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Jeff Sigmund
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March 11, 2008

NAA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN COLOR QUALITY AWARD WINNERS



Arlington, Va. – The Newspaper Association of America today announced the winners of its North American Color Quality Award, an honor given to the top newspapers that participated in the International Color Quality Club (INCQC).  The awards will be presented at NEXPO 2008, held during NAA’s Capital Conference in Washington, D.C. 

"The INCQC and NAA recognize the effort and precise attention to detail that goes into producing a high-quality daily newspaper,” said Michael Brady, NAA’s director of production operations.  “The caliber of this year’s recipients is remarkable, and is a testament to the growth of color advertising and the newspapers’ success in achieving exceptional color reproduction on newsprint."

The North American regional winners will be recognized in two categories, those with less than 100,000 circulation and those with a circulation of greater than 100,000.  This year’s winners are:

Over 100,000 Circulation

  • The Globe and Mail, National Edition, Boucherville, Canada
  • The Globe and Mail, National Edition, Vancouver, Canada
  • The Globe and Mail, Metro Edition, Toronto, Canada
  • La Presse, Montreal, Canada
  • The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo.
  • The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisc.

 

Less than 100,000 Circulation

  • The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Penn.
  • Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.
  • News Tribune, Jefferson City, Mo.

 

For more information about the International Newspaper Color Quality Club, visit www.colorqualityclub.org.  For a list of new Color Quality Club members, visit http://www.naa.org/Resources/Articles/Tech-Ops-International-Newspaper-Color-Quality-Club-INCQC-2008-2010-List-of-Winners.aspx


NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $59 billion newspaper industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Most NAA members are daily newspapers, accounting for 87 percent of the U.S. daily circulation. Headquartered in Arlington, Va., the Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that affect the newspaper industry collectively: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership. Information about NAA and the industry also may be found at naa.org.