2019 BNC Awards

Our awards event takes place at The Music Room in Halifax on Saturday, October 26th. The evening gets underway at 6:30pm. All members are welcome to attend. It's a great evening to connect with fellow colleagues and check out award winning local journalism being produced in Atlantic Canada. Attendance is free. If you are interested in attending, please send a quick note.

Our guest speaker will be Angela Long,  who has done research on rural journalism across Canada and is due to release a book on the topic. Angela will share insights on what she heard/saw. In addition to her own work, she has written for: Utne Reader, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Kyoto Journal, The Dalhousie Review, Ryerson Review of Journalism, Folio, Haliburton Echo, Minden Times, Bancroft This Week and numerous other publications.

2019 Standing Finalists:

General Excellence:

Class 1: 

Annapolis Valley Register

Pictou Advocate

Valley Journal Advertiser

Class 2:  

Acadie Nouvelle

Tatamagouche Light

Tri-County Vanguard

Premiere Awards:

Outstanding Feature Photo: 

Sara Ericcsson, Annapolis Valley Register. 

Kathy Johnson, Tri-County Vanguard. 

Sean MacDougall, Victoria Standard.

Outstanding News Photo: 

Keith Corcoran, LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin. 

Drake Lowthers, Port Hawkesbury Reporter. 

Larry Powell, Annapolis Valley Register. 

Outstanding Photo Essay: 

Keith Corcoran, LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin. 

Helen Dalton, LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin. 

Staff, Tri-County Vanguard.

Outstanding Sports Photo: 

Colin Chisholm, Valley Journal-Advertiser. 

Heather Brimicombe, Pictou Advocate. 

Carol Morris-Underhill, Valley Journal-Advertiser. 

Outstanding Editorial: 

Bill Dunphy, Inverness Oran. 

Francois Gravel, Acadie Nouvelle. 

Carole Morris-Underhill, Valley Journal-Advertiser.  

Outstanding Feature Story: 

Carla Allen, Tri-County Vanguard. 

Kathy Ehman, Montague Eastern Graphic. 

Jonathan Parsons, Clarenville Packet.

Outstanding Investigative Story: 

Tina Comeau, Tri-County Vanguard. 

John Gillis, Inverness Oran. 

Ashley Thompson, Annapolis Valley Register. 

Outstanding News Story: 

Sara Ericsson, Annapolis Valley Register. 

Carole Morris-Underhill, Valley Journal Advertiser. 

Andrew Robinson and Chris Lewis, Carbonear Compass.  

Outstanding Resources Story: 

Tina Comeau, Tri-County Vanguard. 

Carole Morris-Underhill, Valley Journal-Advertiser. 

Jonathan Parsons, Clarenville Packet.  

Outstanding Sports Story: 

Tina Comeau, Tri-County Vanguard. 

Sara Ericsson, Annapolis Valley Register. 

Steve Goodwin, Pictou Advocate. 

Outstanding Advertising Campaign: 

Nicole Fawcett, Port Hawkesbury Reporter. 

Michele White, Enfield Weekly Press.

Outstanding New Revenue Idea: 

Fall River Laker. 

Inverness Oran. 

Port Hawkesbury Reporter.

Outstanding Ad Class 1: 

Helen Dalton, Enfield Weekly Press. 

Nicole Fawcett, Port Hawkesbury Reporter. 

Chris Reid, Guysborough Journal. 

Outstanding Ad Class 2:  

Vicki Hines, LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin. 

Diane Savoie, Acadie Nouvelle. 

Michele White, Fall River Laker. 

Outstanding Page Design: 

Roby Levesque, Acadie Nouvelle. 

Helen Dalton, LighthouseNOW Progress Bulletin.  

Staff, Tri-County Vanguard.

Outstanding Circulation Promotion: 

Nicole Fawcett, Port Hawkesbury Reporter. 

Maurice Rees, Shoreline Journal.

Outstanding Community Engagement: 

Acadie Nouvelle. 

Inverness Oran. 

Shoreline Journal.

Outstanding Brand Builder: 

Acadie Nouvelle. 

Enfield Weekly Press.

Pictou Advocate. 

Outstanding Special Section: 

Guysborough Journal. 

Tri-County Vanguard. 

Valley Journal-Advertiser. 

Outstanding Cartoon: 

Ashley Heukshorst, Victoria Standard. 

Josh Kaiser, Victoria Standard. 

Ian MacAdam, Montague Eastern Graphic. 

Outstanding Local Columnist: 

Morgan Duchesney, Victoria Standard. 

Paul MacNeill, Montague Eastern Graphic. 

Pascal Raiche-Nogue, Acadie Nouvelle. 

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