RTDNA Canada Announces Central Region Award Winners


(MENAFNEditorial) / EIN News / -- TORONTO, Ontario, April 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RTDNA Canada is pleased to recognize journalistic excellence with the winners of the Central Region 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 - CENTRAL Region Winners:

Digital

Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award

  • CBC Montreal, Evacuations Begin as Floods Strike Montreal Area
  • Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award

  • CBC Quebec, Quebec City Mosque Shooting
  • Data Storytelling Award

  • CBC Montreal, What 10,000 Kickstarter Projects Reveal About Canada's Entrepreneurs
  • Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Windsor, I Am A Refugee
  • Digital Media Award (Large Market)

  • CBC Montreal Website, Roots Of Montreal, Leonard Cohen, Mapping History, Bad Roads, Election Results
  • Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award

  • CBC Montreal, The Rise of Mado Lamotte, Queen of Montreal's Gay Village
  • News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

  • CBC Montreal, Montreal Marks 375 Years
  • Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award

  • TVO, TVO.org: John Michael McGrath on Urban Planning, Islamophobia And Affordable Housing
  • Podcast Award

  • CBC Montreal, Montreapolis
  • Social Media Award

  • CBC Toronto, No Fixed Address
  • Multiplatform

    In–depth or Investigative – Dan McArthur Award

  • CBC Toronto, No Fixed Address
     
  • Honourable Mention: CBC Thunder Bay, Children of the Poisoned River
  • Innovation Award

  • CBC Ottawa, A Heartbeat Away
     
  • Honourable Mention: CBC Toronto, HERstory in Black            
  • 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 Quebec City, Reclaiming Traditions of Inuit Midwifery: Salluit's Maternity Program
  • Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

  • CBC Sudbury, 18 Degrees
  • Long Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

  • CBC Montreal, How Men Experience Intimate Partner Abuse
  • News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

  • 1310NEWS, Ottawa River Flood Watch: Neighbourhoods Evacuated
  • Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award

  • CBC Sudbury, National Aboriginal Day – Up North
  • Radio Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Byron MacGregor Award

  • AM800 CKLW, August 30, 2017 – 8:30am News, Major Flooding
  • Radio Newscast (Large Market) – Byron MacGregor Award

  • CBC Ottawa, Ottawa Radio News
  • Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award

  • News Talk Radio, CJAD 800, Andrew's Let's Talk Story
  • 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

  • NEWSTALK1010, Debating Armed Cops in Schools
  • Sound – Dick Smyth Award

  • CBC Sudbury, Soiled Undies
  • Sports – Feature Reporting Award

  • CBC Sudbury, The 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs, Erik White
  • Television
                 
    Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award

  • CP24, BNR Fire
  • Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award

  • CTV Montreal, Over the Line: Life Through the Eyes Of Asylum Seekers
  • Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award

  • CBC Montreal, His Name was Anthony: The Life and Death of Anthony Griffin and How he Changed a City
  • Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) – Dave Rogers Award

  • 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
  • News-Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award

  • CBC Ottawa News at 6, Canada Day 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 Windsor, Taking No Steps For Granted: Hunter's Story
  • Short Feature (Large Market) – Dave Rogers Award

  • CBC Montreal, Out of the Shadows: Inside La Meute
  • Sports – Feature Reporting Award

  • CTV Kitchener, On the Roster, Field of Dreams
  • TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award

  • CBC Toronto, Our Toronto
  • TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market) – Bert Cannings Award

  • CTV Barrie, Highway 400 Crash
  • TV Newscast (Large Market) – Bert Cannings Award

  • CTV News Ottawa, Live in the Flood Zone: CTV Ottawa Special
  • Video – Hugh Haugland Award

  • CTV News Ottawa, Sweet Canadiana, The Untold Story of Oscar Peterson’s World Famous “Canadiana Suite”
  • These Central Region winners will now compete with winners from West, Prairie and East regions for the best of the best, the National Awards. Those 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/

    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

    Manny Paiva
    Co-chair, Central Region, RTDNA Canada

    Diana Pereira
    Co-chair, Central Region, RTDNA Canada

    Jennifer Nguyen
    RTDNA Canada Awards

    http://www.rtdnacanada.com

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