Saltwire wins big at journalism awards

The Chronicle Herald, of Saltwire Network, took home two gold at the Atlantic Journalism Awards on Saturday.

Herald cartoonists Bruce Mackinnon and Michael de Adder once again squared off for the award for outstanding work in editorial cartooning with Mackinnon taking the gold.

Journal Pioneer cartoonist Wayne Wright was nominated in the category along with Mackinnon and de Adder.

Herald freelance writer Maggie Rahr took the top award for commentary for her piece about a rapist moving into her neighbourhood, cast against the backdrop of the #Metoo movement Silver awards went to: Andrea Gunn, the Herald’s Ottawa correspondent. Gunn was nominated in the enterprise reporting category for breaking the national story of former child refugee Abdoul Abdi, who faced deportation after brushes with the law.

Aaron Beswick was nominated in the enterprise reporting category for work showing that Nova Scotia’s first tidal turbine was responsible for a recent fish kill and has been in violation of federal fisheries regulations for decades.

Herald multimedia journalist Tim Krochak was nominated in photojournalism portrait/ feature for an image of a man walking, framed by darkness beneath an overpass, but caught for a moment in a narrow beam of light.

Journalists at sister newspapers in the Saltwire network were recognized as well.

Kyle Greenham of The North- ern Pen won gold for best community newspaper story for his tale of the last days of Williams Harbour.

Keith Gosse of The Telegram in St. John’s was nominated twice for news photography for Collision victim comforts friend and Devastating fire. Diane Crocker and Troy Turner of the Corner Brook Western Star, and Wayne Thibodeau, Jocelyne Lloyd, Carolyn Drake and Paul Pettipas of The Guardian in Charlottetown were finalists for best page presentation.