2022 Winners and Runners-up

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Beat Reporting (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star

  • Runner-up: Grant LaFleche, Hamilton Spectator
  • Runners-up: Sebastian Bron and Katrina Clarke, Hamilton Spectator

Beat Reporting (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard

  • Runner-up: Mary Katherine Keown, Sudbury Star
  • Runner-up: Susan Gamble, Brantford Expositor

Column/Opinion Writing

Winner: Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star

  • Runner-up: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
  • Runner-up: Mark McNeil, Hamilton Spectator

Enterprise Reporting

Winner: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator

  • Runner-up: Grant LaFleche, Hamilton Spectator
  • Runners-up: Nicole O’Reilly and Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator

Feature Photography (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard

  • Runner-up: Todd Hambleton, Cornwall Standard Freeholder
  • Runner-up: Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor

Feature Writing (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator

  • Runner-up: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon-Herald
  • Runner-up: Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator

Feature Writing (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon-Herald

  • Runner-up: Sabrina Bedford, Brockville Recorder and Times
  • Runner-up: Scott Dunn, Owen Sound Sun Times

General News Feature

Winner: Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator

  • Runner-up: Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator
  • Runner-up: Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator

Sports Photography

Winner: Dax Melmer, Windsor Star

  • Runner-up: Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
  • Runner-up: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald

Spot News Photography (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor

  • Runner-up: Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
  • Runner-up: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard

Spot News Writing (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator

  • Runners-up: Trevor Wilhelm, Dave Battagello, Taylor Campbell, Julie Kotsis and Kathleen Saylors, The Windsor Star
  • Runner-up: Terry Bridge, Sarnia Observer