Best Editorial circ -9,999

25 ENTRIES

1

THE HALdIMANd pRESS

A very well developed article. There was good knowledge of subject matter, with excellent use of facts and data to corroborate the viewpoint.

2

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAkE LOCAL

Well developed. A good use of getting an emotional response from the reader. Good tie-in of an international incident that the world watched, to a national incident where probably not enough people watched.

3

VOICE Of pELHAM

Very well written with good examples to develop your editorial. Good job. Nice flow to your writing.

GENERAL COMMENT

A good editorial should make the reader think about the issue. They don’t have to agree, but your job is to make them think. If you can sway them to your newspaper’s view on the issue, then you’ve done a great job. So, you want your editorial to be thought provoking, and in order to do this, you need to have a strong point of view. Your article has to have relevance in your reader’s life, otherwise it’s just water off the proverbial duck’s back. You want to stop them right in their tracks for a few moments, so your words need to have the strongest impact. You want your editorial to tweak the reader with some emotional response, and that’s why community issues are always a great source for editorial content – you KNOW you can get a community response! Both the over and under circulation categories were tough categories to judge. There were probably a dozen editorials that were so close in their level of writing. Well done.

Judge

Sheena Read

Freelance Journalist AB

Sheena Read has lived in southern Alberta for most of her career, writing about the issues of her communities and connecting with as many people as possible. She continues that work with contract communications and promotions.