New Westminster Record reporter Julie MacLellan has just been named a finalist for the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
MacLellan, a reporter and assistant editor of the combined New West Record/Burnaby NOW newsroom, is one of five finalists from across the country in the Best Blog/Column/Podcast category.
She earned the nod for her opinion writing work in 2022, including two of the newsroom's best-read pieces of the year: a satirical take on why women shouldn't go grey, in the aftermath of the controversy over the firing of CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme; and a deeply personal essay about COVID and grief in the wake of the death of her father.
Also earning a finalist nod in the same category was another New Westminster writer: Eden Fineday, a contributing storyteller with the IndigiNews newsletter.
The Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs) was started in 2009 as an industry showcase of the best digital content creators in the magazine and newspaper industries. In 13 years it has become the largest digital publishing awards program in Canada with four divisions — academic, business, consumer and media — with a mandate to reflect Canada’s multicultural diversity whenever possible.
The entries are reviewed by a "who's who" of digital publishing in Canada, according to COPA. The panel has more than 90 judges including creative, digital, web, tech marketing, media and publishing experts.
Awards will be presented in February 2023.
