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Chilliwack Progress up for 2 provincial Ma Murray Awards

Newspaper nominated for general excellence; journalist Jenna Hauck for writing award
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Chilliwack’s Anne Schaefer, 100, has been making quilts for charity for decades, and her friends gather she’s made more than 1,000 of them. Jenna Hauck, multimedia journalist with The Chilliwack Progress, is up for a Ma Murray award in the ‘arts and culture writing’ category for her story on Schaefer. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

The Chilliwack Progress is up for two provincial newspaper awards.

The finalists for the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s 2024 Ma Murray Awards were announced on Friday, March 22.

The Chilliwack Progress has been nominated for general excellence in its circulation category, while multimedia journalist Jenna Hauck is up for an arts and culture writing award for her story on a 100-year-old quilter.

Hauck’s article features Chilliwack’s Anne Schaefer who has made around 1,000 quilts which have all been donated to charity.

READ MORE: ‘We figure she’s made over 1,000 quilts,’ says friend about 100-year-old Chilliwack woman

The winners will be announced during the Ma Murray awards event on April 20 in North Vancouver.