The Toronto Star won a bundle of awards at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards this week, and I was a very small part of it.
The newsroom puts a lot of time into training and thinking digitally. It's quite a task, especially for the veteran reporters, to think outside a print medium. But our site has a good mix of interactive features, high-quality videos and bunch of other story-telling tools.
The Star took silver for best news coverage, based on three stories: the Eaton Centre shooting, the federal budget and the Union Station flooding that happened on a Friday at rush hour. I was involved in the latter, writing and updating an article at least 15 times and working the phones while multiple reporters sent me what they saw and heard on the scene. I'm thrilled to have been a small part of our award.
One of the best features the Star won a COPA for was Somalia, Where Famine is a Crime. The site combines videos, photo galleries and captivating writing by videographer Randy Risling and our national security reporter Michelle Shephard (who I'm a huge fan of). You should really take a look at it.
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