RTDNA Canada handed out its National Awards of Excellence and Best Canadian Local News Awards, recognizing the best of digital and broadcast journalism, at its National Conference and Awards Gala over the weekend.
CBC News led the National winners, capturing 15 awards and sweeping the Audio categories, while CTV picked up eight awards. The public broadcaster also dominated the Local News Awards with CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Calgary among the bureaus recognized with multiple honours.
Among other awards, CityNews Vancouver journalist Kier Junos was recognized with the inaugural Emerging Journalist Award, presented to a early career reporter who displays excellence in the coverage of original journalism, investigative reporting, or continuing coverage of a beat or major breaking story. With CityNews for the last three years, the association said Junos’ Filipino and bisexual identities “intersect to create a unique lens in his approach to stories with marginalized people.”
Find the full list of winners here:
2023 RTDNA Awards National Winners
AUDIO
Best Podcast
CBC Podcasts
Kuper Island
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CBC – Ideas
Lloyd Percival Canada’s Sports Prophet: Pt. 2
Feature News
CBC Radio – The House
Kyiv Audio Diary
News Information Program
CBC -The Current
Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis
Opinion
CBC Radio – The Sunday Magazine
An Elegy for Lost Children
DIGITAL
Breaking News
CTVNews.ca
Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Excellence in Data Storytelling
CBC/Radio-Canada
Heat Islands
Excellence in Social
CBC News
Iran Protests: Responding to the Audience’s Authentic Conversation on Social
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CBC Indigenous
Hometown Heroes
Feature News
CTVNews.ca
Canada’s Laws on Stalking Crimes are Inadequate
Opinion
CBC News
Abortion Columns: First Person & Opinion
Overall Excellence in Digital
APTN News
My Name is Bill Isadore Deafy: This is the Story of a Teenage Boy Who Doesn’t Legally Exist
MULTIPLATFORM
Continuing Coverage
Global News
Road to Reconciliation
Enterprise Journalism
CTV News
Expelled: My Roots in Uganda
Excellence in Innovation, Sponsored by Dejero
Global News
Inside COVID’s ‘Invisible Hospitals’ Where the Sickest Fight to Go Home
Investigative Excellence
CBC News – The National
Canadian Coyote – Human Smuggling from Canada to the U.S.
Honourable Mention: CTV News – W5, Cocaine Cargo
VIDEO
Breaking News
CTV News
Fiona
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CTV News – W5
Broken
Excellence in Video
CTV News
Reporter’s Notebook in Afghanistan
Feature News
CBC News – The National/North Network Team/Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Washing Away
News – Live Special Events
CBC News Studios
Pope Francis in Canada: Maskwacis Apology
News Information Program
CTV News – W5
Death Wish
Opinion
CBC News – The National
Black Canadians on Buffalo Shootings
TV Newscast
CTV News – CTV National News
28-Sep-2022
VJ – Video
CBC News – The National
Canadians Open Homes to Ukrainians
2023 RTDNA Awards Best Canadian Local News Winners
AUDIO
Best Podcast
CBC Thunder Bay
What You Believe in Will Carry You Through
Breaking News Small/Medium Market
CBC Saskatchewan
Sanderson Arrest – Afternoon Edition
Breaking News Large Market
CBC Ottawa
Convoy Live Hit: Standoff Begins
Excellence in Editing Small/Medium Market
CBC Kamloops
Nacho Chips, Crackers and Tiny Fish: How a B.C. Senior Survived on the Open Sea for Nearly 6 Days
Excellence in Editing Large Market
CBC Calgary
Struck
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CBC Thunder Bay
Meet the Barkmans, the First Nations Hockey Family Fuelling the Dreams of Their Youngest Son
Feature News Small/Medium Market
CBC Yukon
Suitcase Stories
Feature News Large Market
CBC Calgary
How Classes in Agriculture and Baseball May Have Saved 2 Rural Alberta Schools
News – Live Special Events
CBC Vancouver
Six Months Later: On The Coast Reports Live From Abbotsford on the Six Month Anniversary of The B.C. Floods
Opinion
CBC Edmonton
The Shoe Project: Stories of Fear and Triumph
Radio Newscast Small/Medium Market
980 CJME
Morning News
Radio Newscast Large Market
680 CJOB and Global Winnipeg
Live at 5: The Pope’s Apology
DIGITAL
Breaking News Small/Medium Market
CBC Saskatoon
James Smith Mass Stabbings
Breaking News Large Market
CTV News Ottawa
Convoy in the Capital: Ottawa Police Clear Convoy Protest
Excellence in Data Storytelling
CBC Calgary
Calgary is a City of Haves and Have-Nots When it Comes to Trees
Excellence in Social
CBC Vancouver
What We Know About Chelsea Poorman’s Disappearance
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CBC Ottawa
‘I’d be a completely different person’: St. Patrick’s High School Basketball
Feature News Small/Medium Market
CBC Yukon
When the Salmon Disappear
Feature News Large Market
Global BC
Inadmissible: How A U.S. Policy Is Wreaking Havoc On The Lives Of Iranian-Canadians
News – Live Special Events
CBC Quebec
Quebec Election Campaign 2022
Opinion
CBC Saskatchewan
The Prairies Got Something to Say – Black on the Prairies: Place Edition
Overall Excellence in Digital
CBC Saskatchewan
Black on the Prairies: Place Edition
MULTIPLATFORM
Continuing Coverage
CBC Calgary
A Community-Driven Deep Dive on Transit Safety in Calgary
Enterprise Journalism
Concordia University/CTV News Montreal
Arctic Shift to Clean Energy
Excellence in Innovation Sponsored by Dejero
CBC British Columbia
B.C. Votes 2022
Investigative Excellence
CBC Saskatchewan
Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond
VIDEO
Audio-Visual Storytelling Small/Medium Market
CBC Saskatchewan
Race Car Driver in Sask. Carving Out Place for Women in the Sport
Audio-Visual Storytelling Large Market
CBC Calgary
First Nations Horse Relay: The Original ‘extreme’ Sport
Breaking News Small/Medium Market
CTV News Vancouver Island
Saanich Shootout: Jun-22
Breaking News Large Market
Global Edmonton
Northeast Random Stabbings
Excellence in Editing Small/Medium Market
CBC Prince Edward Island
From Then to Now, Fiona’s Historic Hammering of Prince Edward Island
Excellence in Editing Large Market
CBC Toronto
Can Little Jamaica Survive Construction?
Excellence in Sports Reporting
CBC Saskatchewan
All-Black Baseball Teams Used to Play for Small Prairie Towns; One is Finally Getting Recognized
Excellence in Video
CBC New Brunswick
George’s Last Flight
Feature News Small/Medium Market
CBC Yukon
Percy Henry: The Last Speaker
Feature News Large Market
CBC Manitoba
Youth from Norway House Cree Nation Learn to Live Off the Land
News – Live Special Events
CTV News Atlantic
30 Years Later: The Westray Mine Disaster
Opinion
CBC Manitoba
The Cowboy and the Checker Player
TV Newscast Small/Medium
CBC North
Reconciliation Day Newscast
TV Newscast Large Market
CTV News Ottawa
Derecho: Once in a Century Storm Slams into Ottawa
VJ – Video
CTV News Atlantic
It’s All in The Eyes: Author Inspires With Words & Determination
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