The Dialog’s Art director / illustrator Samantha Bullis won the John H. McDonald Award for excellence in student journalism in the layout and design category.

The Dialog’s Art Director/Illustrator Samantha Bullis won the prestigious John H. McDonald (JHM) award for excellence in student journalism. Bullis won the layout and design category for her infographic “War & Conflict a Torontonian Perspective.”

Bullis, a student in George Brown College’s graphic design program, was also a finalist in the comics and best front page categories.

“I’m thrilled to have been shortlisted and am ecstatic to have won,” said Bullis. “Our new staff has put the paper on an upward trajectory and I’m excited to see where we’ll take it in the future.”

The Dialog’s news editor Preeteesh Peetabh Singh was also a finalist in the sports writing category.

According to the website for the national conference of Canadian University Press (CUP), the JHM awards were envisioned to be similar in character to the National Newspaper Awards started by the Toronto Press Club in 1949.

There was a total of 570 entries for this year’s JHM awards in 21 categories. The full list of JHM award finalists can be viewed on the CUP website.

In a country as peaceful as ours, it’s often hard to wrap one’s head around the realities of conflict. So, we’ve put together this infographic to help put the facts and figures in a less abstract and more uniquely Toronto context.
Infographic by Samantha Bullis/The Dialog