Toronto artist and illustrator recognized for her unique coverage of news events
Toronto artist and illustrator Sarah Lazarovic was honoured last night with an Online Journalism Award for her commentary.
Winner: Online Commentary, Medium: @MacleansMag, Sarah Lazarovic http://t.co/3tKH6eTBfT #OJA14 #ONA14
— Online News Assn. (@ONA) September 28, 2014
Lazarovic, who was not in Chicago at the awards, learned of her latest honours via Twitter:
.@sarahLazarovic’s brilliant sketch reporting for @macleansmag just won an #OJA14 award. Beyond proud. @susan_allan pic.twitter.com/prOcc2syZO
— Lindsey Wiebe (@lindseywiebe) September 28, 2014
@lindseywiebe @MacleansMag @susan_allan oh my gosh amazing!! thanks guys!
— sarah (@sarahLazarovic) September 28, 2014
In a competition dominated by American media, the Calgary Herald was also recognized for its coverage of the Alberta floods. A complete list of winners is here.
Lazarovic has also been nominated for a Canadian Online Publishing Award, which will be handed out in November.
Most recently, she filed while walking along with a climate protest in Toronto. Lazarovic is the author of the newly published A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy. To see more of her work at Maclean’s, follow this link.