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This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign By Sandrinette M. Maniania On June 1, 2017, Kenny Yum will be the first recipient of the Digital Publishing Leadership Award, presented by the National Magazine Awards Foundation. The managing editor of HuffPost Canada for the past six years, Yum’s dedication to quality journalism has earned him…
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Investigating the family that owns a province
Bruce Livesey’s reporting has earned him a first ever NNA for a digital outlet, and two NMA noms.
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Katherine Laidlaw on her journey to becoming a journalist
Laidlaw is one of the National Magazine Awards top nominated creators this year.
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Omar Mouallem on the art of reflection
The longform magazine writer leads the pack at this year’s National Magazine Awards, with four writing nominations.
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Gare Joyce takes a deeper look at the sports industry
Writing, like sports, is a series of choices, says veteran reporter who broke the story of an NHL prospect’s traumatic past.
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How Alicja Siekierska reported on fires and deaths in Canada’s First Nations communities
In response to the work, the federal government has made a verbal commitment to resume tracking First Nations’ fire deaths, after a seven-year hiatus.
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What has changed for women working in Canadian journalism?
The RRJ’s Catherine Phillips examines how pervasive sexism still is at Canadian media organizations.
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How Jonathan Brazeau discovered his love for curling and made it his career
Brazeau is the digital content producer for the Grand Slam of Curling website.
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Going under the surface with The Walrus
How the RRJ approached profiling the editor-in-chief Twitter loves to hate.
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Reporting from the midst of a drug crisis in BC
By Nicole McCormick In March of 2016, less than a month after learning that the deadly opioid fentanyl had begun wreaking havoc in the streets of Surrey BC, Surrey Now reporter Amy Reid watched as one of her sources almost died in front of her. Jeff, a man she had interviewed three weeks prior, was…









