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VoicePrint's "Deadline Gold" Spotlights a National Newspaper Award Winner in St. John's

TORONTO, Apr. 2, 2002 - The light will shine brightly on Wednesday, April 3 at 12:30 and 9 p.m. on a past National Newspaper Award winner: from the St. John's Telegram.

The Deadline Gold series will honour Newfoundland's Ray Guy, the renowned - and sometimes controversial - writer and journalist (1967 NNA winner for feature writing).

Mr. Guy's article is a caustic account of his journey to St. John's to Port Aux Basques and back again in search of an answer to what was then a pressing question: is a rickety, second-class railroad, which travels through some of Newfoundland's most scenic spots, really worth saving?

As well as looking back, Deadline Gold also will feature articles nominated for 2001 National Newspaper Awards, culminating April 26 in a live broadcast from Calgary, where this year's winners will be announced.

Deadline Gold can be heard across Canada on VoicePrint on cable through the S.A.P. of CBC Newsworld, on Star Choice channel 825, on Express Vu channel 967, on Look TV channel 100 (audio 2) or live on the Internet at www.voiceprint.ca.

VoicePrint is a division of The National Broadcast Reading Service Inc. (NBRS): a non-share corporation dedicated to enhancing access to printed news and information for 3.2 million vision- and print-restricted Canadians. Licensed by the CRTC, the round-the-clock service provides an audio version of newspaper and magazine stories, features and editorials. AudioVision Canada, the second division of NBRS, is the pre-eminent Canadian producer of description products that allows vision-restricted viewers enhanced and independent access to television and movies.

For more information, contact
Arlene Patterson, VoicePrint Manager
Tel: 416-422-4222 ext. 222
e-mail: apatterson@nbrscanada.com