Free Press up for four National Newspaper Awards
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The Winnipeg Free Press has been nominated for four National Newspaper Awards, among Canadian journalism’s top honours.
Reporter Ryan Thorpe is nominated in the investigation category for his weeks-long work detailing dangerous conditions inmates are forced to navigate inside 143-year-old Stony Mountain Correctional Institution, and in the long feature category for his close look at the first year of the pandemic in Manitoba.
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Jen Zoratti is nominated in the arts category for her profile of Goota Ashoona, a third-generation Inuit artist.
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Reporters Malak Abas, Dean Pritchard and Free Press Editor Paul Samyn are nominated together in the breaking news category for what the NNA judges called “aggressive reporting” in delivering the shocking story of a nurse’s stabbing at Seven Oaks Hospital and the doctor who jumped in to save her life by overpowering the attacker.
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“These nominations speak to our commitment to excellence in journalism,” Samyn said Friday.
“I’m delighted the Free Press has received these nominations that allow our growing audience to know this is truly one of the strongest newspapers in the country.”
More than 860 entries were submitted for articles published in 2021; 66 are nominated as the best work in 22 categories.
The Free Press was tied with Canadian Press with four nominations. The Globe and Mail led the way with 21 nominations in 16 categories.
The 73rd annual awards will be handed out by webcast on May 6.
— Staff
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
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Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
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