
(From Left to Right): Lorraine Locherty, Calgary Herald; Bruce Penton, Publisher, The World-Spectator, Moosomin, Saskatchewan; Arthur Wood, Publisher, Winnipeg Free Press; Former Governor General Roland Michener, Her Excellency Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada; reporter Paul Palango, representing The Globe and Mail and the winner of the 1988 Michener Award; Scott Macrae, Editor of the Vancouver Sun; Gerry Proctor, News Director, Rock 103 (CJMO-FM) Moncton; Al MacKay, vice president of CJOH-TV, Ottawa.
The Michener Award for meritorious and disinterested public service in journalism is the only Canadian journalism award bearing the name of a governor general and it differs from most such awards in that it goes to the organization, not to individuals.
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