North Coast Black Press Media journalists scooped up several awards at the BC & Yukon Community News Media Association’s (BCYCNA) 2022 Ma Murray awards.
The 2022 awards were announced May 14 at a gala hosted by the BCYCNA at the River Rock Casino Resort.
Terrace Standard reporter Binny Paul won gold in the multimedia feature category for On the Road to Indigenous-led food sovereignty in northwest B.C.
Northern View editor K-J Millar was voted New Journalist of the Year. Millar took home silver in the Feature Article Under 10,000 category for her peice 44-Georgina Calder’s story. She also won silver for Feature Photo Award Under 10,000 and Portrait/Personality Photo Award Under 10,000.
Kitimat’s Northern Sentinel finished with a bronze in the Sports Photo Award, under 10,000 for “Catching Air,” a photo of a young skateboarder in the local park.
The awards are named after legendary newspaper editor, publisher and columnist Margaret Lally “Ma” Murray who co-founded three community newspapers with her husband George, including the Bridge River-Lillooet News.
Murray passed away in 1982 at the age of 94. The awards are almost a century old and are regarded as the premier provincial newspaper awards for B.C.
