The Nelson Star has won three Ma Murray journalism awards from the BC and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association.
Editor-reporter Tyler Harper won two first-place trophies during a ceremony Saturday in North Vancouver, while reporter Bill Metcalfe was also honoured.
Harper’s story “This story about AI was written by a human: How Nelson tech experts are using new artificial intelligence tools” won for Multimedia Feature reporting. The story was also previously nominated for technology writing at last November’s Jack Webster Awards.
Harper also won gold in the Environmental Initiative category for “Where do your old clothes go? Nelson thrift store struggling to keep donations out of landfill.”
Metcalfe meanwhile took first place in the category Neville Shanks Memorial Award for Historical Writing. Metcalfe’s prize was for the story “Nelson’s Chinese cemetery, once an expression of discrimination, now a source of pride.”