For the second year in a row, New Westminster’s hometown newspaper has taken home gold at the Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards.
The Record scored first place overall for newspaper excellence in its circulation category, beating out the Peninsula News Review and Yukon News.
The award was announced the annual Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards hosted by the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association and held Saturday at the River Rock Casino.
The Record earned high marks for its community news, sports and arts and entertainment coverage.
“The Record is a great-looking paper. The crisp modern look is complemented by variety in their coverage and it is clear that advertisers love to run big, colourful ads in a paper that is full of good content. Nice balance of text and photos overall, with professional quality throughout. Great Op-Ed section,” wrote the judges.
This is the second year in a row the Record has won gold for overall newspaper excellence. The Record also won gold in 2015.
Record reporter Theresa McManus, sports editor Dan Olson, assistant editor Julie MacLellan and editor Chris Campbell also received Silver Quill awards for their more than 25 years of service in the news media industry.
