RTDNA Canada recognized the winners of the 2019 Prairie Region RTDNA Awards of Excellence on Saturday in Saskatoon. RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital.
CBC Manitoba claimed the Best TV Newscast (Large Market) honour, while the Small/Medium Market award went to CBC Saskatchewan for its Humboldt Crash coverage. Corus’ 680 CJOB won Best Radio Newscast (Large Market), with 650 CKOM Saskatoon taking the Small Market honour. CBC Saskatchewan claimed the Best Podcast Award for Boushie.
Here is the full list of winners:
Digital
Best Podcast
- CBC Saskatchewan – Boushie
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- CBC Saskatchewan – Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash
Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
- Global Saskatoon – Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash
Data Storytelling
- CBC Manitoba – Deadly Force – Canadians Killed by Police
Congrats @CBCManitoba News at 6!!! So honoured to work on and host our show live at Portage & Main that took home this award. CBC Manitoba projects honoured at RTDNA awardshttps://t.co/JATWsmU2qE #cbcmb pic.twitter.com/rAQUF82Mwb
— Marjorie Dowhos (@marjoriedowhos) April 7, 2019
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
- Global Calgary – Calgary Olympic Vote – Decision 2026
Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Saskatchewan – New Lens on Life
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- CBC Calgary – Drawing a Line in the Oilsands
Excellence in Social Media
- CBC Calgary – Why Does Alberta Still Have a Separate Catholic School System? Here’s a 2-Minute Explanation
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- CBC Saskatoon – CBC Asks – Should Saskatoon Build a Downtown Arena?
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- CBC Manitoba – Remember Arthur
Sports – Feature Reporting
- Global Saskatoon – Humboldt Bronco Layne Matechuk Leaves Hospital after 6 Months
Multiplatform
Dejero Award for Best Technical Innovation
- Global Calgary – Humboldt Broncos Funerals
Excellence in Innovation
- CBC Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North – Manitoba and North: Beyond 94
Investigative – Dan McArthur Award
- Global News Winnipeg – Exploited Children
Original / Enterprise
- CBC Manitoba – A Soldier’s Suicide
Radio
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- 650 CKOM – Humboldt Broncos Bus Tragedy
Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
- CBC Calgary – Faces of Fentanyl
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- CBC Saskatchewan – Street Warriors
My colleague @PennySmoke taking home an RTDNA prairies award for her piece “Street Warriors.”
Congrats Penny! #Indigenousjourno #CBChttps://t.co/vodLSQ2mZG pic.twitter.com/BjADgc9ZUA
— Lenard Monkman (@LenardMonkman1) April 7, 2019
Excellence in Sound – Dick Smyth Award
- CBC Calgary – Songbird Interrupted
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- 680 CJOB – Surviving Canada’s Most Powerful Tornado
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Saskatchewan – How to Support a Child Through Trauma, Beautiful Mess
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- CBC North Yellowknife – Indigenous Expo Remote, Trail’s End
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- CBC Saskatchewan – Bridging the Gap, Blue Sky
Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award
- 650 CKOM – Humboldt Broncos Bus Tragedy, Gormley Show
Radio Newscast – Byron MacGregor Award (Large Market)
- 680 CJOB – Live at 5 on 680 CJOB
An honour to be recognized with the Best Newscast @RTDNA_Canada award. I’m just one of the voices who front it…it’s built by many of us. Congrats to my partner and chauffeur @CloutierCJOB and the rest of award-winning gang. pic.twitter.com/uSBoItRKvp
— Julie Buckingham (@JulieCJOB) April 7, 2019
Radio Newscast – Byron MacGregor Award (Small/Medium Market)
- 650 CKOM – Humboldt Broncos Bus Tragedy
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CHQT – Global News Radio 880 – A Love Story Worth Listening To
Super grateful & happy to say that last night I became an award-winning journalist. PS. This is @880Edmonton’s first @RTDNA_Canada award! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/BuU6FNtJ2k
— Morgan Black (@morganrblack) April 7, 2019
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC North Yellowknife – A Broken Lifeline, The Impact of Kugluktuk’s Cancelled Barg
Sports – Feature Reporting
- CBC Edmonton – A Winning Sound
Television
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- CTV Calgary – Officer Down
Thank you @RTDNA_Canada for recognizing @CTVCalgary’s team coverage of a police officer shot in the line of duty. Winner: Breaking News Award – Prairie Region. You can see it here —> https://t.co/QxYgcWwUBl pic.twitter.com/CiZHl3yV5s
— Dawn Walton (@CTVdawnwalton) April 7, 2019
Continuing Coverage Ron Laidlaw Award
- CTV Winnipeg – Winnipeg’s Meth Crisis
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- Global Calgary – Pride Without Prejudice
Excellence in Video – Hugh Haugland Award
- Global Regina – Jesse James Tin
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CTV Edmonton – Highway to Alaska
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Saskatchewan – New Lens on Life
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- CTV Calgary – Grey Cup Victory Rally
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- Global Edmonton – Condo Fires, Bob Layton Editorial
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- Global Calgary – Breast Cancer Show & Tell
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- Global Regina – Family Ties in the Sky
Sports – Feature Reporting
- CTV Calgary – Tyson Defies the Odds
TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award
- Global Regina – Focus Saskatchewan, Humboldt Broncos
TV Newscast – Bert Cannings Award (Large Market)
- CBC Manitoba – Portage and Main, Live
TV Newscast – Bert Cannings Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Saskatchewan – Humboldt Crash
. @ChristyCBC accepts RTDNA award for best supper hour program! pic.twitter.com/k0M28w3H26
— P Dornstauder (@SaskdornCBC) April 7, 2019
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