Awards
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| Recent awards: 2010 – PhotoFocus.com Finalist – Emerging Photographer of the Year Awards while operating the Grand Bend Strip newspaper: May, 2010 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association 1st – Best Ad Design (<3,999) – ad promoting Casey365.com 3rd – Best Photo Essay (<3,999) – Parkhill Five Fun Days May, 2010 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association 3rd – General Excellence Class 1 (best overall paper) 2nd – Photographer of the Year 1st – Best Feature Photo – Kelly Wiseman at the Parkhill Fair 1st – Best Creative Advertising – ad promoting Casey365.com 2nd – Education Writing – Chicago! – SHDHS music trip 3rd – Best Rural Story – Marcus Koenig, potato farmer 3rd – Best Photo Layout – Parkhill Five Fun Days 3rd – Best Sports Photo – Mark Buruma in dressing room May, 2009 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association 2nd – Best Feature Series – wheelchair accessibility survey 3rd – Best Rural Reporting – wheelchair accessibility survey 3rd – Best Business Writing – Purdy’s fisheries 3rd – Best Coverage of the Arts 3rd – Best In House Ad Campaign – Caught Stripping April 2009 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association 1st – Best Editorial – No Lifeguards, No Problem 1st – Best Sports & Recreation Story – No Lifeguards, No Problem 2nd – Best Creative Advertising – Caught Stripping May, 2008 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association 1st – Outstanding Reporter Initiative – Restore Us, a tribute to Bill and Helene Regier April, 2008 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association 2nd – Photographer of the Year 3rd – Best Photo Essay – Parkhill Fall Fair Awards for Casey Lessard while working for Haliburton Echo and Minden Times: May, 2007 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association 2nd – Best Photo Essay – Haliburton Highlands Secondary School prom 3rd – Best Photo Essay – Digging for Clams in West Guilford April, 2007 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association 2nd – Photographer of the Year 1st – Best Feature Photo – Haliburton Highlands Secondary School prom Awards while working for Woolwich Observer: May, 2004 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association 2nd – Best Photo Essay – coverage of the Dan Snyder funeral |
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