Premier Award ~ STUDENT
STUDENT NEWS WRITING JUDGE Jeff Morris Jeffrey Morris is the publisher and managing editor of the Manotick Messenger and Barrhaven Independent. The Messenger and Independent have won numerous OCNA awards in the past five years, while Morris was the OCNA Humour Columnist of the Year in 2005, and the OCNA Columnist of the Year and OCNA Stephen Shaw Reporter of the Year Award winner in 2008. In 2009, he was runnerup for the Stephen Shaw Reporter of the Year Award, and he won a CCNA Award for Best Local Editorial.
FIRST PLACE RYERSON UNIVERSITY – Jelena Djurkic Jelena Djurkic “Making the walk of shame more comfortable” Jelena Djurkic offered a well-written, thorough and relevant piece about a Ryerson grad who made an impact on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. The use of her photos and sidebar enhanced the presentation of an already outstanding piece.
SECOND PLACE
THIRD PLACE
LOYALIST COLLEGE – Melissa Tait
CENTENNIAL COLLEGE – Aileen Donnelly
Melissa Tait “Community struggles to cope” Melissa Tait writes a strong piece in the aftermath of the death of Jessica Lloyd and the arrest of Col. Russell Williams.
Aileen Donnelly “Life sentence for E.Y. man who shot wife” Aileen Donnelly wrote a thorough, wellwritten and detailed account of a man receiving a life sentence after finally admitting he intentionally shot his estranged wife.
GENERAL COMMENT – There were some very well-written pieces that did not crack the top three either because of the subject matter and its relevance to their readership, or because of a lack of depth in sources. Most of the stories were engaging, though some of the better stories offered more of a hook to readers in the first two or three paragraphs. Sponsored by Ontario Journalism Educators Association 2010 Awards Results
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