Postmedia Calgary receives two honours in INMA awards

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Postmedia Calgary was named a finalist in two classes of the celebrated Worldwide Information Media Affiliation (INMA) awards on Tuesday.

The primary honour got here within the World Media Awards class of finest use of social media, during which Deputy Editor Monica Zurowski used three social platforms to retell and refresh the story of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and space. The challenge additionally included the publication of readers’ reminiscences and photographs on the thirty fifth anniversary of the Video games in February 2023. Mission work might be seen at https://calgaryherald.com/tag/1988-winter-olympics/ .

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The second honour arrived for photojournalist/videographer Mike Drew, for his weekly On the Highway characteristic, within the class of finest new video product or characteristic. Every week, Drew heads out of city to discover roads much less travelled and showcase the pure wonders of Alberta. You may watch a few of these movies by clicking right here.

Drew received the INMA award on this class two years in the past. That is the seventh time in eight years that Postmedia Calgary has been a finalist within the video class.

Total, Postmedia Calgary has garnered 20 finalist nominations and wins within the INMA awards since 2010. This yr, it’s one in every of solely three Canadian information organizations acknowledged by INMA.

“This yr’s World Media Awards was extremely aggressive, with rising themes specializing in breakthroughs in AI, newsrooms, younger readers, and extra,” stated Earl J. Wilkinson, government director and CEO of INMA. “This class of finalists represents one of the best within the enterprise of reports, and we’re proud to champion the mission of excellent journalism.”

This annual awards competitors garnered 771 entries from 245 information manufacturers in 43 nations, with finalists coming from Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, South Asia, and North America. Winners will likely be introduced April 25 in London.

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