Canadian Lawyer wins ABM award for best single article

A feature article about lawyers on opposite sides of a free speech battle has won Canadian Lawyer magazine the best single article category award (for publications with revenue up to $3,000,000), at the American Business Media’s 56th annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony in New York yesterday.

War of the Words, byLisa Gregoire, appeared in the March 2009 issue of Canadian Lawyer. The article was handled by editorial director Gail Cohen and designed by art director Bill Hunter.The story was about the rivalry between lawyers Richard Warman (left) and Doug Christie.

Canadian Lawyer, published by CLB Media Inc., was also a finalist in the Best Integrated Package category for the October 2009 Report on Diversity, an integrated series of print, video and exclusive web articles.

The Jesse H. Neal Awards recognized excellence in b-to-b publishing; the awards this year included new categories recognizing journalistic enterprise regardless of medium – from publications and websites to social media, video, online tools and mobile applications.

“Being a finalist in the best integrated package category shows that CLB Media is indeed on the right track in adapting our brands to the fast-changing world of b-to-b media,” says CLB Media VP, Niel Hiscox, in a company release. “And of course, I’m thrilled with our win in the Best Single Article category – it certainly recognizes that Gail and her team have been publishing content at the highest levels in b-to-b media for a long time.”

CLB Media publishes more than 20 business-to-business publications, Web sites and provides a range of services including custom publishing, business lists, research, web development and industry events.  It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada Law Book Inc.