Changes to BC Press Council

The BC Press Council will now be responsible for adjudicating complaints regarding the websites of its member news organizations, the Council announced today. Directors voted unanimously to include member websites at their AGM in June.

This means that the Press Council’s complaints process is now available to community newspaper websites. Membership is also available to independent online media.

2009 BCYCNA/BC Press Council Scholarship Finalists Announced

The BCYCNA is once again about to award some of the largest and most accessible scholarship bursaries in British Columbia and Yukon.

Graduating high school students from all over BC and Yukon were asked to submit a 500-word essay to their community newspaper by April 24, 2009, where one local finalist would be chosen. Those finalists’ essays were then forwarded to the BCYCNA where, with the help of BC Press Council judges, the top three scholarship winners are now being selected.

Awards of $5,000, $3,500 and $1,500 will be awarded to the three students who best answer the question, “How can community newspapers better serve and engage their young readers?”

This is the ninth year in a row the two organizations have come together to bring much-needed funds to students seeking post-secondary education, and the initiative is only growing in popularity as more young people learn about it.

The three scholarships will be awarded to the winners at their graduating ceremony by a representative of their local community newspaper.  

Click on the link to see the list of High School Scholarship Finalists.