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In print for over 165 years, The Globe and Mail continues to be recognized for its dedication to excellence and high journalistic standards.
Below is a list of our most recent corporate, newspaper, magazine and online awards.
Newspaper Awards
Best of News Design Creative Competition
The Globe proudly received the Award of Excellence for its 2010 redesign as part of the 32nd Edition Best of News Design Creative Competition and was the only paper to win for a revamp of the entire publication, as opposed to individual pages or sections.
“We called the redesign ‘Proudly Print.’ We are a digital leader, but we’re not shy about putting out one of the world’s great newspapers,” said Globe editor-in-chief John Stackhouse. “Design matters more than ever. We all have countless things fighting for our attention and the ability to use design effectively – to make readers stop and take notice – is essential to journalism in an increasingly crowded space”
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National Newspaper Awards
On May 14, 2010, The Globe proudly stepped-up, to once again accept the most
National Newspaper Awards (NNAs), receiving the following seven of the 22 awards presented:
- Stephanie Nolen for explanatory journalism, with a story about India's ongoing struggle with malnutrition in an age of economic prosperity
- A team from Report on Business - Greg Keenan, Jacquie McNish and Janet McFarland - won in the business category for a project on Canada's pension crisis
- Jason Chiu and David Pratt won the presentation award for The Globe’s special series Decoding the Decade
- Andre Picard won for column writing
- Geoffrey York for international reporting for his work on the abduction of Robert Fowler and Louis Guay
- Adam Radwanski for editorial writing
- Brian Gable for editorial cartooning
Paul Koring, The Globe’s Washington-based foreign correspondent, was a finalist for the 2010 Michener Award, recognizing public service journalism for his work on the Abousfian Abdelrazik file (the Canadian citizen in Sudan denied a passport by Canada). This is the eighth year in a row The Globe has been nominated. Koring was also recently awarded Amnesty International’s top prize for human rights reporting in Canada in 2009.
2011 Great Ideas Awards
Newspaper Canada recently announced the winners of their 2011 Great Ideas Awards, a program that celebrates the marketing and promotion efforts of Canadian newspapers.
We're pleased to share that the following two Globe campaigns were recognized and awarded for their achievements.
Canada: Our Time to Lead won an award in the Newspaper Marketing and Promotion category.
The Our Time to Lead campaign asked Canadians to discover, discuss and debate issues of importance that were facing our country. We created 8 topics over 8 weeks that focused on areas of interest to Canadians and supported this with an integrated campaign that saw Canadians from coast-to-coast joining the conversation, engaging in the debates and rediscovering The Globe and Mail.
25 Transformational Canadians campaign won an award in the Promotional Campaign category.
To mark its 25th anniversary, Cisco Canada launched the 25 Transformational Canadians campaign to honour individuals who, through their vision, leadership and action are catalysts for change. The campaign, developed in partnership with The Globe and Mail, Cyberpresse and CTV – recognized 25 individuals who significantly impacted society in five key areas.
2011 National Magazine Awards
On June 10, 2011 The Globe’s Report on Business magazine won 32 prizes in the
National Magazine Awards, including three Gold, six Silver and 23 Honourable Mentions. This year’s awards garnered nearly 2,000 entries from 88 Canadian publications.
We're also thrilled that Report on Business magazine Art Director, Domenic Macri, also established an NMA record by becoming the first Art Director to in NMA's history to win both Gold and Silver in the 'Best Art Direction for a Single Magazine Article' category.
Globe wins 2 EPPY Awards
The EPPY Awards, presented by Editor & Publisher, honor the best media-affiliated websites across 43 diverse categories. We're thrilled to announce that on November 30, the E&P team, along with a prestigious panel of 54 judges announced that The Globe Drive site won an EPPY for the Best Automotive Website with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over and our Economy Lab won for the Best Business Blog with 1 million unique monthly visitors and over.
We're also pleased to note that we were finalists in 14 of the 15 categories we were nominated in.
We like to extend congratulations to all the nominees and winners who participated in this year's EPPY Awards.
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Globe website wins international design award
On October 1, 2011 The Globe was awarded the World's Best-Designed Website prize by the Society of News Design.
The Globe and CNN.com shared the award, which was presented at an awards gala in St. Louis, Missouri. Other honoured media organizations included the New York Times, The Guardian and NPR.
“The award is a huge recognition from our peers,” said Mike Pletch, the Globe’s manager of creative design for digital media, who accepted the award. “Rethinking how an online news site should work for our readers' lifestyles and needs was a major factor in leading us to the current design. It had to look great and work for our readers. Our multimedia options span all content and really broaden the news experience for our readers.”
The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for news media professionals and visual communicators, specifically those who create print, web and mobile products. The judges said The Globe's website won points for its modern and elegant look as well as good use of multimedia.
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General Excellence in Journalism
On September 24, 2011 The Globe proudly graced the stage at Online News Association Conference & Awards to accept the award for General Excellence in Journalism (medium site). The ONJs are the only set of journalism prizes honouring excellence in digital journalism internationally.
The Globe was up against some world-class contenders, like CBC News, the Las Vegas Sun and The Oklahoman. Other categories were won by BBC, New York Times, LA Times, ProPublica and Flipboard.
"It is a great achievement to be recognized within the industry by our peers, and a tribute to our entire staff who make The Globe and Mail a digital destination for Canadians and the country's most celebrated news site," said John Stackhouse, Editor in Chief of The Globe and Mail.
The OJAs recognize major media, international and independent sites and individuals producing innovative work in multimedia, with special emphasis on entries that demonstrate mastery of the special characteristics and emerging technology of digital journalism.
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Automobile Journalists Association of Canada Awards
On October 28, 2010, GlobeDrive.com was recognized as the Best Website: Design and Layout in the 27th annual Automotive Journalism Awards. This was the third year in a row that The Globe's automotive coverage and website has won an AJAC award but the first time under the new name and design of GlobeDrive.com.
Canadian Online Publishing Awards
On October 20, 2010, The Globe and Mail's website received the award for Best News Coverage from the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (produced by Masthead). The Globe had four other finalist nominations in this year's awards: Best Blog (Ottawa Notebook), Best Video (Behind the Veil), and in the Cross Platform and Mobile App categories.
Emmy Award (News & Documentary)
On September 27, 2010, The Globe's Behind the Veil multimedia series on women in Afghanistan won an Emmy award in the New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming category - the only Canadian contender winning against the New York Times, Reuters, the San Jose Mercury News and Tsunami.trust.org.
The Globe’s Talking to the Taliban series won a 2009 Emmy award in the same category.
EPpy Award
On June 17, 2010, The Globe and Mail won two EPpys, the most prestigious award in web journalism sponsored by Editor & Publisher magazine. The awards were for globeandmail.com as Best Newspaper-Affiliated Website with over 1 million unique monthly visitors, and for Best Web Special Feature - Enterprise, with over 1 million unique monthly visitors, for Behind The Veil. The awards were presented at the annual digital media conference in Las Vegas.
The EPpy Best Media awards are considered the highest honour for media-affiliated websites and blogs. The Globe won an EPpy in 2009 for its feature Talking to the Taliban, but this is the first-time win for best website.
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