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Hamilton Spectator
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Spectator's Clairmont named Canada's top beat reporter
Susan Clairmont of The Hamilton Spectator brought home top honours on Friday night at the National Newspaper Awards in Montreal, winning the Joan Hollobon Award for Beat Reporting. 'I'm thrilled for Susan,' said Spectator editor-in-chief Cheryl Stepan. 'She is extremely deserving of this honour.' Judges for the competition said Clairmont was nominated for her 'exclusive reporting and authoritative analysis' in a submission that ranged from high-profile criminal trials to complex court proceedings. 'Her portfolio of stories is a great example of the excellence she brings to her reporting and writing every day at The Spectator,' Stepan said. 'She never ceases to engage, inform or delight readers with her thought-provoking work.' This marks Clairmont's second national honour; she previously won Canada's top newspaper columnist award in 2011. Clairmont's award submission included coverage of Paul Bernardo's latest parole board hearing ; as well as consent videos and their role in sexual assault cases . Her body of work for the judges also included a feature story about a son who repeatedly warned doctors and a judge he was thinking of killing his family before murdering his mother ; and a column about a man who spent 14 years hiding millions of dollars from his ex-wife and children in violation of court orders. There were 69 finalists in 23 categories, representing 26 news organizations in the 76th year for the NNAs. They were selected by three-judge panels in each category from among 864 entries across 82 news organizations in Canada. Spectator reporter Matthew Van Dongen was also recognized in Montreal with a nomination in the business category for his investigation into real-estate investment firm Forge & Foster and its ongoing financial woes .
Calgary Herald
26-04-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Postmedia Calgary receives three honours at National Newspaper Awards
Postmedia Calgary — the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun — received three honours at the National Newspaper Awards (NNA) on Friday night. The news organization was given a finalist award in three categories: Article content Article content Photojournalist Jim Wells was a finalist in the News Photo category for an unforgettable image of two neighbours trying to save a deer that fell through the ice of the Bow River in the Inglewood area last November. A regular contributor to the paper's Opinion pages, Patrick LaMontagne was a finalist in the category of Editorial Cartooning for his captivating artwork and sharp commentary. A months-long project called Squeezed: Navigating Calgary's high cost of living was also given a finalist award in the Project of the Year category. Article content Article content 'It's remarkable to have three NNA finalist honours in one year,' said Postmedia Calgary editor Monica Zurowski. 'We are grateful for this recognition and even more grateful that thousands and thousands of readers allow us the privilege of bringing them local news and local content that matters. Article content Article content 'The journalism honoured by these awards represents a small cross-section of the news, business, arts, sports, opinion, photography and video content that we create every day,' Zurowski said. 'We're committed to bringing compelling and meaningful content to our community in all these areas every day.' Article content Including the three honours received by its Calgary newsroom, Postmedia received a total nine honours this year for work by journalists from The Financial Post, Vancouver Sun/The Province, Ottawa Citizen/Sun, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. The honours included a first-place award for Brandon Harder of the Regina Leader-Post for his painstaking re-creation of what happened when police went undercover to wring out a confession from a cold-case murderer. Article content Held in Montreal, this year's NNAs represented the 76th year of the awards program. There were 69 finalists in 23 categories, representing 26 news organizations, out of a total 864 entries submitted by 82 news organizations. The awards were established in 1949 to encourage excellence and reward achievement in daily newspaper work in Canada.
