{"id":10036,"date":"2019-04-04T12:13:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=10036"},"modified":"2019-04-04T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:13:41","slug":"healey-earns-aja-nomination-in-digital-excellence-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=10036","title":{"rendered":"Healey earns AJA nomination in digital excellence: breaking news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER: <\/strong><em>The Laker\u2019s<\/em> Pat Healey has earned an Atlantic Journalism Award (AJA) nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AJAs announced their finalists for the 2018 competition on April 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Healey\u2019s\n coverage of the support shown for the DeGaust family after their home \nwas destroyed by fire in September 2018 earned a nomination in the \n\u201cExcellence in Digital Journalism: Breaking News\u201d category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \ncoverage included the fire itself; the search for the families lost cat,\n who after a few days returned; the support shown to the family from the\n community; and how their son\u2019s elementary school, Ash Lee Jefferson \neven stepped up raising money through a fundraiser organized by Mrs. \nRoss\u2019 class, where Ronan was a classmate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are links to Pat\u2019s coverage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-the-laker\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/family-escapes-fall-river-house-fire\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-the-laker\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/family-blown-away-by-support-since-fire\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-the-laker\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/heartwarming-help-for-ronan\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Healey\n is nominated alongside Elizabeth Fraser\u2019s coverage for CBC N.B. of the \nFredericton shooting; and CBC NS Elizabeth McMillan\u2019s story on the \nfamily of four children killed in a fire in Pubnico being overwhelmed \nwith support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Healey, in the \u201cBest Community Newspaper News Story\u201d category, <em>The Reporter\u2019s<\/em> Drake Lowthers was nominated for his extensive reporting of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Halifax Magazine<\/em>\n has three nominations: in the \u201cAltantic Magazine\u201d category for Richard \nWoodbury\u2019s article \u201cOut of the Darkness\u201d; in the category of \u201cAtlantic \nMagazine-Best Profile\u201d for Maggie Rahr\u2019s \u201cStanding on his Own\u201d; and in \nthe \u201cEntertainment Reporting-Any Medium\u201d category again for Maggie \nRahr\u2019s Standing on his Own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Saltscapes<\/em> has two \nnominations: in the category of \u201cAtlantic Magazine-Best Cover\u201d for the \nWinter 2018 edition; and in the \u201cAtlantic Magazine-Best Profile\u201d \ncategory for Jenn Thornhill\u2019s \u201cVerma\u2019s Half a Century a Fisherman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View\/listen to all 2018 finalists at: <em>www.ajasonline.org\/finalists2018<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gold and silver awards will be presented on Saturday, May 11 at the Halifax Harbourfront Marriott Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information can be found at: <em>www.AJAs.ca<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FALL RIVER: The Laker\u2019s Pat Healey has earned an Atlantic Journalism Award (AJA) nomination. 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