20 May 2009

Gyulai, Fisher in running for newspaper award

Two members of the Montreal Newspaper Guild are finalists in the National Newspaper Awards (NNA) competition.

Linda Gyulai and Red Fisher will find out at the awards ceremony Friday in Montreal whether they will be taking home cheques for $1,000 that are handed to the winners.

This is the second straight year that Gyulai has been nominated for an NNA. Her entry in the Short Features category was an amusing story on road cones. Last year she was a nominee in the Explanatory Work category for her examination of Montreal's crumbling water system from reservoir to sewers.

Red Fisher is nominated in the Sports category for a critical feature on former goaltender Patrick Roy who had his number retired by the Canadiens.

There were 1,385 entries in this year’s competition for works that appeared in the year 2008. In all, 24 news organizations have been nominated, the highest in NNA history. The winners will be announced during the Canadian Newspaper Association conference.