The 2017 Ontario Newspaper Awards were presented in Toronto at Postmedia Place on April 28. Congratulations to all the finalists, and particularly to the Photojournalist of the Year, Clifford Skarstedt, and Journalist of the Year, Jane Sims. Steve Buist, Susan Clairmont and Grant LaFleche were also finalists for Journalist of the Year.
The results, by category:
Arts and Entertainment
Winner: John Law, Niagara Falls Review
Finalists: Emma Reilly, Hamilton Spectator, and Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record
Beat Reporting
Winner: Greg Mercer, Waterloo Region Record
Finalists: Grant LaFleche and Bill Sawchuk, St. Catharines Standard, and Sarah Sacheli, Windsor Star
Columns/Opinion Writing
Winner: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Hugo Rodrigues, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, and Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star
Enterprise Reporting
Winner: Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Teviah Moro and Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator, and Dale Carruthers and Jennifer O’Brien, London Free Press
Feature Photography (Over 25,000)
Winner: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
Finalists: Dan Janisse, Windsor Star, and Barry Gray, Hamilton Spectator
Feature Photography (Under 25,000)
Winner: Tim Miller, Belleville Intelligencer
Finalists: Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner, and Mark Wanzel, Barrie Examiner
Feature Writing (Over 25,000)
Winner: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator, and Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Feature Writing (Under 25,000)
Winner: Grant LaFleche, St. Catharines Standard
Finalists: Mary Katherine Keown, Sudbury Star, and Daniel Pearce, Simcoe Reformer
General News Feature
Winner: Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Teviah Moro, Hamilton Spectator, and Heather Rivers, Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Social Media
Winner: Robin Harvey, London Free Press
Finalists: Gino Donato, Sudbury Star, and Jennifer Bieman, London Free Press
Special Project
Winners: Brian Cross, Craig Pearson, Trevor Wilhelm, Dax Melmer, Jason Kryk, Dan Janisse and Tyler Brownbridge, Windsor Star
Finalists: Jane Sims, Morris Lamont, Brice Hall and Mike Faille, London Free Press, and Susan Clairmont and Gary Yokoyama, Hamilton Spectator
Sports Photography (Over 25,000)
Winner: Gary Yokoyama, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Dax Melmer, Windsor Star, and Cathie Coward, Hamilton Spectator
Sports Photography (Under 25,000)
Winner: Mark Wanzel, Barrie Examiner
Finalists: Julia MacKay, Kingston Whig-Standard, and Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard
Sports Writing (Over 25,000)
Winner: Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
Finalists: Josh Brown and Greg Mercer, Waterloo Region Record
Sports Writing (Under 25,000)
Winner: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald
Finalists: Greg Colgan, Woodstock Sentinel-Review, and Bill Sawchuk, St. Catharines Standard
Spot News Photography (Over 25,000)
Winner: Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
Finalists: Mathew McCarthy, Waterloo Region Record, and Mike Hensen, London Free Press
Spot News Photography (Under 25,000)
Winner: Tim Miller, Belleville Intelligencer
Finalists: Julie Jocsak, St. Catharines Standard, and Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner
Spot News Writing (Over 25,000)
Winners: Jennifer Bieman, Dale Carruthers, Randy Richmond and Jane Sims, London Free Press
Finalists: Nicole O’Reilly, Natalie Paddon and Carmela Fragomeni, Hamilton Spectator, and Luke Hendry, Belleville Intelligencer
Spot News Writing (Under 25,000)
Winner: Luke Hendry, Belleville Intelligencer
Finalists: Ellwood Shree, Chatham Daily News, and Jim Moodie, Sudbury Star
Video Production
Winner: Morris Lamont, London Free Press
Finalists: Mark McNeil and Gary Yokoyama, Hamilton Spectator, and Jason Kryk, Windsor Sta
