{"id":116395,"date":"2016-03-24T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/116395\/gcn-one-of-the-best\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T06:56:27","slug":"gcn-one-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/03\/24\/gcn-one-of-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"GCN recognised at award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cFantastically\u201d themed 27th Annual Caxton Excellence Awards were held at the Johannesburg Theatre, on Thursday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was MCed by Sharlene Surtie Richards and saw performances from SAMA winners Nathi and Desmond and the Tutus, as well as acrobatic performers, contortionists and aerial dancers.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Among the awards given out on the evening the GCN was named as one of the four finalists in the best free newspaper pagination less than 20 category.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN\u2019s sister paper Southern Courier was also nominated in the best free newspaper pagination more than 20 category, while Joburg East\/South branch\u2019s Louis van Niekerk won Ad Designer of the Year and Joburg South\u2019s Elizabeth Madonsela walked away as Switchboard Operator of the Year.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The GCN team, editor Melissa Hart, senior journalist Leigh Hodgson, sports journalist Puleng Sekabate and property advertising consultant Adell\u00e9 Boshoff were at the event to celebrate the paper\u2019s achievement with all the other winners and nominees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other awards on the evening included:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Portrait Photograph \u2013 Hugo Redelinghuys from George Herald<\/li>\n<li>Best Feature Photograph \u2013 Amy Jenkins from Zululand Observer<\/li>\n<li>Best Hard News Photograph \u2013 Jannie du Plessis from Vaalweekblad<\/li>\n<li>Best Sport Photograph \u2013 Hugo Redelinghuys from George Herald<\/li>\n<li>Photographer of the Year \u2013 Jannie du Plessis from Vaalweekblad<\/li>\n<li>Most Promising Newspaper Journalist of the Year \u2013 Kristian Meijer from Rekord Pretoria<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia Storyteller of the Year \u2013 Zsaraeva Nel and Gerhard Rheeder from Middelburg Observer<\/li>\n<li>Get It Journalist of the Year \u2013 Genevieve Beyleveld from Get It Joburg North<\/li>\n<li>Newspaper Journalist of the Year \u2013 Daleen Naud\u00e9 from Middelburg Observer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='827c45b076cff9def1195266b74a2636'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GCN was named as one of the four finalists in the best free newspaper pagination 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