The Ontario Newspapers Awards has a motto that is as true today as it was 60 years ago: We’re definitely not the NNAs. For decades the ONAs have been known as one of the best parties in the business, mostly
Get ready for the 60th
ONA judge Bryan Cantley dies at 66
OAKVILLE Bryan Cantley, a long-time ONA judge, and former reporter and editor who oversaw the National Newspaper Awards for many years, has died. He was 66. The NNA organization says Cantley died Tuesday in hospital in Oakville, Ont., after being
ONA 2013: Awards night in photos
The Ontario Newspaper Awards were held in Waterloo on April 27, 2013. More than 250 people gathered at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre to celebrate excellence in journalism. Browse through some of our memories of that night. All photos
Winners announced 2013 Ontario Newspaper Awards
WATERLOO Claire Brownell and Tyler Brownbridge of the Windsor Star took home the top two prizes Saturday at the annual Ontario Newspaper Awards dinner. Brownell won the Martha Blackburn Award as journalist of the year for a series of stories
Call for names: Remembering those lost
Friends and colleagues, At this year’s ONA dinner and gala, April 27, at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre, we will stop to remember fellow journalists who are no longer with us. We need your help. Please email rgrover@thespec.com with
Picture perfect: Photographs submitted by our 2013 nominees
The Ontario Newspaper Awards celebrates work in several different photo categories. Browse through the submissions below submitted by our nominees. Winners will be announced April 27, 2013 at our awards dinner at the Waterloo Inn and Conference Centre. Nominee Tyler
2013 ONA nominees announced…..
Welcome back. Here is the complete listing of nominations for the 2013 Ontario Newspaper Awards. They are listed in no particular order. Our deepest congratulations to all nominees and their respective newsrooms. See you all on April 27, 2013 in
Ontario Newspaper Awards – entries now closed
Submissions for the 2013 Ontario Newspaper Awards are now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. Nominees will be announced throughout March and will be released in no particular order as we hear back from our valued judges. Follow us
Ontario Newspaper Awards call for entries
Submissions are now being accepted for the 2013 awards. The ONA committee has finalized a revised list of categories. We are pleased to announce three new ones in the areas of Social Media, Education and Health News & Lifestyle. Please
Jason Kryk named Photojournalist of the Year
The Windsor Star took home four awards at this year’s Ontario Newspaper Awards held in Hamilton Saturday night. Sarah Sacheli won both the feature writing and municipal affairs reporting awards. “She can do the digging and when the digging is
Shawn Jeffords named Journalist of the Year
SARNIA Reporter Shawn Jeffords has set another milestone in the Observer’s history. Jeffords was named Journalist of the Year at Saturday’s Ontario Newspaper Awards in Hamilton. He is the first reporter in the Observer’s history to win the much coveted
Ramping up the 2013 ONAs
Welcome. It doesn’t seem to me as if it has been six months since our last Ontario Newspaper Awards – the first time in Hamilton in more than a decade. We have received positive response from many ONA members about