Canadian Business Press and Magazines Canada Announce Winners of the 58th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards

TORONTO, June 7, 2012 /CNW/ - The winners of the 58^th annual Kenneth R. Wilson (KRW) Awards for business press journalism were announced this evening at a gala at The Carlu in Toronto, presented by CDS Global. Several hundred guests from Canada's magazine publishing industry gathered to see Gold, Silver and Honourable Mention awards handed out in 20 written, visual and special categories from a field of 152 nominations from 57 business-to-business (B2B) magazines. For a complete list of winners, visit the KRW Awards website at www.krwawards.ca.

Alberta Oil won the coveted title of Magazine of the Year.  The award for Website of the Year went to Finance-Investissement.com.

Marketing won the Gold awards for Best Cover ("Twitter") and Best Issue ("RIM"), and led all publications with 4 Gold and 2 Silver awards.

Les Affaires won 3 Gold Awards, followed by CAmagazine (2 Gold, 3 Silver) OHS Canada (2 Gold, 2 Silver) and Precedent (1 Gold, 2 Silver).

The most decorated individual writer was Chris Powell, whose feature "RIM Marketing Survival Guide" (Marketing) won Gold in Best Profile of a Company and Silver in both Best Feature Article and Best News Coverage.

Creative Director Barb Woolley won 3 awards. With Miki Arai she swept Gold and Silver in the category Art Direction for a Complete Issue, with the Gold for Precedent ("Now You See Her, Now You Don't") and the Silver for UTSC Commons. With Dominic Ayre, Barb Woolley also won Silver in Art Direction for an Opening Spread or Complete Feature (Precedent).

Top Winning Magazines at the 58^th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards:

Magazine	Gold	Silver	HM
Marketing	4	2	6
Les Affaires	3	0	8
CAmagazine	2	3	9
OHS Canada	2	2	1
Precedent	1	2	3
Canadian Grocer	1	1	3
Pour Parler Profession	1	1	0
Alberta Oil	1	0	6
L'actualité médicale	1	0	4
Listed	1	0	2
Hotelier	1	0	1
Finance et investissement	1	0	0
Le Médecin du Québec	1	0	0

Also winning a Silver award were Canadian Lawyer, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Jewellery Business, Profit, Retail News, Truck News and UTSC Commons.

WRITTEN CATEGORY WINNERS

BEST EDITORIAL

GOLD: Michel Dongois
Les héros ne prennent pas leur retraite
L'actualité médicale

SILVER: Rajendra Kale
Stop the violence and play hockey
Canadian Medical Association Journal

BEST FEATURE ARTICLE

GOLD: Jeromy Lloyd
Ready to Rumble
Marketing

SILVER: Chris Powell
RIM Marketing Survival Guide
Marketing

BEST HOW-TO

GOLD: Emmanuèle Garnier
Clinique médicale : comment gérer efficacement le personnel
Le Médecin du Québec

SILVER: Tom Weishaar
Stone-setting Techniques
Jewellery Business

BEST MERCHANDIZING / MARKETING ARTICLE

GOLD: Nancy Kwon
Inside Metro & Moi
Canadian Grocer

SILVER: Yan Barcelo
La bonne affaire
CAmagazine

BEST NEWS COVERAGE

GOLD: Suzanne Dansereau
Comprendre le Plan Nord
Les Affaires

SILVER: Chris Powell
RIM Marketing Survival Guide
Marketing

BEST ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTICLE

GOLD: William M. Glenn
Death in Uniform
OHS Canada

SILVER: Deborah Aarts, Kim Hart Macneill, Jim McElgunn
Your Next Big Thing
Profit

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTICLE

GOLD: Robert Thompson
But is it Art?
Listed

SILVER: John Lorinc
Insolvency Then and Now
CAmagazine

BEST PROFILE OF A COMPANY

GOLD: Chris Powell
RIM Marketing Survival Guide
Marketing

SILVER: James Menzies
Winds of Change
Truck News

BEST PROFILE OF A PERSON

GOLD: Valérie Lesage
Monsieur Concertation
Les Affaires

SILVER: Elizabeth Thompson
The Speaker
Canadian Lawyer

BEST REGULARLY FEATURED DEPARTMENT OR COLUMN

GOLD: David Malamed
Fraud
CAmagazine

SILVER: Sandra Rosier
Bar Code
Precedent

BEST RESOURCE / INFRASTRUCTURE ARTICLE

GOLD: Dan Birch
Safety Submerged
OHS Canada

SILVER: Jason Contant
Growth Experience
OHS Canada

BEST TECHNOLOGY / INDUSTRIAL / MANUFACTURING ARTICLE

GOLD: Rosie Lombardi
Answering the Call
Hotelier

SILVER: Jean Lian
Face Off
OHS Canada

VISUAL CATEGORY WINNERS:

ART DIRECTION OF A COMPLETE ISSUE

GOLD: Barb Woolley, Miki Arai
Now You See Her, Now You Don't
Precedent

SILVER: Barb Woolley, Miki Arai
Fall 2011
UTSC Commons

ART DIRECTION OF AN OPENING SPREAD OR COMPLETE FEATURE

GOLD: Jules-Alexandre Obry
Jeu vidéo : la bataille du recrutement fait rage
Les Affaires

SILVER: Barb Woolley, Dominic Ayre
Student Supplement
Precedent

BEST ILLUSTRATION

GOLD: Blair Kelly
Friendly Fraudster
CAmagazine

SILVER: Gérard DuBois
Insolvency Then and Now
CAmagazine

BEST PHOTOGRAPH

GOLD: Nelson Rand
Sur la ligne de tir
Pour parler profession

SILVER: Ian Crysler
Haute spécialisation
Pour parler profession

SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS:

BEST COVER

GOLD: Peter Zaver, Ally Tripkovic
Twitter
Marketing

SILVER: Trinh Truong
The Secret Life of Shoppers
Canadian Grocer

BEST ISSUE

GOLD: Peter Zaver, Tom Gierasimczuk
RIM Marketing Survival Guide
Marketing

SILVER: Underline Studio, Erica Kirkland
Your Guide to Summer Sales
Retail News

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

Alberta Oil (Publisher Ruth Kelly; Editor Darren Campbell; Art Director Kim Larson) is the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards Magazine of the Year. This is the second time in three years that Alberta Oil has won this most prestigious prize, given to the magazine that combines excellence in content and design, follows its mission and consistently engages with, and serves the needs of, its readers.

Covering Canada's dynamic energy industry with thought-provoking insight and sophisticated design, Alberta Oil is a smart publication that serves its readers with in-depth reportage, stunning photography and innovative packaging. The judges called it "incredibly well reported… It sets a broad context for understanding the issues and simply makes you feel smarter."

The other two finalists for Magazine of the Year were Marketing and Retail News.

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Finance-investiseement.com (Editor: Christian Benoit-Lapointe; Contributors: Elise Laplante, Léonie Laflamme-Savoie, Guillaume Poulin-Goyer, Stéphanie Ferrère, Jean-François Parent) was named Website of the Year at the 58^th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards. The award for Website of the Year goes to the website that most successfully fulfills its editorial mission, effectively serves its audience, maximizes use of the web, and represents the highest journalistic standards.

Providing industry coverage for French-Canadian financial advisors with a range of multimedia services, the web hub of Finance et investissement is as dynamic as it is informative, with original editorial content, interactive webinars and web TV. Said the judges: "Its success is in the skilled organization of a great volume of content… And with clear branding and comfortable design, it does everything well."

The other two finalists for Website of the Year were UniversityAffairs.ca and CanadianHealthCareNetwork.ca.

For a complete list of winners and to view full-text version of all finalists and winners, visit the KRW Awards website at www.krwawards.ca.

ABOUT THE 58th ANNUAL KENNETH R. WILSON AWARDS

The 58^th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards are co-produced by the Canadian Business Press and Magazines Canada. This partnership provides a broader, deeper and more truly national platform for the celebration of bilingual excellence in Canada's Business Press. The KRW Awards recognizes the outstanding efforts of business-to-business magazine content and is supported in part by the Government of Canada, through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) is an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport that facilitates economic development opportunities for Ontario's cultural media industries including: book and magazine publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, and sound recording industries. Ontario is a global hub for content creation and distribution. From digital innovation to literature, Ontario's cultural sectors contribute billions of dollars to the economy, employ hundreds of thousands of people and power some of the world's most innovative content. For investors and creators, businesses and consumers, OMDC's investment funds and programs help bring a wealth of opportunity to Ontario. Be part of it and visit OMDC.on.ca to learn more.

Canadian Business Press and Magazines Canada graciously acknowledge their sponsors, partners and donors who contributed to making this year's Kenneth R. Wilson Awards celebration a success. We also acknowledge our nearly 100 volunteer judges who evaluated more than 600 individual entries from 113 business-to-business magazines across Canada.

To find out more information about our generous sponsors, donors and judges, please visit www.krwawards.ca.

For further information:

about the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, please contact:
Richard A. Johnson
Media Liaison & Special Projects Manager
416.939-6200
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