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Fall 2014 – Awards Edition THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS • L’AssocIATION CANADIENNE DES JOURNALISTES MEDIA2014 AWARDS EDITION • VOL.16, NO. 3 SUSPENDED SENATOR MIKE DUFFY A Top Newsmaker for all the Wrong Reasons 2014 AWARDS EDITION • VOLUME 16, NUMBER THREE MEDIA Table of contents 8 CAJ: COMMUNITY BROADCAST AWARD Abigail Bimman explains how she persevered to tell stories about inmates in one of Canada’s most notorious prison for women. 10 CAJ / CNW GROUP STUDENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Allison Drinnan and Anna Brooks used their multi-media website to give sex-trade workers a voice they’ve seldom used. 12 CAJ / MARKETWIRED DATA JOURNALISM AWARD QMI Investigations editor, Andrew McIntosh, put his certified examiner skills to good use in teaming up with Kinia Adamczyk to expose the scam artists bilking Quebec’s welfare system – even from behind bars. 14 CAJ - ONLINE MEDIA AWARD CBC News mapped the pipeline spills the Transportation Safety Board investigates. Amber Hildebrandt explains her team’s painstaking work that involved, negotiating, cleaning, checking -- and then checking again. MEDIA 16 CAJ - OPEN BROADCAST FEATURE AWARD A PUBLICATION OF CBC Radio’s Ideas explored the discrimination that subjects albinos to discrimination that can have deadly consequences. Garth Mullins takes us on a harrowing journey from his unique perspective. THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS L’AssocIATION CANADIENNE DES JOURNALISTES 18 CAJ - OPEN MEDIA AWARD After news broke about a senator claiming dodgy living expenses, the Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor received a tip that led right to Mike Duffy, his old acquaintance from the Press Gallery’s “Hot Room”. EDITOR LEGAL ADVISOR ART DIRECTION and DESIGN David McKie Peter Jacobsen, Bersenas David McKie 20 CAJ – OPEN MEDIA AWARD 1-613-290-7380 Jacobsen Chouest Thomson Blackburn LL P Rehtaeh Parsons’ suicide sparked a conversation about cyberbullying among educators, lawmakers, parents and teens. The Chronicle-Herald’s Selena Ross and Frances Willick probed for answers to troubling questions. Printed by Mormark Print Productions Inc. Tel: 1-800-350-6991 www.mormarkonline.com 22 CAJ -- PHOTO-JOURNALISM AWARD THE CONTRIBUTORS The Canadian Press’s Jonathan Hayward captured everything from the lost souls on the streets of Vancouver’s Abigail Bimman, Allison Drinnan, Anna Brooks, Andrew McIntosh, Amber Hildebrandt, Garth Mullins, Glen McGregor, Downtown Eastside to newlyweds celebrating their nuptials on water-skis. Jonathan Hayward, Kathy Tomlinson, Selena Ross, Frances Willick, Tarannum Kamlani, Amber Bracken, Amy Dempsey, Grant Robertson, Jennifer Ditchburn, Karen Kleiss, Leah Hennel, Linda Bernard, Kevin Donovan 24 HR / CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING After news of the building collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh faded from the PHOTO AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE: REMEMBERING REHTAEH: Several hundred people attend a community vigil to remember Rehtaeh headlines, Tarannum Kamlani and her team at the fifth estate began its quest for the deeper story. Parsons at Victoria Park in Halifax on Thursday, April 11, 2013. The Chronicle Herald explored what had happened the night of the alleged rape and how the teenagers involved perceived it. PHOTO CREDIT: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan 26 CWA CANADA / CAJ AWARD FOR LABOUR REPORTING An employee complained to the CBC’s Go Public about the RBC’s plans use temporary foreign workers. Kathy Tomlinson explains how that concern went viral and pushed the federal government to act. COVER PHOTO: THE DUFFSTER BACK IN THE NEWS: Mike Duffy was claiming expenses while travelling the country campaigning for the Conservatives. The now-suspended senator was the subject of award-winning CAJ and NNA stories that dug into expense and court records. PHOTO CREDIT: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld 28 NNA - SPORTS PHOTO AWARD The Edmonton Sun’s Amber Bracken takes us behind the scenes of the bloody contest for the WBC featherweight world title. 2 MEDIA MEDIA 3 2014 AWARDS EDITION • VOLUME 16, NUMBER THREE The First Word Celebrating some of the best 2014 journalism award winners By David McKie ike Duffy and former Toronto The lack of answers to those questions ingly drug-addled and soul-destroying area Mmayor, Rob Ford, were the led to award-winning stories that helped to of the country that inexplicably continues newsmakers who featured prominently in spark change. to confound federal, provincial and mu- the CAJ, National Newspaper and the Mi- Perhaps, it’s being too presumptuous to nicipal policy makers. chener Awards that were awarded in 2014. suggest this, but one of the key reasons we But among the despair, were light- This marks the third, consecutive year -- journalists and educators -- get into this hearted moments, as in the case of the that Media has combined the three awards business is to make a difference. So after Alberta flood and attempts of a young into one edition, which provides a greater an event makes news, keep digging for couple to celebrate their wedding anni- breadth of some of the year’s best stories answers and push editors and producers to versary despite the chaos swirling around that captivated us and prodded decision- give you the time for the pursuit. The same them. Though light-hearted, the moment makers to make change. advice applies to journalism students. of a wife jumping across the water into the 30 NNA – EXPLANATORY WORK AWARD In a nod to the finalists in each category, Workplace issues also figured promi- waiting arms of her husband demonstrated What does the law say about someone who commits a heinous crime, but doesn’t have to take responsibility? we have also listed them, and linked to nently in the stories that earned the CAJ, the resilience of the human spirit, perhaps their stories in the PDF version of this NNA and Michener awards. a key reason why the picture went became For the Toronto Star’s Amy Dempsey, the answer was an eye-opener. publication that will be eventually up- The federal government is still attempt- a word-wide sensation. loaded to the CAJ site. ing to deal with the political fallout after And speaking of the human spirit, there 32 NNA - SHORT FEATURE AWARD The award-winners describe how they stories exposed weaknesses in the tempo- were the blood-splattered images in the The accident that killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, was horrific. What The Globe and Mail’s Grant got their stories, the obstacles they faced, rary foreign worker program, an initiative WBC featherweight championship bout Robertson and his colleagues discovered about Canada’s rail safety system was too shocking to ignore. the impact their tales had, and perhaps designed to help employers find workers fought in Edmonton. The bloodier of the most importantly, tips for journalists at- when local recruitment fails. two combatants overcame significant tempting to pursue similar investigations. Workplaces halfway around the world obstacles to win the fight, a story captured 34 NNA – POLITICS AWARD There is much more in addition to the become death traps due to lax safety in remarkable, still images. The Canadian Press’ Jennifer Ditchburn took a harder look at court records in the Mike Duffy case that raised Mike Duffy and Rob Ford sagas: ac- laws. This was the case in collapse of the This coming year is also shaping up to new questions about that infamous $90,000 cheque. counts of the efforts that went into digging garment factory in Bangladesh that killed be one that produces equally impressive beneath the headlines in the wake of the more than 1,000 workers. The tragedy stories. The Senate scandal will heat up heart-breaking stories of the 47 people in forced us to think about the evils of sweat- when senator Duffy makes his scheduled 36 NNA – INVESTIGATIONS AWARD Lac-Megantic whose deaths prompted au- shops where women and children toil for court appearance in the spring. Karen Kleiss explains what motivated her team at the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald to investigate thorities to tighten up the rail safety laws; pennies under hazardous conditions to Rob Ford, though no longer Toronto’s child deaths in the province’s foster care system. the suicide of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons churn out inexpensive, brand-name cloth- mayor, will also undoubtedly continue to that still has politicians, teens, educators ing for Western shoppers. make news. No doubt, his brother, Doug, 38 NNA -- FEATURE PHOTO AWARD and police wrestling with strategies to And then there were stories that took won’t be too far behind. prevent cyberbullying and other online a hard look at Canada’s legal system. Sadly, there will be more tragedies and It happened in a split second, but Calgary Herald photographer, Leah Hennel, captured a light-hearted moment misdemeanours. There’s the difficulty of dealing with objectionable behaviour to dig into. Fortu- during the flooding that ravaged the Alberta city. The lesson in these two behind-the- people deemed to be not criminally re- nately, we will be up to the task. scenes accounts is don’t be afraid to dig sponsible for heinous crimes that can lead To borrow a catch-phrase that nicely 40 NNA – ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AWARD for the story beneath the headlines, espe- to hastily-amended laws. summed up the sentiment of the CAJ Toronto Star entertainment critic Linda Bernard chronicled the making of Empire of Dirt, a film about three cially if it involves a quest for account- There are laws that make it difficult to awards banquet in Vancouver, “journalism ability. delve into the deaths of children handed matters”. After reading this edition, you, generations of First Nations women. How is it possible for a train carrying over to the state for safe care, as was the too, will reach the same conclusion. explosive oil to be allowed to be minimal- case in Alberta’s foster-care system.
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