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June 22, 2009

NAIT's techlife: Best New Magazine at Western Magazine Awards

June 22, 2009 – Up against some tough competition, NAIT's technology lifestyle magazine -- techlife -- was named Best New Magazine Friday by the Western Magazine Association at its 27th Annual Western Magazine Awards in Vancouver.

Alberta Home, Goats Across Canada, Up Here Business and Yukon, North of Ordinary were also nominated for the award.

"This is an exceptional accomplishment by a great team," says techlife editor Sherri Krastel. "The quality of the work continues to stand out against the best not only post-secondary, but the Canadian publishing industry as well."

Techlife magazine was launched in October 2007 to tell stories of people, technology and innovation from one of the country's leading institutes of technology, and has received a number of recent recognitions including:

• International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Capital Award of Excellence in Edmonton
• Best cover runner-up from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association in Calgary
• Silver for periodicals from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VIII Communications Awards in Seattle
• Silver for best magazine from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education Annual Awards in Hamilton earlier this month

Kristen Vernon, managing editor, and Derek Lue, art director, were present to accept the honour.

The editorial team, which includes several NAIT alumni, is outlined on the techlife magazine masthead and can be read at http://www.techlifemag.ca/.

Read more at:

http://www.techlifemag.ca/

http://www.westernmagazineawards.ca/

For more information, please contact:
Ruth Juliebo
NAIT Media Relations
Department of Corporate Communications
P 780.471.8447 C 780.983.3241 E ruthj@nait.ca