RTDNA Canada recognized journalistic excellence in the West Region on Saturday with the 2019 RTDNA Awards of Excellence honouring B.C.’s best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital.
Global News BC won Best TV Newscast (Large Market), with CTV Vancouver Island – CTV News at 6 claiming the Small/Medium Market honour. Best Radio Newscast (Large Market) went to 980 CKNW Vancouver, while CBC Kamloops won the Small/Medium Market award for their coverage of the Batchelor Heights Wildfire. CKNW also claimed the award for Best Podcast for This Is Why.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Digital
Best Podcast
- 980 CKNW – This Is Why
WINNERS! @thisiswhy wins the @RTDNA_Canada award for ‘Best Podcast’. Pictured below are co-producers @Niki_Reitmayer & @JohnODowdIRL pic.twitter.com/eR1hoXB5PL
— This is Why (@thisiswhy) April 7, 2019
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- CTV Vancouver Island – Severe Windstorm Turns Deadly on Vancouver Island
Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
- Global News BC – Wine Wars
Data Storytelling
- cbc.ca/bc – We’ve Tracked Every Promise the B.C. NDP Made in the Last Election: Here’s Where They Stand
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
- UBC School of Journalism – Follow the Water, Hidden Cost of a B.C. Town’s Water
Absolutely speechless – my #multimedia project won the Digital Media Award (Large Market) for @RTDNA_Canada!! Beyond words
thank you all who helped me to make this story come alive pic.twitter.com/kgwXQAGw82
— Joanne Pearce (@jdvpearce) April 7, 2019
Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Victoria – Mobile for Digital
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- cbc.ca/bc – Pride and Progress
Excellence in Social Media
- cbc.ca/bc – Walking a Mile in Their Combat Shoes
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- cbc.ca/bc – Municipal Election, Oct 20, 2018
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- cbc.ca/bc – Metro Matters: 2018 Election Newsletter
Me and @tamara_baluja’s Metro Matters newsletter during the municipal election won an #RTDNA2019 award for opinion and commentary!
This likely marks the first journalism award in B.C. for something that referenced the Steamed Hams meme, and for that I am truly grateful. pic.twitter.com/jE3PgfQGls
— Justin McElroy (@j_mcelroy) April 7, 2019
Sports – Feature Reporting
- Global News BC – Sedins’ Farewell
Multiplatform
Dejero Award for Best Technical Innovation
- CBC Victoria – On the Commute, On the Island
Excellence in Innovation
- Global News BC – Decision BC 2018
Investigative – Dan McArthur Award
- Global News – BC Money Laundering Investigation
Big news. This series on money laundering and mpacts on Can. Is one of the biggest stories of our time. Thank you @scoopercooper @JohnHua Doug Sydora and to teams @GlobalBC @CKNW #RTDNA #journalismmatters @JillKrop @wsmithglobal @steeletalk @jonmccomb980 https://t.co/YtKCjFR1Lm
— Kenton Boston (@KentonBoston) April 7, 2019
Original / Enterprise
- Global News BC – Journey for Justice
Radio
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- 980 CKNW – December Windstorm, CKNW Newsroom
Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
- 980 CKNW – Whalley Strip Transformation
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- CBC Victoria – Beyond Beads and Bannock
Thank you to the @RTDNA_Canada for honouring the stories and voices in my series on Indigenous curriculum in BC schools, Beyond Beads and Bannock. @luudisk @blueravenart @_FPCC @bctf . And of course huy ch q’u to Hul’qumi’num teacher Mandy Jones pic.twitter.com/KPJxTvaL8G
— jeanVICTORIAbc (@jeanVICTORIAbc) April 7, 2019
Excellence in Sound – Dick Smyth Award
- CBC Victoria – The People of Resilience, On the Island
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CBC Vancouver – Trudeau’s Talk of Nationalizing Pipeline Frustrates Some Cheam First Nation Members, The Early Edition
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Nelson – The Voice of Sarah Vee
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- C-FAX 1070 AM – Election Night 2018, The Capital Region Decides
CFAX1070 wins RTDNA Best Live News special Western Region Radio for our municipal election night coverage! And Adam Stirling wins best radio Commentary for the Troublesome way Sir John A. came down! #RTDNA2019 pic.twitter.com/n5JeuGwD5s
— Sandy Heimlich-Hall (@tvnewsjunkie) April 7, 2019
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- C-FAX 1070 AM – Adam Stirling Editorial Commentary, The Troublesome Way Sir John A. Came Down
Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award
- CBC Vancouver – On the Coast
Radio Newscast – Byron MacGregor Award (Large Market)
- 980 CKNW – Civic Election Day, CKNW Newsroom
We won! Congrats to the @CKNW team for winning Best Radio news cast for election coverage. #RTDNA pic.twitter.com/q004YMGRIY
— Emily Lazatin (@EmilyLazatin) April 7, 2019
Radio Newscast – Byron MacGregor Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Kamloops – Batchelor Heights Wildfire
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CBC Vancouver – Revisiting Loon Lake
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Kelowna – Last Place, Radio West
Sports – Feature Reporting
- CBC Kamloops – After Ty
Television
Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award
- Global News BC – Lower Mainland Windstorm
Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award
- CTV Vancouver – The Worst Flooding in a Century
Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award
- CHEK Victoria – Connections
Congrats @CalvinToCHEK for taking home the Adrienne Clarison Award @RTDNA_Canada @CHEK_News you should be very proud ! @StacyRoss_chek is over the moon
pic.twitter.com/6SlmgmLOjq
— Scott Fee (@scottfeeCHEK) April 7, 2019
Excellence in Video – Hugh Haugland Award
- CBC Vancouver – Tumbling Giants
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CBC Vancouver – Over the Volcano
Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Award)
- CKPG-TV – Remembrance Day Special
News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award
- CTV Vancouver – BC Municipal Election
Honoured to be part of the @CTVVancouver team recognized with these awards tonight alongside my brilliant co-anchor @mijungleectv . Best continuing coverage & best live special at the @RTDNA_Canada awards pic.twitter.com/9jFxq2dbfH
— Scott Roberts (@ScottRobertsCTV) April 7, 2019
Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award
- CTV Vancouver – The Last Word with Mike McCardell
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)
- CBC Vancouver – Binning Philanthropist
Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CTV Vancouver Island – Arlene’s Song
Sports – Feature Reporting
- CTV Vancouver Island – The Ultimate Stunt
TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award
- CBC Vancouver – Our Vancouver, Back to School
TV Newscast – Bert Cannings Award (Large Market)
- Global News BC – News Hour December 20, 2018
TV Newscast – Bert Cannings Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CTV Vancouver Island – CTV News at 6
Congratulations to @steeletalk for her Lifetime Achievement Award at tonight’s @RTDNA ceremony pic.twitter.com/rwbaSmB4wC
— Niki Reitmayer (@Niki_Reitmayer) April 7, 2019
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