The Burnaby NOW – Burnaby’s community newspaper – has been honoured for excellence in a national newspaper competition that recognizes the best in community journalism.
The NOW picked up honours in five categories in the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards competition.
Reporter Cornelia Naylor won first place in the Best Feature Story category for her Mountain of Trouble story that examined if Burnaby Mountain needs its own fire hall.
Naylor wasn’t done the awards, as she also took third place in the Outstanding Reporter Initiative category for her story about police conducting DNA testing in their hunt for the killer of Marrisa Shen.
Naylor also took second place in the Best Spot News Photo category for her work covering an aerial protest at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.
Reporter Kelvin Gawley took third for Best News Story for his article about anxious Metrotown renters waiting for action after the 2018 civic election.
NOW photographer Jennifer Gauthier won the Best News Feature Photo category for her work covering a Trans Mountain pipeline protest. See above her powerful image of an Indigenous protester and the RCMP.
