RTDNA Canada Announces 2017 National Award Finalists
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 1, 2017) - RTDNA Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the RTDNA Canada National Awards. The entries represent excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in Canada.
The RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital. "As our industry continues to weather a bombardment from many fronts, it is crucial to pause, regroup and celebrate outstanding Canadian journalism," says RTDNA Canada President Ian Koenigsfest. "All nominees should be proud of the exceptional work they have submitted for the RTDNA's prestigious National awards; our industry is stronger because of them."
CBC Nova Scotia: School Board Deals with Racially Charged Incidents
CBC Yellowknife: Kitikmeot Women Revive Traditional Inuit Tattoos
Charlie Edwards Award - Spot News
CBC Toronto: Rob Ford's Death Coverage
CTV Vancouver Island: On-Duty Mountie Killed in Langford Crash
Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Data Storytelling Award
CBC Vancouver: Every Parking Ticket Issued in Vancouver Last Year
CBC Yellowknife: Is Yellowknife Ready to Reckon with Its Toxic Legacy?
CTV News Ottawa: Fort McMurray Fire Spread Comparison Graphic
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
CBC Montreal Website: Engaging Our Audience Digitally
Global Edmonton: Family Matters
NEWS1130.COM
Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Nova Scotia Facebook: CBC.CA/NS
CBC Saskatchewan: SK Votes 2016: Brad Wall Wins 3rd Majority in Saskatchewan
CBC Thunder Bay: Deep Water
Gord Sinclair Award - Live Special Events
CBC Prince Edward Island: CBC Public Forum on Electoral Reform
CBC Vancouver: Royal Visit
CBC Whitehorse: Yukon Royal Visit
Ron Laidlaw Award - Continuing Coverage
CBC Hamilton: Tim Bosma Murder Trial Coverage
CBC Nova Scotia: Norwegian-Canadian War Hero
Global BC News Online: Fentanyl Crisis in B.C.
Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Sam Ross Award - Editorial / Commentary
CBC Montreal: Editorial Value: Politics, Sports and Indigenous Affairs
CBC Vancouver: Big Oil vs. Big Whale: Will Pipeline Trump Orca?
CTV Calgary: Postscript
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
CBC Edmonton: Winter Cycling 101
CBC Montreal: Montrealer's Collection is a Snapshot of Baseball History
Global News BC Online: BC Wrestler's Legendary Career
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
CBC North: 2016 Arctic Winter Games
Multiplatform
Dan McArthur Award - In-Depth or Investigative
CBC New Brunswick: Special Deals
CBC Thunder Bay: Deep Water
CBC Vancouver: The Frontline of Fentanyl
Radio
Adrienne Clarkson Award - Diversity
CBC Quebec City: Facing Justice: Canada's Treatment of Indigenous Offenders
CBC Saskatchewan: CBC Blue Sky: The R Word - Racism in Saskatchewan
CBC Vancouver: Finding Refuge
Byron MacGregor Award - Best Newscast (Small Market)
989XFM: 8 A.M. News - July 28, 2016
CKBZ Kamloops: B-100 Noon News
Byron MacGregor Award - Best Newscast (Medium Market)
650 CKOM: Midday Report: David Kirton & Gerald Bauman
CBC Windsor: Windsor Morning: Tornados Land
C-FAX 1070 AM: Victoria @ Noon
Byron MacGregor Award - Best Newscast (Large Market)
1310NEWS: The 1310 Morning News
660NEWS: Wildfire
CBC Vancouver: Radio News: Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion, Nov. 29, 2016
Charlie Edwards Award - Spot News
680 NEWS: Stakeout, Shootout, and a Stabbing
CBC Calgary: News Special: The Death of Jim Prentice: Former Premier Killed in a Plane Crash
CBC Prince Edward Island: School Evacuations
Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature (Small/Medium Market)
980 CJME: Martel on the Move - Election IQ
CBC Nelson: Daybreak South: Expedition to Earth
CBC Thunder Bay: A Promise Kept
Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature (Large Market)
630 CHED: Metis Welcome: Kirby Bourne Tour
CBC Vancouer: Facing Fentanyl: A Young Addict and his Mom
NEWSTALK1010: City Hall Lunacy: James Moore
Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Nelson: Daybreak South: The Krazy Canadian
CBC Nova Scotia: Atlantic Voice: A Journey to Jamaica
CBC Quebec City: Unique Home Care Program for Mentally Ill Patients
CBC Whitehorse: Ross River Reacts to Fatal Dog Attack on Community Member
Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature (Large Market)
CBC Edmonton: Dental Nightmare: 'Life Will Never be the Same'
CBC Montreal: Two Veterans, Decades Apart
CKNW: On the Front Lines at St. Paul's Hospital
Dick Smyth Award - Creative Use of Sound
CBC Edmonton: Waterbeds: From a Flood to a Drip
CBC Toronto: Metro Morning: "Letters to Mohammed"
CBC Vancouver: Fault Lines: 24 Hours After
Gord Sinclair Award - Live Special Events
570News Kitchener: Live Remembrance Day Broadcast
650 CKOM's Day of Caring for Fort McMurray
CBC Vancouver and CBC Calgary: Pipeline Persuasion
Peter Gzowski Award - Radio News Information Program
CBC New Brunswick: Information Morning Fredericton: Feb. 22, 2016
CBC Quebec City: Six Quebecers Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
News Talk 770: Return to Fort McMurray
Ron Laidlaw Award - Continuing Coverage
660NEWS: The Beast
CBC Sudbury: The Fight to Save Local Schools
CBC Vancouver: Fault Lines
Sam Ross Award - Editorial / Commentary
980 CJME: Taylor Field - Saying Farewell
NEWS 1130: A Minute with Bill Good
NEWSTALK1010: Pulse Nightclub Aftermath: Jim Richards
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Kamloops: Daybreak: Women's World Hockey Comes to Kamloops
CBC Thunder Bay: Drunkinental Cup
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
CBC Calgary: Taekwondo Kid
CBC Montreal: Andie's All Stars: Fiona Robinson
CBC Vancouver: Field of Dreams: Uganda's Improbable Journey to the Softball World Championships
Television
Adrienne Clarkson Award - Diversity
CBC News Manitoba: Access Denied
City: Transgender Surgery
CTV Atlantic: Being Muslim: New Home, New Challenges
Global News BC: Haida People
Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast (Small Market)
CBC New Brunswick
CBC North: Northbeat
CFJC TV: A Reunion 38 Years in the Making, Nov. 17, 2016
Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast (Medium Market)
CTV Kitchener: Bosma Verdict
Global Halifax: News at 6: December 5, 2016
Global Saskatoon: La Loche School Shooting, January 22, 2016
Bert Cannings Award - Best Newscast (Large Market)
CTV News Toronto: CTV News at Six
Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Global News BC: Snow Mayhem, Monday, December 5, 2016
Charlie Edwards Award - Spot News
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador: Here & Now: Bay de Verde Fish Plant Fire
CTV News Ottawa: Sinkhole Swallows Rideau Street
CTV Vancouver: Snowstorm
Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature (Small/Medium Market)
CTV Kitchener: Calendar Girls
Global New Brunswick: Senior Dog Walker
Global Regina: An Olympic Heart
Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature (Large Market)
CBC Vancouver News at 6: Forever Young
CTV Calgary: Transplant Reunion
CTV News Ottawa: Making an Impression: 13-Year-Old Evan Sharma is Being Called "The Next Picasso"
Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature (Small/Medium Market)
CKPG: I Hear Vinyl's Back
Global Regina: Wasted
NTV: The Carter File Special: No Place Like Home
Dave Rogers Award - Long Feature (Large Market)
CBC News: Vancouver at 6: A Night in the ER: Fentanyl Crisis Ground Zero
CTV News Edmonton: Mustang Ride
Global News: Cold Case
Gord Sinclair Award - Live Special Events
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador: Beaumont-Hamel 100
CP24: Olympic Parade
CTV Vancouver: The Royal Visit
Hugh Haugland Award - Creative Use of Video
CTV News Edmonton: HIV
CTV News Toronto: In an Officer's Shoes
CTV Vancouver: Secret Bowling Alley
Ron Laidlaw Award - Continuing Coverage
CTV Atlantic: Red Tape: Family Fights for Lost Boy
CTV Vancouver: Fentanyl Epidemic
Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Sam Ross Award - Editorial / Commentary
CTV Atlantic: Freedom's Not Just another Word: Reflections on the Sacrifice of Those Who Served
Global Edmonton: Life School: Bob Layton Editorial
Global Toronto: God Has Left Twitter
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
CHEK: Liam Runs
CTV Atlantic: Maritime Referees: A Closer Look at the Men in Stripes
CTV Kitchener: On the Roster: Blind Curlers
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
CTV News Ottawa: Joe Sandulo in the Battle of His Life
CTV Vancouver: Life on the Line: The Nolan Bellerose Story
CTV Winnipeg: Picture Perfect
Trina McQueen Award - Television News Information Program
CTV Atlantic: We Remember: Of Service and Sacrifice
Global News BC: In Conversation with the Prime Minister
Global Regina: Focus Saskatchewan
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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.