The Morning Star is once again among B.C.’s best community newspapers.
For the third straight year, The Morning Star is a top three finalist in its circulation category for general excellence, or best overall newspaper, in the B.C. Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s Ma Murray Awards.
The honours will be handed out April 25 in Richmond.
“This is fantastic,” said Morning Star publisher Ian Jensen.
“We have such an amazing, dedicated, talented staff whose efforts are reflected in each edition of the paper.”
The Morning Star is up against Kamloops This Week and Surrey Now in its circulation category, which is the group with the highest circulation numbers.
The general excellence awards take into account all aspects of the newspaper, from the stories and photos, to the ad designs, page layout and classified ads section.
In 2013, The Morning Star placed third in the category, and moved up to second place in 2014, losing out to the North Shore News by only a quarter of a point.
“We’ve been third and second and now this time?” said managing editor Glenn Mitchell.
“It’s just an honour to get nominated.”
Thirteen of the 21 finalists in general excellence in the seven circulation categories are Black Press papers.
Bruce McAuliffe, Black Press president of B.C. South, also extended his congratulations.
“It is nice to see the hard work recognized for all of your efforts.”
