(MENAFNEditorial) RTDNA Canada Announces National Award Winners
/ EIN News / -- TORONTO, Ontario, May 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RTDNA Canada is pleased to recognize journalistic excellence with the winners of the National RTDNA Awards of Excellence.
RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital. “With a record number of entries this year, the competition was as tough as ever and our valued judges presided over some truly remarkable submissions,” said RTDNA Canada President Ian Koenigsfest. “The exceptionally high standard of entries from all regions and all market sizes indicates that quality of journalism continues to thrive in Canada. Winning an RTDNA Award of Excellence once again indicates the pinnacle of our craft on all platforms. Congratulations to everyone involved in producing the winning entries; your work is proudly part of Canada’s journalistic legacy.”
2018 RTDNA Awards - NATIONAL Winners:
Digital
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
CBC Montreal, Evacuations Begin as Floods Strikes Montreal Area Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
CBC Vancouver, The Fentanyl Fix
Data Storytelling Award
Global Halifax, Halifax Explosion Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Manitoba, Life on the Line
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
CBC Montreal Website, Roots Of Montreal, Leonard Cohen, Mapping History, Bad Roads, Election Results Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
CBC Yellowknife, My Language, My Heart
News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
CBC Vancouver, Remembering Const. John Davidson
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
CBC Calgary, Alberta's $10-Billion Deficits: What's Behind That Big, Scary Number
Podcast Award
CBC Montreal, Montreapolis Social Media Award
CBC Toronto, No Fixed Address Sports – Feature Reporting Award CBC Edmonton, The Edmonton Oilers
Multiplatform
In–depth or Investigative – Dan McArthur Award
CBC New Brunswick, The Lost Children Innovation Award
CKNW, B.C.'s Family Justice System: In Our Children's Best Interest?
Radio
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
CBC Montreal, Montreal Declares State Of Emergency, May 7, 2017 Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
CBC Toronto, Finding Shannon Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
CBC Saskatchewan Morning Edition, Thom Collegiate Drummers
Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC Yellowknife, I Will Remember For You Long Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC Edmonton, Wapiti Flight 402: The Untold Story of the Noskiye Family News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
NEWS957, Nova Scotia Votes 2017 Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
News Talk Radio, CJAD 800, Andrew's Let's Talk Story Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award
CBC Sudbury, National Aboriginal Day – Up North
Radio Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Byron MacGregor Award
980 CJME, Wind and Fire Storm
Radio Newscast (Large Market) – Byron MacGregor Award
CBC Vancouver, Oct 2, 2017: Las Vegas Shooter
Short Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC London, Unity After Homophobic Slur, Torn By Cultural Differences: 2 Men Exchange Hugs and Roses After Homophobic Slur Short Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC Radio One, Bikers in the Louvre
Sound – Dick Smyth Award
CBC Prince Edward Island, Riley's Collection Sports – Feature Reporting Award
CBC Calgary, World Skateboarding Day 2017: Calgary's 100% All-Girls Skate Club
Television
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
CTV Vancouver, BC Forest Fires Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
CBC Atlantic, Deep Trouble: The Perils of the Right Whale Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
CBC NL, Access Denied Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC Manitoba, A Syrian Girl's Road To Recovery
Long Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award
City TV, Two Kilometres to Terror: Life and Death Under ISIS News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
CTV Vancouver, Election 2017
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
Global Toronto, 93 Killed a Day at the Barrel of a Gun Short Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CTV Regina, Harvesting Hope: The Brothers of the Bursary Short Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award
CBC Montreal, Out of the Shadows: Inside La Meute Sports – Feature Reporting Award
CTV Edmonton, Ryder Soccer TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award
CTV Regina, Indigenous Circle
TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Bert Cannings Award
CTV News Vancouver Island, CTV News At 6
TV Newscast (Large Market) – Bert Cannings Award
Global Calgary, Waterton Wildfire
Video – Hugh Haugland Award
CTV News Ottawa, Sweet Canadiana, The Untold Story of Oscar Peterson’s World Famous “Canadiana Suite”
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 Become a Member: https://rtdna.wildapricot.org/join-us
Contact Information
Ian Koenigsfest
President, RTDNA Canada
Jennifer Nguyen
RTDNA Canada Awards
http://www.rtdnacanada.com
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