Frequent SC website and Trot Magazine contributors Norm Borg and Keith McCalmont have been nominated as finalists for the Media Sovereign Awards for 2013.
The winner in each of the three media categories will be announced at the 39th Annual Sovereign Awards Party on April 11, 2014 at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
Listed in alphabetical order, the finalists are:
Writing Category:
Alex Campbell – Saved for Now – Published in The Blood Horse
Keith McCalmont – Perfect Timber, Walker ready to take next step – Published on-line at woodbineentertainment.com
Beverley Smith – In the Wake of Uncertainty in Ontario “We’re Still Here Fighting,”– Published on-line at PaulickReport.com
Digital Audio/visual and Broadcast Category:
Norm Borg – HBPA Special Presentation – The Hall of Fame Series: Secretariat – Broadcast online at hbpa-on.ca
Horse Racing Alberta and Whiteiron Productions – 2013 Canadian Derby – Broadcast on the Canadian Television Network
Woodbine Entertainment’s Broadcast Department – The Ricoh Woodbine Mile – Broadcast on Sportsnet 360 television network
Photograph Category:
Michael Burns Jr. – Silhouette – Published in Toronto Star
Keith McCalmont – Snow Day – Published online at woodbineentertainment.com
Patti Tubbs – Frank Fuentes – Published online at horseracingbc.ca
The judging for the 2013 media categories was performed by the Journalism Professors at Humber, School of Media Studies & Information Technology, in Toronto, Ontario.