
(From Left to Right): Jim Romahn, Record farm reporter; Charlotte Ketchum; Sandy Baird, publisher, Kitchener-Waterloo Record; His Excellency Edward Schreyer Governor General of Canada; Her Excellency Lily Schreyer; Barb Romahn; Brock Ketcham, Record business reporter; and Connie Baird.
The Michener Award for meritorious and disinterested public service in journalism is the only Canadian journalism award bearing the name of a governor general and it differs from most such awards in that it goes to the organization, not to individuals.