some of the most prestigious honours in Canadian journalism.
Melissa Martin is one of three nominees for best columns (an award she won last year). Her three submitted entries focus broadly on violence against women.
Two of Martin’s nominated entries hover from a hyper-local perspective; columns on the possible arrival of ride-hailing service giant Uber in Winnipeg and a deeply personal analysis of domestic violence allegations about Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew. Her third column focuses on an issue of international attention: ghastly accusations of sexual misconduct swirling about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
Columnist Doug Speirs and photographer Ruth Bonneville are also nominated for a story 13 years in the making. Their feature ‘Class of 2017’ followed a group of graduating Glenlawn Collegiate students on their journeys from kindergarten until Grade 12. That saga is up for the project of the year award.
Free Press photographer Mike Deal is also nominated for best feature photo, for a snapshot of a 2017 Canada Summer Games volunteer sporting a baseball cap covered in collectible pins.
“Our newsroom takes great pride in the journalism we produce and we are delighted with the nominations that prove our journalism was among the best in the country,” said Free Press editor Paul Samyn.
“What Melissa and Doug wrote, and what Ruth and Mike photographed, demonstrated the value of the Free Press in this community, and are so deserving of this national recognition.”
The Globe and Mail nabbed the most nominations of any newspaper in the country with 18. The Toronto Star follows with 12 nominations, and Montreal’s La Presse has eight. The Edmonton Journal and the Free Press each have three.
The award winners will be announced at a ceremony May 4 in Toronto. The full list of nominees is available here.
