Outstanding Achievement

The National Media Awards Foundation‘s most prestigious individual prize since its inception in 1990 is the Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement, an award that recognizes an individual’s innovation and creativity through contributions to the magazine industry. The award is open to circulation experts, editors, marketing, sales and promotion professionals, publishers, creators, designers, production managers—in short, to everyone in the industry. It cannot be given posthumously. 

The NMAF is delighted to announce that Lisa Whittington-Hill is the recipient of the 2024 Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Lisa Whittington-Hill has been a stalwart of the Canadian magazine industry for many years. She can do it all. There is almost literally no one else who can so wonderfully fill the roles of publisher, editor, fundraiser, teacher, advocate, mentor, and inspirer-in-chief. At a time when the industry is in peril—and small magazines, in particular, seem perpetually on life support—we need journalists like Lisa more than ever. She swoops in, rolls up her sleeves, and makes publishing possible, all while cultivating the next generation of magazine contributors. The very definition of outstanding, Lisa is one of the most deserving winners of this award.

—NMA Jury

Learn more about Lisa.

Previous Outstanding Achievement Award Winners