A SURFING snap by Times News Group photographer Peter Marshall was judged one of the winners at this year\u2019s Victorian Country Press Association (VCPA) Awards.<\/p>\n
The picture, which showed some of the invitees to this year\u2019s 50-Year Storm Invitational enjoying a party wave at Bells Beach, featured on the front cover of the June 7 edition of the Surf Coast Times and won Best Sport Photo for publications with circulation over 6,000.<\/p>\n
In their remarks, judges said it was \u201ca great photo coupled with a great headline and a fantastic layout on the front page which incorporates the paper\u2019s masthead and an overlaid headline and caption \u2013 a technique which can impact on the integrity of an image if not used judiciously but in this case works a treat\u201d.<\/p>\n
Continuing the surfing theme, the Times News Group was also highly commended in the Best Editorial Video Award for a series of young interviewers talking to surfers at the 2018 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, which judges praised as \u201csimple in their content but exactly what works in the video medium\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Surf Coast Times\u2019 coverage of the Anglesea Futures project was highly commended in the Best Community Campaign Award for its \u201ccomprehensive coverage\u201d of the issues.<\/p>\n
The Surf Coast Times was also commended in the Overall Newspaper Excellence Award, with judges describing it as \u201ca quality newspaper with a magazine touch\u201d.<\/p>\n
The VCPA Awards were presented following the association\u2019s annual conference, held at Rydges Hotel in Melbourne on Friday last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A SURFING snap by Times News Group photographer Peter Marshall was judged one of the winners at this year\u2019s Victorian Country Press Association (VCPA) Awards. The picture, which showed some of the invitees to this year\u2019s 50-Year Storm Invitational enjoying a party wave at Bells Beach, featured on the front cover of the June 7 […]<\/p>\n