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
4 2013 BNC Awards Results
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CLASS 1 (CIRC 1,999 & UNDER) Front Community Ed. & Op. Presentation Photography Advertising Advertising Classi ed Local Sports Production Total Rank Newspaper Page News Ed. Pages Content Design Advertising Features Quality 150 150 100 100 100 100 100 25 50 50 50 975 Minden Times 105 122 80 81 81 78 83 18 38 34 38 758 1 Barry's Bay This Week 107 115 72 77 67 70 75 14 36 42 37 712 2 Barry's Bay, The Valley Gazette 85 123 59 70 64 81 85 18 40 31 40 697 3 Tilbury Times 115 106 60 73 69 72 72 14 35 37 36 689 4 Meaford Express 107 106 72 73 65 73 70 16 28 29 32 670 5 Blue Mountains CourierHerald 96 102 72 73 66 73 70 16 31 30 32 662 6 Wingham Advance Times 100 98 73 69 66 70 72 18 35 31 29 661 7 Deep River North Renfrew Times 93 94 70 67 67 64 70 18 28 29 33 634 8 Arthur Enterprise News 90 88 67 62 55 64 68 19 30 29 32 604 9 Rainy River Record 98 82 57 59 58 60 62 13 27 25 31 570 10 70 2013 BNC Awards Results CLASS 2 (CIRC 2,000 - 3,499) Front Community Ed. & Op. Presentation Photography Advertising Advertising Classi ed Local Sports Production Total Rank Newspaper Page News Ed. Pages Content Design Advertising Features Quality 150 150 100 100 100 100 100 25 50 50 50 975 Haliburton County Echo 130 138 92 88 91 84 83 19 45 37 45 851 1 Winchester Press 123 125 87 82 73 85 80 21 35 42 39 790 2 New Hamburg Independent 116 123 76 80 73 81 81 22 39 39 41 771 3 Parry Sound North Star 122 123 82 80 70 75 77 18 37 33 38 754 4 Kincardine Independent 112 123 74 72 73 77 74 20 38 37 36 735 5 Exeter Times-Advocate 100 108 67 68 67 79 78 20 33 38 37 695 6 CLASS 3 (CIRC 3,500 - 6,499) Front Community Ed. & Op. Presentation Photography Advertising Advertising Classi ed Local Sports Production Total Rank Newspaper Page News Ed. Pages Content Design Advertising Features Quality 150 150 100 100 100 100 100 25 50 50 50 975 Nunavut News/North 125 137 82 79 79 78 82 20 46 42 43 812 1 New Liskeard Temiskaming Speaker 125 119 73 76 71 79 75 23 39 41 43 764 2 Eganville Leader 115 115 78 70 77 87 82 20 33 32 46 755 3 Fort Frances Times 113 105 77 74 60 79 79 19 36 45 45 733 4 Gravenhurst Banner 100 112 73 76 65 83 72 21 39 39 43 724 5 Vankleek Hill Review 109 98 63 68 66 83 83 18 30 32 46 697 6 Stayner Sun 108 112 67 65 57 80 81 18 32 28 42 689 7 Elmira Independent 87 102 58 68 57 77 71 20 35 43 43 660 8 CLASS 4 (CIRC 6,500 - 12,499) Front Community Ed. & Op. Presentation Photography Advertising Advertising Classi ed Local Sports Production Total Rank Newspaper Page News Ed. Pages Content Design Advertising Features Quality 150 150 100 100 100 100 100 25 50 50 50 975 Huntsville Forester 134 130 90 78 73 85 83 22 42 33 38 811 1 Niagara This Week, Town Crier 125 126 74 81 84 80 82 22 39 34 40 787 2 Uxbridge Times-Journal 123 123 70 82 85 81 85 20 38 35 41 783 3 Bracebridge Examiner 128 130 79 78 72 77 78 22 35 38 37 773 4 King Connection 115 130 67 81 80 75 75 20 39 45 45 772 5 Port Perry Star 125 117 77 82 83 83 75 22 35 29 40 768 6 Innisfil Journal 117 130 85 80 73 72 82 21 38 22 40 759 7 Ottawa Hill Times 117 130 85 79 73 72 82 21 38 22 40 758 8 Haliburton Highlander 108 130 82 80 72 78 73 20 42 33 37 755 9 Manotick News 123 118 73 77 78 83 72 22 38 29 37 751 10 West Carleton Review 112 125 74 73 66 78 82 22 38 29 38 738 11 Niagara this Week, The Leader 107 130 68 69 72 80 78 20 38 36 37 735 12 Smiths Falls Record News 103 128 62 67 68 82 80 20 37 39 37 723 13 Wasaga Sun 107 118 80 74 58 70 77 22 37 28 38 709 14 Arnprior Chronicle-Guide 105 125 62 68 57 75 72 22 33 35 35 688 15 Parry Sound Beacon Star 102 116 65 65 62 62 68 21 38 28 33 659 16 CLASS
Front Community Ed. & Op. Presentation Photography Advertising Advertising Classi ed Local Sports Production Total Rank Newspaper Page News Ed. Pages Content Design Advertising Features Quality 150 150 100 100 100 100 100 25 50 50 50 975 Elmira-Woolwich Observer 104 120 79 80 65 73 70 14 42 38 37 722 1 Midland/Penetanguishene Mirror 102 101 69 76 67 79 76 19 30 39 39 696 2 Orangeville Banner 104 100 76 76 55 75 74 20 38 33 37 688 3 Stouffville Sun-Tribune 112 85 75 73 55 85 81 19 32 28 38 682 4 Niagara This Week, Fort Erie Post 96 98 71 69 56 76 77 22 34 35 36 670 5
5 (CIRC 12,500 - 22,499)
