UPDATED: CAJ finalists announced
The winners will be announced on May 4 at the CAJ Awards gala and conference banquet in Ottawa.
CAJ has announced the finalists for its annual awards commemorating outstanding journalism in 2012.
The winners will be announced on May 4 at the CAJ Awards gala and conference banquet in Ottawa. The winning entry in most categories will receive a $500 cash prize. The Don McGillivray Award for the best ‘overall’ investigative report for 2012 will also be announced at the awards banquet.
OPEN NEWSPAPER / WIRE SERVICE:
Andrew McIntosh, Kinia Adamczyk, Le Vieux Port en Eaux Troubles: Dépenses, Voyages, Repas, Contrats, Agence QMI
Stephen Maher, Glen McGregor, Dirty election tricks revealed, Postmedia News
Colin Perkel, Sunnybrook Veterans’ Centre, The Canadian Press
Robert Cribb, Life or death: Who decides?, Toronto Star
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER:
Heather Rivers, The sad truth: Prescription drug abuse, Sentinel-Review – Woodstock, Ont.
Tim Bousquet, A trust betrayed, The Coast
Susan Gamble, The Chinging Cycle, The Expositor – Brantford, Ont.
David P. Ball, Activism is in the blood, says tar sands warrior, Windspeaker
MAGAZINE
Alex Roslin, Japan’s irradiated fish worry B.C. experts, The Georgia Straight
Corinne Cécilia, Une âme universelle, Maison et Demeure
Alison Motluk, Is egg donation dangerous? Maisonneuve
Frances Bula, The Tipping Point, Vancouver Magazine
OPEN TELEVISION (UNDER FIVE MINUTES RUNTIME)
Rob Smith, Elder suicide, APTN National News
Joanne Levasseur, Gosia Sawicka, Leif Larsen, Winnipeg thermography clinic ordered to stop operating, CBC News – Manitoba
Natalie Clancy, Bogus Botox, CBC News – Vancouver
Robert Fife, Philip Ling, XL Foods investigation, CTV News
OPEN TELEVISION (OVER FIVE MINUTES RUNTIME):
Gil Shochat, Alex Shprinsten, Joseph Loeiro, 0Fatal Deception, CBC News – Investigative Unit
Andeas Wesley, Erica Johnson, Marlene McArdle, Alan Jones, What FX?, CBC News – Marketplace
Litsa Sourtzis, Sandie Rinaldo, Melissa Martin, Senior’s Moments, CTV – W5
Alain Gravel, Emmanuel Marchand, Daniel Tremblay, Ma Mafia au Canada, Radio-Canada – Enquête
REGIONAL TELEVISION
Anthony Germain, Gary Quigley, Marilyn Boone, Heather Barrett, Peter Gullage, Bernice Hillier, A story of survival, CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador
John Lancaster and Anu Singh, Murder of Dr. Goel, CBC News – Toronto
Melissa Brousseau, Breaking the mold, CBC North – Maamuitaau
OPEN RADIO NEWS OR CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Peter Cowan, Peter Penashue election spending problems, CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador
Nancy Thomson, Yukon foreign workers, CBC North
Alison Motluk, Wanted: Egg donor in good health, CBC Radio – The Sunday Edition
Nicole Ireland, Citizenship: On hold, CBC News – Thunder Bay
CAJ / MARKETWIRE DATA JOURNALISM AWARD
Leslie Young and Jackson Proskow, Gardiner Expressway – Trouble overhead, Global TV News
[node:ad]Steve Buist, Condition critical, Hamilton Spectator
Jeff Outhit, Red alert/Cameras about safety not cash, politicians say, Waterloo Region Record
PHOTOJOURNALISM
Larry Wong, Edmonton Journal
Darryl Dyck, Freelance/The Canadian Press
Peter Power, Globe and Mail
Steve Russell, Toronto Star
SCOOP
Nigel Newlove, Deleted Blackberry messages, APTN National News
Amy Stoodley, Kathy Porter, Rob Antle, Jen White, Paul Pickett, Thermography investigation, CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador
Margaret Munro, Scientist muzzled, report says, Postmedia News
Jim Bronskill, Canada’s torture memos, Canadian Press
Steve Rennie, Sky’s the limit? Report alleges nursing station used medical flights to shop, Canadian Press
DAILY EXCELLENCE
Mark Gollum, Israel and Hamas, the diplomatic dance behind the deal, CBCNews.ca
Nancy Waugh, Teen in chains, CBC News – Nova Scotia
John Lancaster, Christopher Williams, Caught on tape, CBC News – Toronto
Kim Bolan, Brazen killing may be gang retaliation/Sandip Duhre was shot to death, Vancouver Sun
PRINT FEATURE
Sharon Kirkey, When the hurting won’t stop: How chronic physical pain drove a teen to take his life, Calgary Herald
Jon Wells, He sang with all his heart, Hamilton Spectator
Dawn Walton, A father’s one-on-one with his son’s kidnapper, The Globe and Mail
Cheryl Rossi, Liquor lifeline, Vancouver Courier
JHR/CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING
Diana Swain, Timothy Sawa, Annie Burns-Pieper, Unnatural selection, CBC News – Investigative team
Geoff Leo, Blind spot: What happened to Canada’s Aboriginal fathers?, CBC News Network
Nahlah Ayed, Diane Grant, Seeking safety, CBC News – The National
CWA CANADA/CAJ AWARD FOR LABOUR REPORTING
Greig de Peuter, Nicole Cohen, Enda Brophy, Interns, unite! (you have nothing to lose – literally) Briarpatch
Lysanne Louter, Adrienne Arsenault, A murky world, CBC News – The National
Kathryn May, Unions see a war coming in shifting political landscape, Ottawa Citizen
CAJ/CNW GROUP STUDENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Amir Shah, Derrick DeBolster, Voter apathy in Ontario, RogersTV London, Ont./Fanshawe College
Carly Wignes, Treaty Troubles, TheTyee.ca/Langara College
Marc Ellison, The Girls of War, Toronto Star/Carleton University
Andrew Pickup, Gena Holley, Kate McKenna, Rachel Ward and others, HRMVotes.ca, University of King’s College/Nova Scotia Community College
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.