The Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation recently held its annual conference and meeting in Winnipeg, with more than 100 people in attendance.
Western Producer opinion features received two awards, and another two awards went to a writer who recently joined us. Editor Garry Fairbairn received a silver award in the press editorial category for “Why do farmers pay for rail cars?” Special Reports Editor Barry Wilson won a bronze in the column category for “Westerners get power.”
Meanwhile, D’Arce McMillan, formerly of the Regina Leader-Post, earned a gold in the same category for “Crow Benefit loss will be made easier.” He was awarded a silver in the daily press reporting category for a column in the L-P entitled “New responsibilities.”
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Congratulations to our staff and others for their awards. Being recognized by their peers at the national level is a credit to their fine abilities.
Other journalists from western Canada who received awards included:
Television news reporting: gold, Bill Black, RDTV, Red Deer, Alta., for “Swine class;” silver, Dianne Finstad, RDTV, Red Deer, for “Farm safety.”
Press editorial: bronze, Larry Thomas, Cattlemen, for “Fence lines.”
Press feature: gold, John Morriss, Manitoba Co-operator, Winnipeg, for “Eritrea/Ethiopia travels.”
Weekly press reporting: Laura Rance, Manitoba Co-operator, Winnipeg, for “Where’s efficiency gain?”
CFWF is a federation of provincial associations across Canada that have diverse memberships of people involved in agricultural communication.
It includes news media staff and freelancers as well as communicators in industry, education and governments.
