Finalists announced for 2010 National Newspaper Awards

The Toronto Star leads all newspapers in Canada with 16 finalists in the 62nd National Newspaper Awards competition, followed by The Globe and Mail with 11 finalists. The Gazette in Montreal earned seven nominations with The Canadian Press and La Presse in Montreal picking up six each. The National Post, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in Saint John, and the Winnipeg Free Press have three nominations.
The Hamilton Spectator had two. The 72 finalists in the 22 categories were announced on March 21, 2011, from the National Newspaper Awards office in Toronto. There were 1,472 entries in this year’s competition for works that appeared in the year 2010. In all, 24 news organizations have been nominated