President’s Message After such a long, cold winter, we’re all very happy to have spring finally arrive, and with it, the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s Better Newspapers Competition awards. Once again our members have shared with us wonderful examples of their talents that showcase the strength of the journalistic and artistic skills present within the Community Newspaper industry. For this year we created a new award – Salesperson of the Year – to recognize and reward all the hard work members of our sales staffs do both within our papers and our communities. This honour is long overdue as traditionally the contributions of salespeople have been overlooked by newspaper awards programs. I am very pleased that we have been able to find a way to pay tribute to these important members of our team. I would like to thank our hardworking volunteer judges. These individuals spend countless hours editing, publishing and/or designing, and then donate their time to help us reward the best of the best of Ontario’s Community Newspapers. Thank you very much. We couldn’t have done it without you. A big thank you is also in order for our sponsors. Without their continuing contributions we wouldn’t be able to continue to offer such a robust awards program to our members. And last but not least, many thanks to all of our members who submitted over 1,800 entries for this year’s competition. Soon, October will be upon us again, and members across Ontario will start looking through a year’s worth of newspapers searching for their best work to enter in the 2014 Better Newspapers Competition. Until then, let’s revel in this year’s accomplishments and take inspiration from the great work of our peers in Ontario’s Community Newspaper Industry. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2013 OCNA Better Newspapers Competition.
Gordon Cameron OCNA President 2013/14
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2013 BNC Awards Results
2013 BNC Awards Results
69
CLASS 1 (CIRC 1,999 & UNDER) Newspaper
Minden Times Barry's Bay This Week Barry's Bay, The Valley Gazette Tilbury Times Meaford Express Blue Mountains CourierHerald Wingham Advance Times Deep River North Renfrew Times Arthur Enterprise News Rainy River Record
Front Community Ed. & Op. Page News Ed. Pages
Haliburton County Echo Winchester Press New Hamburg Independent Parry Sound North Star Kincardine Independent Exeter Times-Advocate
Nunavut News/North New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker Eganville Leader Fort Frances Times Gravenhurst Banner Vankleek Hill Review Stayner Sun Elmira Independent
Huntsville Forester Niagara This Week, Town Crier Uxbridge Times-Journal Bracebridge Examiner King Connection Port Perry Star Innisfil Journal Ottawa Hill Times Haliburton Highlander Manotick News West Carleton Review Niagara this Week, The Leader Smiths Falls Record News Wasaga Sun Arnprior Chronicle-Guide Parry Sound Beacon Star
Elmira-Woolwich Observer Midland/Penetanguishene Mirror Orangeville Banner Stouffville Sun-Tribune Niagara This Week, Fort Erie Post
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2013 BNC Awards Results
Local Sports Features
Production Quality
Total 975
Rank
100
100
100
100
100
25
50
50
50
122 115
80 72
81 77
81 67
78 70
83 75
18 14
38 36
34 42
38 37
758 712
1 2
85 115 107
123 106 106
59 60 72
70 73 73
64 69 65
81 72 73
85 72 70
18 14 16
40 35 28
31 37 29
40 36 32
697 689 670
3 4 5
96 100
102 98
72 73
73 69
66 66
73 70
70 72
16 18
31 35
30 31
32 29
662 661
6 7
93 90 98
94 88 82
70 67 57
67 62 59
67 55 58
64 64 60
70 68 62
18 19 13
28 30 27
29 29 25
33 32 31
634 604 570
8 9 10
Front Community Ed. & Op. Page News Ed. Pages
Presentation
Photography Advertising Content
Advertising Design
Classified Advertising
Local Sports Features
Production Quality
Total 975
Rank
150
150
100
100
100
100
100
25
50
50
50
130 123
138 125
92 87
88 82
91 73
84 85
83 80
19 21
45 35
37 42
45 39
851 790
1 2
116 122 112 100
123 123 123 108
76 82 74 67
80 80 72 68
73 70 73 67
81 75 77 79
81 77 74 78
22 18 20 20
39 37 38 33
39 33 37 38
41 38 36 37
771 754 735 695
3 4 5 6
Front Community Ed. & Op. Page News Ed. Pages
Presentation
Photography Advertising Content
Advertising Design
Classified Advertising
Local Sports Features
Production Quality
Total 975
Rank
150
150
100
100
100
100
100
25
50
50
50
125
137
82
79
79
78
82
20
46
42
43
812
1
125 115 113 100 109 108 87
119 115 105 112 98 112 102
73 78 77 73 63 67 58
76 70 74 76 68 65 68
71 77 60 65 66 57 57
79 87 79 83 83 80 77
75 82 79 72 83 81 71
23 20 19 21 18 18 20
39 33 36 39 30 32 35
41 32 45 39 32 28 43
43 46 45 43 46 42 43
764 755 733 724 697 689 660
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Front Community Ed. & Op. Page News Ed. Pages
Presentation
Photography Advertising Content
Advertising Design
Classified Advertising
Local Sports Features
Production Quality
Total 975
Rank
150
150
100
100
100
100
100
25
50
50
50
134
130
90
78
73
85
83
22
42
33
38
811
1
125 123 128 115 125 117 117 108 123 112
126 123 130 130 117 130 130 130 118 125
74 70 79 67 77 85 85 82 73 74
81 82 78 81 82 80 79 80 77 73
84 85 72 80 83 73 73 72 78 66
80 81 77 75 83 72 72 78 83 78
82 85 78 75 75 82 82 73 72 82
22 20 22 20 22 21 21 20 22 22
39 38 35 39 35 38 38 42 38 38
34 35 38 45 29 22 22 33 29 29
40 41 37 45 40 40 40 37 37 38
787 783 773 772 768 759 758 755 751 738
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
107 103 107 105 102
130 128 118 125 116
68 62 80 62 65
69 67 74 68 65
72 68 58 57 62
80 82 70 75 62
78 80 77 72 68
20 20 22 22 21
38 37 37 33 38
36 39 28 35 28
37 37 38 35 33
735 723 709 688 659
12 13 14 15 16
CLASS 5 (CIRC 12,500 - 22,499) Newspaper
Classified Advertising
150
CLASS 4 (CIRC 6,500 - 12,499) Newspaper
Advertising Design
105 107
CLASS 3 (CIRC 3,500 - 6,499) Newspaper
Photography Advertising Content
150
CLASS 2 (CIRC 2,000 - 3,499) Newspaper
Presentation
Front Community Ed. & Op. Page News Ed. Pages
Presentation
Photography Advertising Content
Advertising Design
Classified Advertising
Local Sports Features
Production Quality
Total 975
Rank
150
150
100
100
100
100
100
25
50
50
50
104
120
79
80
65
73
70
14
42
38
37
722
1
102 104 112
101 100 85
69 76 75
76 76 73
67 55 55
79 75 85
76 74 81
19 20 19
30 38 32
39 33 28
39 37 38
696 688 682
2 3 4
96
98
71
69
56
76
77
22
34
35
36
670
5