Winners of annual JHM awards announced

Awards honour excellence in student journalism at campus newspapers across Canada.

At a gala on Jan. 9 in Toronto, some lucky campus journalists found out they were taking home John H. McDonald awards.

The annual awards, administered by the Canadian University Press, honour excellence in student journalism at campus newspapers across Canada.

WRITING AWARDS:

Arts & Culture:

• Jonathan Caragay-Cook, “It’s Not a Fluke,” The Link
• Cameron Lewis, “Theo Fleury’s new book chronicles his rise from traumatic childhood,” The Gateway
• WINNER: Alex Migdal, “‘Smize!’: HUB Photo owner puts joy in customers’ eyes,” The Gateway

Diversity:

• Alex Elcombe, “Trans[itioning] and the university,” The Strand
• Kate Jacobson, “Gender-inclusive washroom create safe space on campus,” The Gauntlet
• WINNER: Evan Murdryk, “My beautiful dark twisted road to recovery,” The Gateway

Features:

• Jonah Brunet, “The long way home,” The Eyeopener
• Scott Strasser, “CUTCO Collegiate: Direct Sales at the University of Calgary,” The Gauntlet
• WINNER: Nathalie Laflamme, “Helping student veterans succeed and survive,” The Concordian

Humour:

• WINNER: Kodi Cherrille, “UFV to become purely conceptual,” The Cascade
• Andy Rice, “A day in the life,” Capilano Courier
• Sara Truuvert, “How much do you know about the waist-touch disorder (W-TD)?,” The Strand

Investigative:

• Alex Murray & Holly Kalyniuk, “International students at BU exploited,” The Quill
• WINNER: Arno Rosenfeld, “House of Cards: Dozens of UBC buildings liable to collapse in quake,” The Ubyssey
• Laura Woodward, “Two-ply toilet paper creates two-tiered Ryerson,” The Eyeopener

Labour:

• WINNER: Vanessa Broadbent & Alex Rake, “Sessional instructors on the fringes of UFV priorities, despite impact in classrooms,” The Cascade
• Laura Howells, “’Most students couldn’t afford to live on what we make’: The grim reality of MUN’s contractual faculty,” The Muse
• Emma McPhee, “Part-time profs beyond the classroom,” The Brunswickan

News:

• Joshua Azizi, “Campus safety groups won’t escort overly drunk people home,” The Ubyssey
• Fabian Mayer, “U of C student discusses online shaming after deleted tweets end federal campaign,” The Gauntlet
• WINNER: Tyler Stuart, “Mansbridge denies support for Riley Thompson campaign,” The Argosy

Opinion:

• The Cascade Editorial Board, “Recording bans errs on the side of secrecy”
• Fabian Mayer, “City council waited too long to legislate ridesharing services,” The Gauntlet
• WINNER: Sean Willett, “U of C’s corporate branding is for investors, not students,” The Gauntlet

Political:

• Stephanie Lai, “Ontario bans smoking on patios,” Interrobang
• WINNER Fabian Mayer, “How the NDP toppled a 44-year PC dynasty,” The Gauntlet
• Jamie Sarkonak, “Record number of AB female MLAs: University of Alberta professor comments on the NDP’s elected female members,” The Gateway

Sports:

• WINNER Devin Jones, “Mitch Gallant,” The Eyeopener
• Olamid Olaniyan, “The UBC Quidditch Team isn’t joking around,” The Ubyssey
• Caz Spidell & Andres Fuentes, “Varsity recruiting rights and wrongs,” Imprint

VISUAL AWARDS:

Cover of the Year:

• Nick Adams, “The Freedom to Research,” The Ubyssey
• Alex Bailey, “#MANIFENCOURS,” The Link
• WINNER: Kosta Prodanovic/Aiken Lao, “House of Cards,” The Ubyssey

Graphic:

• WINNER: Christian Fowlie, “What If I Leave This Town,” Capilano Courier
• Laura Lalonde, “Map of both Concordia campuses,” The Link
• Cam Welch, “Seasons in Review,” The Phoenix

Illustration:

• Marta Kierkus, “A Frosty Day at UOttawa,” The Fulcrum
• Aiken Lao, “First Year Guide to UBC,” The Ubyssey
• WINNER: Lenore Ramirez, “Free the nipple,” Imprint

Layout:

• WINNER: Ursula Chen, “Bearing Canada’s unmentionable art,” Imprint
• Christy Lum, “Once a president, always a president,” The Peak
• Amanda Watkins, “Settling the score,” The Silhouette

Photo of the Year:

• Alex Bailey, “Tear gas takes over downtown May Day protests,” The Link
• Will Huang, “Waterloo Buskers,” The Cord
• WINNER: Andrej Ivanov, “Student protest turns violent,” The Concordian

MULTIMEDIA AWARDS:

Social Media (paper award):

• WINNER: The Brunswickan
• The Cord
• The Silhouette

Video:

• WINNER: Eric Gonzalez, “Gauntlet on Location — UofC Gun Club,” The Gauntlet
• Sean McCullum & Johnny Cullen, “Sexual Assault at UNB — Special Report,” The Brunswickan
• Paige Smith, “Rowing at SFU,” The Peak

Website (paper award):

UNDER 150K:

• The Brunswickan
• The Cord
• WINNER: The True North Times

OVER 150K:

• WINNER: The Link
• The Silhouette
• The Ubyssey

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

Student journalist of the year:

• Mathieu D’Amours, The Link
• Natalie Scadden, The Ubyssey
• WINNER: Jesse Ward, The Dalhousie Gazette

Student photojournalist of the year:

• Alex Bailey, The Link
• WINNER: Will Huang, The Cord
• Andrej Ivanov, The Concordian

Flash File 1:

• Laura Howells, The Muse

Flash File 2:

• Will Huang & Lena Yang, The Cord

H.G. Watson

H.G. Watson was J-Source's managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.