Ontario Newspaper Awards

Postmedia Regional Vice President, Joe Ruscitti (right), celebrates with Dax Melmer, after Melmer won Photojournalist of the Year.

Editor-in-chief of Metroland’s Niagara daily newspapers, Angus Scott (left), congratulates the 2018 Journalist of the Year, Grant LaFleche.  

Arts & Entertainment Writing: Greg Mercer, Waterloo Region Record Beat Reporting: Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator Column/Opinion Writing: Rick Gibbons, Ottawa Sun Enterprise Reporting: Grant LaFleche, St. Catharines Standard Feature Photography (over 25,000): Dax Melmer, Windsor Star Feature Photography (under 25,000):

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (over 25,000 circulation) Andrej Ivanov, Waterloo Region Record Dan Janisse, Windsor Star Dax Melmer, Windsor Star FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY (under 25,000 circulation) Greg Colgan, Woodstock Sentinel-Review Jonathan Juha, Stratford Beacon Herald Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY (over 25,000

The list of finalists for the 2018 Ontario Newspaper Awards will be posted here on Monday, March 4, at 9 a.m.