This is Nikki Mantell of the Low Down to Hull & Back News, which I have to admit is the most awesome name for a community newspaper I’ve ever seen. If she seems particularly cheerful to you, it’s not just because she’s so adorable with her golden turkey award, or because she has a secret crush on photographer Adam Franc. She also won an award for best local affairs editorial at the Quebec Community Newspaper Association Awards, which honour excellence in (anglophone) Quebec community newspapers. Her paper also won awards for best sports story, best feature photo and best front page, as well as a number of second and third-place finishes, making it a big winner that night.
Another big winner was, unsurprisingly, the West Island Chronicle, which had five first-place finishes, though two were for freelancer Peter McCabe, one was for a former reporter who now works at Canadian Press, and one was for an advertising salesperson.
The Chronicle also won the best overall newspaper award.
The best website category went to the Canadian Jewish News, followed by the Chronicle (strange since it’s identical to every other Transcontinental weekly paper’s website) and the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, which as you can see is all crazy-Web 2.0 without silly things like top stories.
Thanks for posting the link to the Quebec City Chronicle-Telegraph online site. There’s some great stuff there.
I agree! The Low Down to Hull and Back is a great name for a newspaper. For those not on the know, Low Quebec is a village in the Upper Gatineaus, so the title is really suits! A nice little in-joke.
Hey Steve,
Thanks to you, my smiling mug come up in the top 10 for anyone who Googles “golden turkey award”. My friends are still screaming with laughter, and secretly, I love it!
Good site.
Nikki Mantell
Always do what I can to help. If you need yourself googlebombed in some other capacity, let me know.