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Coast Reporter defends its Newspaper Excellence title at B.C. community newspaper awards

Coast Reporter comes away with one gold, one silver and two bronze awards at the 2022 Ma Murrays

For the second year in a row, the Coast Reporter was named best in its circulation class at the Ma Murray Awards. 

The 2022 awards were announced May 14 at a gala hosted by the B.C. and Yukon Community News Media Association (BCYCNA) at the River Rock Casino Resort.

The Coast Reporter won gold in circulation class D (up to 17,000 circulation) and also came away with a silver and two bronze awards:

The 2021 People's Choice campaign earned a silver Ad Campaign award for Eric Pinfold, Christine Daleo, Patrick Lessard, Deanna Harvey and Dimitri Shvartsman. 

The 2021 wedding guide earned Nancy Tiffin, Eric Pinfold, Patrick Lessard and Dimitri Shvartsman a bronze in the Special Publications over 10,000 circulation category. 

The quarterly magazine Coast Life – helmed by Jan DeGrass, Victoria Frodsham and Shelley Ackerman – nabbed a bronze in the Magazine Excellence category. 

This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the BCYCNA.