VoicePrint, Canada's 24/7 audio newsstand, continued its award-winning tradition when four of its regular 2008 programs won gold medals at this year's tightly contested competition of the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS), which took place at Cincinnati, Ohio.

VoicePrint won in the following categories:

Magazines II
In Depth Program - The Walrus
VoicePrint in Toronto, ON
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Volunteer readers: Melissa Ungar and Michael Slack

Producer: Tony King

Description: Magazines play a particularly vital role in both journalism and society as a whole. This is the content people turn to when in need of lengthy analyses of complex current issues, discussions that, due to time and space constraints, dailies simply can’t provide. In this particular episode of In Depth, we feature articles from The Walrus, an award-winning Canadian monthly magazine.
 
Narrative Reading II
Stone Soup Anthology
VoicePrint in Lethbridge, AB
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Volunteer readers: Cathy Penich and Marie Imrie de Gomez

Producers: Marlene and Jonathan Dean

Description: This volunteer produced program is a collection of original short stories and poems by writers in Alberta. Touching on aboriginal aspects of Canadian life, this show is filled with lively narration and clever literary references to the national landscape, and features a series of different voices, which makes for a pleasant audio experience. The title Stone Soup was inspired by this fable. The moral of that fable: that by working together, with everyone contributing what they can, a greater good is achieved. How fitting for this organization!
 
News Digest II
Beyond Our Borders
VoicePrint in Toronto, ON
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Volunteer reader: Galit Solomon (Ms. Solomon is a Reporter for CTV News Toronto)

Producer: Paula Dineen

“Because you’re relying on just your voice, you have to be more animated than you would on TV,” says Galit Solomon, reporter for CTV News Toronto.

Description: To help our listeners better understand what’s happening throughout the globe, VoicePrint delivers a comprehensive compendium of top articles from such internationally respected publications as The New York Times, The Economist and The Washington Post. Beyond Our Borders, is a must-hear destination for listeners of all ages who want a thorough wrap-up of world events and issues from leading writers and thinkers
 
Newspapers II
GTA Report
VoicePrint in Toronto, ON
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Volunteer reader: James Murdoch

Description: When the biggest newspaper in Canada, The Toronto Star, in the country’s biggest city decided to do an in-depth look at an apparent rise of gang violence in the Greater Toronto Area, VoicePrint rushed audio versions of these articles to air. Truly it was news our listeners could use and served as a reminder of the importance of providing timely community news.

Every year, IAAIS members come together to meet, to exchange ideas and to honour the best programming of the year. Since 2002, VoicePrint has won 19 IAAIS programming awards. Submissions are judged on: packaging (format/continuity, smooth introduction and conclusion); presentation (program concept, voice quality, professionalism and pace); and technical (recording quality, fidelity and levels).