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We’ve got finalists in the best column, online video and short feature categories.

Hair jewellery to covet and collect Hair jewellery to covet and collect Today’s hair jewellery is both practical and pretty. We’re pinning our hopes on these simple and elegant accessories Deborah Pagini’s hair pins in gold, rose, silver and black  Hair jewellery goes from functional accessory to chic adornment in the hands of jewellery designers, who imbue even the most practical pieces with an easy elegance. Barrettes, hair clips and jewelled pins in sleek shapes are a relaxed way to upgrade your look, spelling the end of bad hair days once and for all. Misho hair jewellery

The nomination for Cheung is a particularly special one that recognizes the talent and generous spirit of a young reporter with a long career ahead of him, said Tyee editor Robyn Smith. “Countless readers who’ve known the all-round excellence of Chris for a while now will be celebrating with him today,” she said. Cheung makes videos and data maps, takes stunning photographs employing strict ethics and makes wonderful illustrations — in addition to his superb abilities as a reporter and lively, engaging writer, Smith said. “In just a few years Chris has built a significant audience ...

But listen. Nike and their SNKRS app are not making it easy on me, and this webcomic? With a Dominican-American shoe-savvy teen illustrated by the same artist I fell in love with via Air Jordan 1 frequently drops some really cute sneakers that tug at my need for bright, vivid colors. They also speak to my nostalgia of begging my parents for the new Jordans back in high school. Admittedly, I thought the webcomic would just be a cute little webcam style thing that showed our lead character, Marisol, going on and on about why you needed to buy the shoes so you, um,

How student debtors took a radical idea to the mainstream Illustrations by Lyndon Hayes In the summer of 2007, Thomas Gokey had just graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and he was thinking about how much his degree had cost him. His diploma was a simple piece of paper, but it came with a price tag of thousands of dollars—dollars that were themselves pieces of paper, transmitted to him in the form of student loans, which he now owed to the federal government. While chewing on this thought, he had an idea for a project that would occupy him for much of the next year. He...