The Gleaner brought home a total of nine awards (including a clean sweep of the Best French Language News Story category) at the 43rd Annual Better Newspapers Competition held by the Quebec Community Newspapers Association this spring. The short list was announced in March, and members of the Gleaner team attended the awards gala at which the winners were announced on June 16:
Best Community Newspaper Promotion – 3rd place
The Gleaner’s Summer Sampler The Gleaner Team, initiative led by Lorelei Muller
Best Ad – 2nd place
New Frontiers School Board ad
June 29, 2022 Chantal Hortop
Best Feature Story – 2nd place
There’s no one ‘right’ way to be trans (June 15, 2022) Callan Forrester
Best Arts and Entertainment Story – 2nd place
Christopher Pennington navigates the music scene in a tech-driven world (February 9, 2022) Callan Forrester
Best French Language News Story – 1st place
Sarah Booth enquête à Three Pines (November 16, 2022) Abel Dif
Best French Language News Story – 2nd place
L’église Saint-Antoine : vendre ou ne pas vendre? (December 14, 2022) Marie Nirva Louis
Best French Language News Story – 3rd place
Rétribution des fermes québecoises en agroenvironnement: une première au Canada (February 23, 2022) Ian Ward
Best Editorial Cartoon – 2nd place
Le prix de l’épicerie continue de grimper (November 2, 2022) Eric Serre
Best News Photo – 1st place
Fire at the O’Connor Building (May 5, 2022) Sarah Rennie
In addition to those named for awards, The Gleaner would like to salute its entire team, who, directly or indirectly, allow us to continue producing this award-winning work – we appreciate everything you do!
For more details on The Gleaner’s winning entries, please visit www.the-gleaner.com.
