The
Frewin Award is awarded to urban daily newspapers with a circulation above 50 000; The
McCall Award recognises urban daily newspapers with a circulation of 50 000 or less; the
Joel Mervis Award recognises urban weekly newspapers irrespective of circulation and is limited to weekly newspapers.
The finalists for the
Frewin, McCall and Joel Mervis Awards are listed as the following below.
Frewin
- Die Burger;
- Beeld; and
- Citizen.
McCall
- The Witness;
- Volksblad; and
- Pretoria News.
Joel Mervis
- Naweek Beeld;
- Rapport; and
- Mail & Guardian.
The Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 19 October at The Venue Greenpark, also known as Johannesburg World Trade Centre, in Sandton, Gauteng. Judging the entries was Clive Loxton, creative faculty head of the AAA School of Advertising as well as the convener of judges, including Logan Naidu, Tebogo Serobatse, and Linda Rademan.
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The finalists for the 2017 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards were recently announced. You can read more here: 2017 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards finalists announced.