RTDNA Canada Announces National Award Finalists

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 24, 2018 / RTDNA Canada is pleased to recognize journalistic excellence with the finalists for the National RTDNA Awards of Excellence.

RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital. “It has been another tumultuous year for journalism in this country but Canadian journalists have stood up to every challenge with passion, integrity and fortitude,” says RTDNA Canada President Ian Koenigsfest. “These prestigious RTDNA awards not only recognize excellence in journalism, they also reflect a healthy, vibrant and increasingly curious profession determined to remain committed to seeking out facts, balance and objectivity.”

National winners will be announced at the RTDNA Canada 2018 National Conference & Awards Gala. Join us May 25-26, 2018 at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto! For more information, please visit http://www.rtdnacanada.com/events/2018-national-conference/.

2018 RTDNA Awards – NATIONAL Finalists:

Digital

Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award

CBC Montreal, Evacuations Begin as Floods Strikes Montreal Area
CBC Vancouver, B.C. Wildfires: State of Emergency
Global Edmonton, U-Haul Attack

Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award

CBC Nova Scotia, CBC Investigates: IWK Expense Scandal
CBC Quebec, Quebec City Mosque Shooting
CBC Vancouver, The Fentanyl Fix
Global Edmonton, U-Haul Attack

Data Storytelling Award

CBC Montreal, What 10,000 Kickstarter Projects Reveal About Canada’s Entrepreneurs
CBC Saskatchewan, In Line for Life
CBC Vancouver, Election 2017: Stories Behind the Numbers
Global Halifax, Halifax Explosion

Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)

CBC Manitoba, Life on the Line
CTV Vancouver Island, B.C. Election 2017
CBC Windsor, I Am A Refugee
NEWS957, Halifax Explosion at 100, The City Remembers

Digital Media Award (Large Market)

CBC Edmonton, Little Pills, Big Trouble
CBC Montreal Website, Roots Of Montreal, Leonard Cohen, Mapping History, Bad Roads, Election Results
CBC Vancouver, CBC.ca/BC, B.C. Wildfires

Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award

CBC Montreal, The Rise of Mado Lamotte, Queen of Montreal’s Gay Village
CBC New Brunswick, “Don’t Be Racist”, Moncton Students Unite When Racism Erupts at High School Football Game
CBC Vancouver, Gay Afghan Fears Death Before Freedom in B.C.
CBC Yellowknife, My Language, My Heart

News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

CBC Montreal, Montreal Marks 375 Years
CBC Vancouver, Remembering Const. John Davidson
CTV Calgary, Civic Election 2017

Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award

CBC Calgary, Alberta’s $10-Billion Deficits: What’s Behind That Big, Scary Number
CBC Vancouver, Yvette Brend
TVO, TVO.org: John Michael McGrath on Urban Planning, Islamophobia
And Affordable Housing

Podcast Award

CBC Montreal,
Montreapolis

CBC NL,
Tedwalks: Holly Hogan
CBC Vancouver, 2050: Degrees of Change
Global News Radio – 770 CHQR Calgary, Off-Script Ep. 3: The Rosebud Project

Social Media Award

CBC Nova Scotia Facebook, Christopher Garnier Trial
CBC Saskatchewan, Sask Budget 2017
CBC Toronto, No Fixed Address
CBC Vancouver, B.C. Wildfires

Sports – Feature Reporting Award

CBC Edmonton, The Edmonton Oilers
Global BC, World’s Strongest Man

Multiplatform

In-depth or Investigative – Dan McArthur Award

CBC New Brunswick, The Lost Children
CBC Toronto, No Fixed Address
CBC Vancouver, The Big Bank Upsell
Global News Winnipeg / CJOB / Globalnews.ca, Robin Milne Medical Bills

Innovation Award

CBC New Brunswick, At Loggerheads: J.D. Irving and Other Forest Companies Take an Axe to the Longtime Marketing Board System
CBC Ottawa, A Heartbeat Away
CKNW, B.C.’s Family Justice System: In Our Children’s Best Interest?
Global Calgary, Decision Calgary

Radio

Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award

650 CKOM, Gunshots Fired in Downtown Saskatoon
CBC Montreal, Montreal Declares State Of Emergency, May 7, 2017
NEWS 1130, Dump Truck Crash

Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award

680 CJOB, Growing Pains
CBC B.C., On the Coast, Wasted Lives: BC’s Biggest Addiction Crisis
CBC Toronto, Finding Shannon
VOCM, Municipal Election 2017

Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award

CBC B.C., Reconcile This
CBC Quebec City, Reclaiming Traditions of Inuit Midwifery: Salluit’s Maternity Program
CBC Saskatchewan Morning Edition, Thom Collegiate Drummers

Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CBC Fredericton, Finding Max
CBC Kelowna, Towns on the Clock
CBC Sudbury, 18 Degrees
CBC Yellowknife, I Will Remember For You

Long Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CBC B.C., The Early Edition, Bikes for Syrian Kids
CBC Edmonton, Wapiti Flight 402: The Untold Story of the Noskiye Family
CBC Montreal, How Men Experience Intimate Partner Abuse

News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

1310NEWS, Ottawa River Flood Watch: Neighbourhoods Evacuated
CBC Calgary, A Homestretch Special: CBC Calgary Celebrates Canada’s 150th
CKRW The RUSH, The 34th Yukon Quest on CKRW The RUSH
NEWS957, Nova Scotia Votes 2017

Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award

770 CHQR Calgary, Gord Gillies: Step Up and Get an Arena Deal Done in Calgary
NEWS 1130, A Minute With Bill Good, 13-Sep-17
News Talk Radio, CJAD 800, Andrew’s Let’s Talk Story

Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award

CBC Prince Edward Island, Island Morning
CBC Saskatchewan Morning Edition, Fond-du-Lac Plane Crash
CBC Sudbury, National Aboriginal Day – Up North
CKNW, The Jon McComb Show, Fairytales of Royal Princesses and Senseless Politics

Radio Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Byron MacGregor Award

980 CJME, Wind and Fire Storm
AM800 CKLW, August 30, 2017 –
8:30am News, Major Flooding
CKBZ Kamloops, B-100 Noon News: 28-Apr-17
NEWS957, The NEWS957 Morning News

Radio Newscast (Large Market) – Byron MacGregor Award

660NEWS, Nenshi Wins Again
CBC Ottawa, Ottawa Radio News
CBC Vancouver, Oct 2, 2017: Las Vegas Shooter

Short Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

980 CJME, The Amazing Grace of Electronic Sight
CBC Kamloops, Road to Recovery
CBC London, Unity After Homophobic Slur, Torn By Cultural Differences: 2 Men Exchange Hugs and Roses After Homophobic Slur
NEWS957, Lenore Zann Speaks Out, #metooMLA

Short Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CBC Calgary, Oilpatch Dad
CBC Radio One, Bikers in the Louvre
NEWSTALK1010, Debating Armed Cops in Schools

Sound – Dick Smyth Award

CBC Calgary, Chaos Day
CBC Prince Edward Island, Riley’s Collection
CBC Sudbury, Soiled Undies
CBC Vancouver, 2050: Degrees of Change

Sports – Feature Reporting Award

CBC B.C., Major Misconduct: Why We Let Kids Fight On Ice
CBC Calgary, World Skateboarding Day 2017: Calgary’s 100% All-Girls Skate Club
CBC Sudbury, The 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs, Erik White

Television

Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award

CTV Vancouver, BC Forest Fires
CP24, BNR Fire
Global Edmonton, U-Haul Attack
NTV News, Froude Avenue Fire

Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award

CBC Atlantic, Deep Trouble: The Perils of the Right Whale
CTV Montreal, Over the Line: Life Through the Eyes Of Asylum Seekers
CTV News Vancouver Island, Parkinson’s Drug
Global Edmonton, U-Haul Attack

Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award

CBC Montreal, His Name was Anthony: The Life and Death of Anthony Griffin and How he Changed a City
CBC NL, Access Denied
Global BC, Inspirational Wrestler
Global Regina, Colonialism Skateboards

Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CBC Manitoba, A Syrian Girl’s Road To Recovery
CKPG News, Cougar Tracks: Sam Ruopp
CTV Atlantic, Mystery & Murder: The Last Public Execution in Halifax
CTV Northern Ontario, Life after The Military

Long Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

City TV, Two Kilometres to Terror: Life and Death Under ISIS
Global Edmonton, Fort McMurray: The Road Back

News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

CBC Ottawa News at 6, Canada Day 2017
CTV Vancouver, Election 2017
Global Calgary, #Our YYC on the Road – Calgary Stampede
Global Halifax, Decision Nova Scotia: Election 2017

Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award

CTV Vancouver, Officer Down, The Last Word With Mike McCardell
Global Edmonton, Referendum Referee, Bob Layton Editorial
Global Toronto, 93 Killed a Day at the Barrel of a Gun

Short Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CTV News Vancouver Island, Biggest Little Fan
CTV Regina, Harvesting Hope: The Brothers of the Bursary
CTV Windsor, Taking No Steps For Granted: Hunter’s Story
Global News, Dramatic Cat Rescue

Short Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

CBC Montreal, Out of the Shadows: Inside La Meute
Global Edmonton, Profiles in Courage: Christian Zyp
CTV Vancouver, Keeper of the Flag

Sports – Feature Reporting Award

CTV Edmonton, Ryder Soccer
CTV Kitchener, On the Roster, Field of Dreams
CTV News Vancouver Island, The Long Shots
NTV News, Little Hero, Big Champion

TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award

CBC Toronto, Our Toronto
CBC Vancouver, Our Vancouver: Life by the Ocean
CTV Atlantic, Grand Adventure in Grand Pre: Celebrating a 400-Year Friendship
CTV Regina, Indigenous Circle

TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Bert Cannings Award

CBC Saskatchewan, CBC Saskatchewan News at 6:00
CTV Atlantic, Battling the Blizzard: Weather Bomb Blankets the Maritimes
CTV Barrie, Highway 400 Crash
CTV News Vancouver Island, CTV News At 6

TV Newscast (Large Market) – Bert Cannings Award

CTV News Ottawa, Live in the Flood Zone: CTV Ottawa Special
CTV Vancouver, CTV News at 6
Global Calgary, Waterton Wildfire

Video – Hugh Haugland Award

CTV News Ottawa, Sweet Canadiana, The Untold Story of Oscar Peterson’s World Famous “Canadiana Suite”
CTV Vancouver, One-Handed Shooter
Global Regina, Junkaholic

About RTDNA

RTDNA Canada is the voice of electronic and digital journalists and news managers in Canada. The members of RTDNA Canada recognize the responsibility of broadcast and digital journalists to promote and to protect the freedom to report independently about matters of public interest and to present a wide range of expressions, opinions and ideas. The RTDNA Canada Journalistic Code of Ethics, adopted by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, is used to measure fairness and accuracy in our profession.

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Contact Information

Ian Koenigsfest
President, RTDNA Canada

president@rtdnacanada.com

Jennifer Nguyen
RTDNA Canada Awards

info@rtdnacanada.com
http://www.rtdnacanada.com

SOURCE: RTDNA Canada

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