Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association

09/24/2024

Winners of this year’s Canadian Community Newspaper Awards competition were announced earlier this week. Click here to view the full list of winners from the 2024 awards.   In the days since that announcement, we’ve seen an overwhelming number of stories celebrating the successes of members fro...

10/05/2023

To celebrate 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑, News Media Canada has published a limited-edition book, 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, featuring 24 inspirational stories from the Canadian news media industry, with custom illustrations by Rachel Joanis.

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 - 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 / 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑
Coleen was 20 years old when she started working at the Taber Times in Alberta. She did not realize that she would fall in love with community newspapers and that this would be the start of a four-decades-long career in Alberta newspapers.

“What makes community newspapers different than other media is the local community content. Being part of the community.”

Read more about Coleen's story in the 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 book. Visit www.ChampionsoftheTruth.ca to purchase a hardcover copy of the book and access the free Champions e-book and PDF download.campbell.33

06/04/2022

The Better Newspaper Competitions for Photographic Awards, General Excellence and Awards of Excellence were presented this evening at the AWNA's Convention Dinner/ Awards Banquet. Congratulations to all who placed and thank you to all who participated. We had a lot of great work submitted this year!
http://awna.com/2021-bnc-photographic-awards?id=930
http://awna.com/bnc-awards-of-excellence
http://awna.com/bnc-general-excellence

This annual competition honours general excellence in Alberta weekly newspaper publishing. Four categories are based on size of community, from under 1100 up to 10,500 and over. In each of these groups, awards are then presented for excellence in 

04/06/2022

Call on all parties in Parliament to work together to pass legislation by June News Media Canada, representing more than 500 trusted print and digital titles in every province and […]

09/27/2021

And just like that, another decade surpasses the calendar date.

05/28/2021

The BNC Awards of Excellence were presented today in an online ceremony. Our member newspapers compete each year for special awards in editorial, advertising and special promotion categories. Congratulations to all the winners for continuing such excellent work.
http://awna.com/bnc-awards-of-excellence

06/09/2020

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting will launch a provocative new national campaign that targets Facebook for profiting from content created by Canadian news outlets without permission of compensation. The 'Wanted' campaign launched earlier this week, with posters being displayed in Toronto and other C...

05/31/2020

Cheers to the AWNA member newspapers.

03/12/2020

The AWNA is a member of the CSAE and we share this message:

Yesterday, the Canadian government pledged $1 billion for a comprehensive response package to combat and mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada. CSAE sent a letter urging the government to include associations in their funding support.

The impact of COVID-19 puts the viability of numerous associations and not-for-profit organizations at risk. Associations and the businesses that support the broader sector rely heavily on meeting and event revenue. The additional implications on staffing, prevention and education may be severe for associations, particularly those with limited resources. The economic impact will be widespread and significant.

CSAE is committed to working together to manage through these challenging times. We encourage association professionals and business partners to share this message to amplify the voice of a vital sector for the Canadian economy.

11/26/2019

AWNA and its partner AdCanada are working together to transition ad placement services over to AdCanada effective January 1, 2020. We’re taking steps to ensure this transition is seamless, starting with the fact that AWNA Advertising and Client Services Supervisor Allana Bridgewater will continue to be responsible for the ex*****on of your advertising campaigns. She will partner with AdCanada’s Greg Foster and Jeff Beardsworth to deliver newspaper research and superior ad placement services.

AWNA Publishers/Sales teams: The AWNA and its partner AdCanada are sending notice to their respective clients that sales and advertising placement will be transitioned over to AdCanada effective January 1, 2020.  We have notified advertisers that the transition will be seamless, as AWNA Advertising...