Premier Award ~ ONLINE LOCAL ONLINE INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Judge

Second Place

Thunder BAy sourCe

Tbnewswatch.com did a wonderful job meshing their revenue and readership goals as they enhanced their site over this last year. With readership growth up over 36% and revenue growth over 51%, the local community seems to be in agreement.

Cheryl Wirch-Ryckman

Cheryl Wirch-Ryckman has over 20 years experience in publishing. Cheryl began agencyside before moving across the country to work with Black Press, first on the print side and then moving to the Digital division as the company evolved their online strategy, moving from Director of Marketing to Director of Operations. Working closely with over 80 online publications, Cheryl was provided with a unique opportunity to grow the online audience from virtually the ground up and experienced first-hand the exciting changes and challenges of online publishing. Cheryl is currently independently consulting to provide local businesses with online advice.

First Place

ToronTo CiTy CenTre Mirror/Annex GuArdiAn

This site delivers on technology’s promise of making life easier. InsideTorontoVotes.ca combined a simple CMS with a complicated concept and an astute use of online tools to create a clean, clear site that was very user-friendly.

Third Place

oshAwA This week

Bruce’s work highlights how powerful online tools can be in the right hands to inform and add relevance to local news stories. Projects such as his ongoing homicide map and fallen soldiers map are clever turns on the typical single story google map.