Class 2-3 - circ 2,000 - 6,499

CIRCULATION 2,000 - 6,499

7 ENTRIES

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EGANVILLE LEAdER

The Eganville Leader is a great example of an all-round community newspaper. Chock-a-block full of good news stories, many excellent photographs, unrivalled community news and superb coverage of sports and the arts. The coloured heds were well written and tight fitting. Congratulations!

2

NIAGARA THIS wEEk, NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAkE AdVANCE

The Niagara This Week, Niagara-on-the Lake Advance has a clean and easy to follow layout. Advertising initiative taken in the use of a wrap and ads were well placed and designed. Several letters to the editor in both issues showed good community engagement with the paper and editorials were well written and had local focus.

3

MIdLANd/pENETANGUISHENE MIRROR

The Midland/Penetanguishene Mirror is a great looking paper, with good community coverage and clean writing. A couple of arts pieces were written more like an editorial style review than a news piece, but overall, the writing is strong. Well done!

GENERAL COMMENT

A great group of newspapers overall. Strong entries in a tough category. All the entries were interesting and gave a good general view of the communities they represent. Each had standout strengths, with plenty of good stories to read and great presentations of photos. Sports coverage was generally lacking, which is too bad, as minor league sports has always been the domain of community newspapers. All papers demonstrated connection to their communities and that is what newspapers are all about. Keep up the good work!

Judges

Krisi Marples

Editor Saint Croix Courier St. Stephen, NB

Shannon Robinson

Publisher Shootin’ the Breeze Pincher Creek, AB

Manfred Tempelmayr

Retired Publishing Company President Past BCYCNA President Gabriola Island, BC