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Vote for Edmonton Public Library’s Alberta Readers’ Choice Award by May 31, 2012
The Edmonton Public Library’s third annual Alberta Readers’ Choice Award is back and it’s better than ever. This year, readers will have a tough job choosing between five outstanding books all written by authors residing in Alberta. Online voting is now open and you will have until midnight on May 31 to cast your ballot. Who will win Alberta’s only readers’ choice award? It’s up to you…vote today! Winner announced at the 2012 Alberta Literary Awards Gala on June 9, 2012. Read more 
AMPIA (Alberta Media Production Industries Association) Announces 2012 Rosie Award Winners
The 38th Annual Alberta Film and Television Awards (the Rosies) were handed out in Calgary on Saturday, May 11 – and what a show it was! Among the many highlights was Premier Alison Redford’s presentation of the AMPIA Award of Distinction to former Premier Peter Lougheed and his wife Jeanne. The other special award of the night was the Friend of the Industry Award, presented to Paul Roscorla and Paul Bronfman of William F. White . Other memorable moments included musical performances by Russell Broom and Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, as well as Andrea Menard’s beautiful tribute to those in our industry who have passed on in the last year. Read more
City of Edmonton Archives Launches First Online Exhibit Featuring Ella May Walker
The City of Edmonton Archives is going virtual with its first online exhibit profiling Edmonton author, artist and archive-advocate Ella May Walker. Key to the city’s artistic and historic communities, Walker was an easy choice for the première of the exhibit, which allows users to navigate through the city’s rich history without paying the price of admission at a museum. After moving to Edmonton in 1920, Walker was a member of the city’s Archives and Landmark Committee in the 1940s and ’50s – decades important to the building of the city’s archives, which now include 270,000 images and six vaults of documents. She died in 1960, but the exhibit hopes to revive interest in her work. Read more
Alberta Book > Writing the City: Poets Laureate of Edmonton, 2005-2013
The Edmonton Arts Council, on behalf of Edmonton City Council, has produced a new collection, Writing the City: Poets Laureate of Edmonton, 2005-2013. Edited by Douglas Barbour (poet, reviewer, and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Alberta), this anthology features works written by Alice Major, E.D. Blodgett, Roland Pemberton
(Cadence Weapon), and Anna Marie Sewell during their tenure. Read more
Huffington Post Canada to Expand to Alberta and BC Fall 2012
Weeks away from celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Huffington Post Canada, AOL Canada and the Huffington Post Media Group (HPMG) announce today a regional expansion that will include HuffPost British Columbia and HuffPost Alberta. The sites will feature HuffPost’s signature mix of news, blogging, community, and social engagement, to capture the unique cultures of both provinces, with regional editorial teams leveraging the power of the HuffPost platform to deliver the most important and most entertaining local stories. HuffPost British Columbia and HuffPost Alberta will bring HuffPost’s blogging platform to the Western Canadian media market, not only connecting readers with the news they most care about, but inviting them to tell their own stories. Read more
Weekly Newspapers in Alberta Award Winners Announced by Newspapers Canada
This week the St. Albert Gazette was named the best all-round newspaper in its circulation class (12,500-24,999) by Newspapers Canada. It is third time in four years the Gazette has been so honoured by the group that is a joint initiative of the Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association. “Based on the copies I read, the news staff at the Gazette is the most aggressive in this circulation category,” said judge Glen Mazza. “This newspaper is bursting with local news, features and events listings. News/sports briefs give the readers a glimpse of many events that don’t need in-depth coverage.” Mazza went on to say “a great effort is made to get spot news photos. Well thought-out headlines and leads were among the best in class. It is a nicely-designed paper and offers readers a compelling visual package. “Opinion writing mainly focused on local issues – we can read dailies for the national stuff.” Read more
Digital Alberta Awards in Calgary on June 4, Submission Deadline on May 14, 2012
The Digital Alberta Awards, now in its second year, is a program designed to recognize leaders in innovation, creativity and the evolving digital media sector in Alberta. Join Digital Alberta on Monday, June 4th at Hotel Arts in Calgary to celebrate achievement in Digital Media in Alberta. Two new categories this year — Best Campaign by a Media Outlet and People’s Choice Award for Most Inspirational Digital Leader. Sixteen awards will be handed out during the Digital Alberta Awards Gala on June 4. Submission deadline is May 16. Read more
Workshop > Blogging with WordPress to Win Friends, Find Fans and Persuade People to Support Your Nonprofit Organization
Learn to successfully plan, design, launch, maintain and promote a blog for your nonprofit organization on WordPress.com. Attendees will learn how to use Themes, Plugins, Widgets, and basic HTML to design a blog that matches your website and helps recruit new e-newsletter subscribers, online donors, and supporters on Facebook, Twitter and social media networks. From basic to advanced, this workshop explores the WordPress interface and toolset. Attendees learn how to insert select and insert images and videos into blog posts, monitor statistics on visitors and comments, and create an editorial content system that enables you to assign, track and monitor upcoming blog posts from multiple authors. Blogging best practices in terms of post frequency, length, tone, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are also covered in detail. Read more
iMedia 2012: Edmonton’s Social Media Conference, May 5, West Edmonton Mall
The iMedia Conference was created for all social media enthusiasts. Anyone who loves to blog, tweet, interact on facebook or simply connect online is encouraged to attend. The conference will include 2 keynote speakers and attendees choice of registering for 4 breakout sessions throughout the day. A panel of local #yeg iMedia-lites will be featured during lunch! iMedia was created by Carol McBee & Gillian Galante for social media enthusiasts of all backgrounds. The goal is to bring people together to foster new relationships as well as for personal and business growth. Read more
Personality Profile > Nick Lees, a Fleet Street Journalist and a “Man of Certain Age”
Nick Lees is a journalist, an adventurer, and a philanthropist, whose insightful writing has been a cornerstone of the Edmonton Journal for decades. In his new column, “Man of a Certain Age,” he tells it like it is—after two hip replacements and approaching 70—as he continues to travel to exotic places, run marathons, and cycle over mountain passes, more often than not in support of one charity or another. Lees also writes a weekly column called “Business Buzz” for the paper’s Business section, and a charity-focused human interest piece for the weekly City section. Read more
2nd Annual Edmonton Music Award Winners Announced on April 28, 2012
The second annual Edmonton Music Awards were handed out on Saturday, April 28 at the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton. Tupelo Honey was nominated for six awards and won for Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year. The Joe’s Float of Flail won Rap/Hip Hop Album of The Year, Manuela’s The Golden Story EP was named R&B/Soul Album of the Year, while 100 Mile House’s Hollow Ponds earned Roots/Folk Album of the Year. Two honours were decided by online votes — Shelbi, an up ’n’ coming rock group, picked up Artist To Watch, while Killinger, a hard rock act, won the People’s Choice Award. Read more
Alberta Winners of 2012 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards
The winners were honoured at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards gala on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the Fairmont Royal York at a gala hosted by Jeff Hutcheson, sports and weather anchor for Canada AM, Canada’s #1 morning show. This national awards program celebrates the very best in community publishing from across the country. Newspapers compete against each other in similar circulation classes and are judged by a panel of industry experts. With a diverse range of awards categories—covering writing, photography and multimedia—the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards offer learning opportunities for publications of all shapes and sizes. Read more
Marilyn
Jones is a corporate and social media advocate for individuals, small businesses
and nonprofit organizations in Alberta. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada and is the proprietor of RiverCity Productions. You can contact her
by phone at 780-695-5675 or by email at marilyn@mediamag.ca.