MISSISSAUGA – The list of finalists for the 2021 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs), presented by Masthead, is out and Cartt.ca is ecstatic to be on it.
Announced yesterday, Cartt.ca’s 10-part series on Canadian radio is one of five finalists in the category of Best Investigative Article – Business. The series, written by Steve Faguy with Greg O’Brien as editor and publisher, was published in March and April of this year. It features the following articles:
- The Future of Radio (Part I): The good, and the bad, of the generic brand trend
- The Future of Radio (Part II): Searching for success while walking fine line between local and syndicated
- The Future of Radio (Part III): Pandemic ad famine accelerated structural shifts
- The Future of Radio (Part IV): How the pandemic changed listening habits
- The Future of Radio (Part V): The online transformation
- The Future of Radio (part VI): Managing the decline of AM
- The Future of Radio (part VII): Why it’s time to drop station ownership limits
- Future of Radio (part VII): No new news quotas needed
- The Future of Radio (Part IX): Opening bids in the battle over music quotas
- The Future of Radio (Part X): Easing the paperwork nightmare
The COPAs have been awarded annually since 2009 when they started “as an industry showcase of the Best Digital Content creators in the magazine and newspaper industries,” according to the awards’ website.
“In 13 years it has become the largest Digital Publishing Awards Program in Canada with 4 divisions – Academic, B2B, B2C and News/Sports with a mandate to reflect Canada’s multi-cultural diversity whenever possible,” the website says.
The awards are scheduled to be held in February 2022. For more, including a complete list of finalists, please click here.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
