Peace Arch News has been named one of the top community newspapers in Canada, following its earlier second-place title in North America by the Local Media Association.
Friday, the 2015 Canadian Community Newspapers Awards were handed out, with PAN finishing third in newspapers of circulations 25,000 and higher.
The Canadian Jewish News in Ontario and St. Albert Gazette in Alberta won first and second place, respectively.
Earlier this month, PAN learned it had placed second in the Michigan-based LMA’s 2014 Newspaper of the Year contest’s largest-circulation category, behind The Newmarket Era in Ontario, and ahead of third-place finisher St. Louis American in Missouri.
LMA judges had this to say about Peace Arch News:
“Editorial: Content is excellent – great mix of local and national news with an array of topics. Terrific use of color photos.
“Typography: Eye-catching layout on front page – colour photo preview of content buried in the middle of the paper is an excellent incentive for readers to look past the front page.
“Advertising: Ads are colourful and logically placed.”
Other Lower Mainland newspapers to receive strong finishes in the LMAs includes two in the 22,501-37,500 circulation category: first-place Chilliwack Progress and third-place Abbotsford News, both sister papers of PAN owned by Black Press.
The contest was judged by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago, Ill.
