Tiny BC publication lands third straight National Newspaper Award nomination

For the third consecutive year, the Fraser Valley Current is a finalist for a National Newspaper Award. Editor Tyler Olsen is a finalist in the local reporting category for his reporting on the collapse of the Black Press media empire. Last year, the same series of stories won a Jack Webster Award, BC’s highest journalism honour. Tyler won the NNA local reporting category last year for his coverage of the rebuilding of Lytton.

The Current is one of only three small news outlets named as finalists this year. Paige Taylor White of IndigiNews is a finalist in the sports category for her pieces on a women’s basketball team playing in the All Native Basketball Tournament. And the Nunatsiaq News was honoured for its coverage of the Nunavut Quest trek. Legendary Vancouver Sun/Province crime reporter Kim Bolan is also a finalist for her international reporting on the reach of BC crime organizations.

You can see all the finalists here.

You can support The Current’s journalism here.