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Black Press Media honoured at Canadian Community BԪַpaper Awards

Black Press Media earns 26 awards, four for Greater Victoria work
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Black Press MediaBԪַs multimedia coverage of the 2022 Saanich bank shooting was recognized with a Canadian Community BԪַpaper Award. (Black Press Media file photo)

Black Press MediaBԪַs Greater Victoria editorial team has been honoured with four 2023 Canadian Community BԪַpaper Awards.

The competition, for work from the 2022 calendar year, saw almost 800 entries in 27 categories ranging from photography to overall excellence.

Taking the top spot for Best Multimedia Breaking BԪַ Coverage, was the Saanich BԪַBԪַ work on the June 2022 Saanich bank shooting.

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The news team also picked up Best Multimedia Feature for the Goldstream GazetteBԪַs truth and reconciliation series. That series ran in all of Greater VictoriaBԪַs papers, as well as online with video.

To find the series, along with coverage from this year and 2021, go to goldstreamgazette.com/tags/truth-and-reconciliation-344785.

Coming in second for Best Special Section (circulation 10,000 and over) was the Goldstream GazetteBԪַs special publication, BԪַSpeedway: The final lap.BԪַ

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Last, but not least, Victoria BԪַ claimed third for Best Community BԪַpaper Website (circulation 10,000 and over), following our sister publications the Nanaimo BԪַ Bulletin and the Surrey NOW-Leader.

In total, Black Press Media publications were honoured with 26 awards, including nine first-place finishes.

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Katherine Engqvist

About the Author: Katherine Engqvist

I took on the role of Bureau Chief when we created the Greater Victoria editorial hub in 2018.
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