Nominees for the final two categories in this year’s 2012 Ontario Newspaper Awards are announced!
Congratulations to all the nominees. We hope to see you at the gala in Hamilton May 5, 2012.
For contact information concerning the awards, please see the bottom of this post.
Thanks and good luck to everyone!
DRUM ROLL……………………………….
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Jeff Outhit, Waterloo Region Record
Matthew Van Dongen, The Hamilton Spectator
Sarah Sacheli, Windsor Star
ONLINE VIDEO PRODUCTION
Mike Hensen and Randy Richmond, The London Free Press
Tyler Brownbridge, The Windsor Star
Doug Hempstead, Ottawa Sun
EDITORIALS AND OPINION (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Randy Richmond, London Free Press
Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star
John Roe, Waterloo Region Record
SPOT NEWS REPORTING (OVER 25,000)
Waterloo Region Record news team, Rose Simone, Luisa D’Amato, Mirko Petricevic, Greg Mercer, Brent Davis
London Free Press news team, Goderich tornado coverage
Windsor Star news team, Trevor Wilhelm, Monica Wolfson and Doug Schmidt
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Sandi Krasowski, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
Craig Glover, London Free Press
David Bebee, Waterloo Region Record
NOVICE REPORTING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Molly Hayes, The Hamilton Spectator
Ashley Csanady, Waterloo Region Record
Jeff Green, The Hamilton Spectator
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
Mirko Petricevic, Waterloo Region Record
Craig Glover, London Free Press
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FEATURE WRITING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Sarah Sacheli, Windsor Star
Grace MacAluso, Windsor Star
Craig Pearson, Brian Cross and Frances Willick, Windsor Star
SPOT NEWS REPORTING (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Corey Larocque and Ray Spiteri, Niagara Falls Review
Sarah Deeth and Jason Bain, Peterborough Examiner (QMI team)
Woodstock Sentinel-Review team entry for city apartment explosion coverage
GENERAL NEWS FEATURE WRITING
Carol Mulligan, Sudbury Star
Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator
Sarah Sacheli, Windsor Star
FEATURE WRITING (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Shawn Jeffords, Sarnia Observer
Karena Walter, St. Catharines Standard
Paul Schliesmann, Mike Norris, Katherine Fernandez-Blance, Kingston Whig-Standard team entry
INVESTIGATIVE/ENTERPRISE REPORTING
Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator
Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Brian Cross and Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star
GREEN ENVIRONMENT WRITING
Thana Dharmarajah, Don Campbell, Joan Walters, Metroland Media Special Project
Mike Whitehouse, The Sudbury Star
Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator
LAYOUT
Sault Star
The Barrie Examiner
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Dan Janisse, The Windsor Star
Mirko Petricevic, Waterloo Region Record
Tyler Brownbridge, The Windsor Star
HUMOUR WRITING
Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record
Drew Edwards, Guelph Mercury
Tom Mills, The Sault Star
BUSINESS WRITING
Steve Arnold, Hamilton Spectator
Tom Perry, Timmins Daily Press
Chuck Howitt, Waterloo Region Record
DESIGN AND GRAPHICS (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Brenda Hoerle and Diane Shantz, Waterloo Region Record
John Bullock, The Hamilton Spectator
Dean Tweed, The Hamilton Spectator
SPORTS WRITING (OVER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Drew Edwards and Jeff Green, The Hamilton Spectator
Scott Radley, The Hamilton Spectator
Josh Brown, Waterloo Region Record
MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM
Teri Pecoskie, The Hamilton Spectator
Elliot Ferguson, Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Barry Gray and Nicole MacIntyre, The Hamilton Spectator
DESIGN AND GRAPHICS (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Edward Jones, Raymond Bowe and Brian Rodnick, Barrie Examiner
Cathy Thom, North Bay Nugget
Brian Collins, St. Catharines Standard
PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Derek Ruttan, London Free Press
Jason Kryk, Windsor Star
Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
SPORTS WRITING (UNDER 25,000 circulation)
Grant LaFleche, St. Catharines Standard
Vincent Ball, Brantford Expositor
Ken Pagan, North Bay Nugget
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS (UNDER 25,000 circulation)
Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times
Marlene Bergsma, St. Catharines Standard
Mike Whitehouse, The Sudbury Star
EDITORIALS & OPINION (UNDER 25,000 CIRCULATION)
Jim Hendry, Peterborough Examiner
Andrea DeMeer, Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Tara Klager, Guelph Mercury
ONLINE MULTIMEDIA SPECIAL PROJECT
The Hamilton Spectator, “Jon’s Journey”
Elliot Ferguson, Woodstock Sentinel Review “Haiti revisited”
London Free Press, “What’s London”
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000)
Bob Tymczyszyn, St Catherines Standard
Tim Gordanier, Kingston Whig-Standard
James Masters, Sun Times, Owen Sound
COLUMN WRITING
Joe Belanger, London Free Press
Rob O’Flanagan, Guelph Mercury
Susan Clairmont, The Hamilton Spectator
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000)
Ken Pagan, The North Bay Nugget
John Lappa, The Sudbury Star
Rob Massey, The Guelph Mercury
STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Katia Dmitrieva, Ryerson University
Kristie Pearce, St. Clair College
University of Western Ontario team: Adela Talbot, Lauren Pelly, Angela Richardson, Alex Ballingal, Sean Leathong, Jared Lindzon, Nicole Case, Heather Young, Fan-Yee Suen, Bethany Cairns, Stefanie Masotti, Trevor Melanson, Brian Moskowitz, Ed von Aderkas, Miriam Ahmed and Alineh Haidery
ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY
Jason Kryk, Windsor Star
Robert Wilson, Waterloo Region Record
Bill Henry, Owen Sound Sun Times
OUTDOOR/TRAVEL WRITING
Jon Wells, The Hamilton Spectator
Greg Mercer, Waterloo Region Record
Ray Spiteri, Niagara Falls Review
SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY (UNDER 25,000)
J.T. McVeigh, Barrie Examiner
Greg Layson, Guelph Mercury
Heather Rivers, Woodstock Sentinel-Review
NOVICE REPORTING (UNDER 25,000)
Drew Halfnight, Guelph Mercury
Chris Seto, Guelph Mercury
Angela Scappatura, The Standard, St. Catharines
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITING
John Law, Niagara Falls Review
Jon Wells, The Hamilton Spectator
Rob O’Flanagan, Guelph Mercury
Finalists need to email a jpeg copy of their head shot to rgrover@thespec.com.
Finalists and newsroom leaders attending our event May 5, 2012 in Hamilton, need to RSVP to rgrover@thespec.com as soon as possible.
more to come . . . ..
