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MEDIATHE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS • SUMMER 2013 • VOLUME 15, NUMBER FOUR MEDIA A PUBLICATION OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS EDITOR LEGAL ADVISOR ART DIRECTION and DESIGN David McKie David McKie Peter Jacobsen, Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest Thomson CONTRIBUTORS EDIOTORIAL BOARD Blackburn LL P Glen McGregor, Tim Bousquet, Alison Motluk, Joseph Chris Cobb ADVERTISING SALES Loiero, Lynne Robson, Steve Buist, Darryl Dyck, Jim Bronskill, Catherine Ford Jon Wells, Marc Ellison, Scott White, Tyler Anderson, Heather Michelle MacAfee David McKie Scoffield, James Bagnall, Barb Sweet, Ed Kaiser, Peter Power, Lindsay Crysler 1-613-290-7380 Catherine Porter, Mark Wanzel John Gushue Rob Cribb Rob Washburn PHOTO AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE: HOLD ON!: Traffic in the north bound lanes comes to a halt as members of the Barrie Police struggle to rescue a man hanging from the Dunlop Street Bridge. Mark’s Wanzel’s photo was the National Newspaper’s 2012 news photography winner. Find out how the rescue attempt turned out on page 69. PHOTO CREDIT: MARKWANZEL/THE BARRIE EXAMINER/QMI COVER PHOTO: TROUBLE AT THE POLLS: A demonstrator holds a sign in Montreal, Sunday, March 11, 2012, protesting the ‘Robocall’ election fraud scandal. The robocolls story won awards in each category featured in this special editiion, including the 2012 Governor General’s Michener Award. Read Glen McGregor’s account on page 11 of he broke the story with Stephen Maher. PHOTO CREDIT: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes 2 MEDIA SUMMER 2013 • VOLUME 15, NUMBER FOUR SUMMER 2013 • VOLUME 15, NUMBER FOUR http://www.caj.ca/?p=391 http://www.caj.ca/?p=391 MEDIA 29 SCOOP – The Canadian Press – Canada’s torture memos – Jim Bronskill – It had seemed that the federal government learned valuable lessons after the detainment and torture of Maher Arar. Jim Bronskill used access- Table of contents to-information requests to obtain documents that raised doubts about what, if anything, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS AWARDS EDITION the government truly learned. 31 DAILY EXCELLENCE – Vancouver Sun – Brazen killing may be gang retaliation/Sandip Duhre 7 FIRST WORD - The Robocalls story was this year’s big winner. was shot to death – Kim Bolan 9 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER and DON MCGILLIVRAY AWARD – The Coast – A trust betrayed 33 PRINT FEATURE – Hamilton Spectator – “He sang with all his heart” – Jon Wells – – Tim Bousquet’s story that took home the CAJ’s grand prize had all the hallmarks of a classic investigative Chris Skinner’s story was already well-known by the time Jon Wells was assigned to piece: Trips to the court house, manila envelopes, early morning meetings with a reluctant source, culminating write about the teenager’s death. Still, he told his readers about aspects of with a confrontation with the unrepentant perpetrator – the former Halifax mayor. Skinner’s life that they had never read. 11 OPEN NEWSPAPER/WIRE SERVICE AWARD – The Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News – 35 JHR / CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING – CBC News - The National – Seeking Robocalls and their impact on voting - Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher – Glen McGregor explains how the Safety – Nahlah Ayed, Diane Grant – The Roma face persecution in Hungary. The CBC team, two political reporters learned about, and pursued a story that still resonates on Parliament Hill. with the help of Ed Ou, documented one family’s journey from Hungary to Canada. 13 MAGAZINE – Maisonneuve Magazine - Is egg donation dangerous? – That’s a question Alison Motluk 37 CAW CANADA / CAJ AWARD FOR LABOUR –Briarpatch – tried to answer after interviewing several women. Interns, unite! (you have nothing to lose -- literally) – Greig de Peuter, Nicole Cohen and Enda Brophy – 15 OPEN TELEVISION (UNDER FIVE MINUTES), CTV News – XL Foods investigation – It was the The three academics write about efforts to combat largest beef recall in Canadian history that exposed weaknesses in Canada’s food-safety system. unpaid internships. 17 OPEN TELEVISION (MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES) – CBC News - Investigative Unit – 39 CAJ / CNW GROUP STUDENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - Toronto Star - Carleton University - Fatal Deception –The asbestos industry used research from McGill University to prove the product’s safety. The Girls of War - Marc Ellison - It was a simple question that forced Marc Ellison to think differently about Joseph Loiero and his crew dug into evidence that challenged McGill’s research. former child soldiers in Northern Uganda. The answer became his story’s focus. 19 REGIONAL TELEVISION – CBC North - Maamuitaau – Breaking the mold – Melissa Brousseau - Af- NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARDS ter much complaining about the mold in their homes, it was the image of ten-month old Joe Ray, his face cov- ered with hard black scabs, that finally got people’s attention. Lynne Robson of the Maamuitaau team explains 41 MULTIMEDIA FEATURE – The Canadian Press – for a census project that looked at how they convinced the Cree community to open up about its moldy homes that were making many people sick. Canada’s changing society – Scott White got the idea to use census data to tell stories after a conversation that got him thinking. 21 OPEN RADIO NEWS/CURRENT AFFAIRS – CBC Radio/The Sunday Edition – Wanted: Egg donor in good health – Alison Motluk read lots about infertile women receiving eggs, but precious little about the donors. 43 NEWS FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – National Post – for a photo of a worker snoozing in the back What she found was surprising. during a mayor Rob Ford speech at a Toronto Real Estate Board gathering – Tyler Anderson – With controversy surrounding the Toronto mayor, the award-winning photo represented the 23 DATA JOURNALISM – Hamilton Spectator – Condition Critical – Steve Buist – Building on success calm before the storm for Tyler Anderson. from the previous Code Red series, Steve Buist used his science background to rate Ontario’s 14 Local Health Integration Networks. 45 BEAT REPORTING – The Canadian Press – for stories on Aboriginal affairs – Heather Scoffield – It’s a juxtaposition of worlds. A vast mining development in the James Bay 25 PHOTOJOURNALISM – The Canadian Press – portfolio – Darryl Dyck calls it storytelling photojour- region of Northern Ontario poised to deliver billions in profits, and the nine nalism. This art form requires a lot of skill, including composition, character development – and luck. First Nations communities struggling with addiction and poverty. It was a story that Heather Scoffield thought she’d never be able to tell. 3 MEDIA SUMMER 2013 4 47 EXPLANATORY WORK – The Ottawa Citizen – for the story behind the coverage of the Nortel criminal trial – James Bagnall – The deeper James Bagnall probed allegations that three former Nortel executives cooked the company’s books, the more he realized that his assumptions were wrong. 11 POLITICS – The Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia News – for a look at robocalls and their impact on voting – Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher – Glen McGregor explains how the two political reporters learned about, and pursued a story that still resonates on Parliament Hill. 49 SHORT FEATURES – Winnipeg Free Press – for a piece on a Scanterbury resident who built a giant red chair to honour the community’s ditch wavers – Lindor Reynolds 51 LOCAL REPORTING – St. John’s Telegram – for the enduring fallout of the sexual abuse tragedy at the Mount Cashel orphanage – Barb Sweet – She interviewed the survivors – and the cop who claimed cover up. 67 LONG FEATURES – The Toronto Star – for a story on the life and death of an 53 PRESENTATION – Toronto Star – The paper experimented with a graphic ordinary woman who led a magical life – Toronto Star team – novel of reporter Katie Daubs’ two-week stay indoors, and in Family and friends shared their memories of Shelagh Gordon Toronto’s underground PATH system – with The Star journalists. Catherine Porter tells us how the newspaper’s project unfolded. Spencer Wynn, Nuri Ducassi, Raffi Anderian, Katie Daubs 69 NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – Barrie Examiner – for a dramatic shot of a police officer 55 SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY – Edmonton Journal – for a photo of trying desperately to hold on to a man attempting to jump from an overpass joyous soccer star Christine Sinclair at the Olympics – Ed Kaiser – on to a busy highway – Mark Wanzel – His photograph captured the pain and joy of winning the bronze medal in the face The Examiner photographer unexpectedly captured the life-and-death struggle on camera. and gesture of a central figure. 70 EDITORIALS – Waterloo Region Record – for an editorial on former Ontario premier, Dalton Mc- 57 BUSINESS – The Globe and Mail – for stories of the power struggle at Canadian Pacific Railway – Guinty’s perilous route to a failed majority government – John Roe Jacquie McNish, Brent Jang, Sean Silcoff 71 SPORTS – Toronto Star – for a series on high-tech hockey sticks – Dave Feschuk 59 COLUMNS – The Globe and Mail – for an editorial that exposed France’s contradictory attitudes on the economy – Doug Saunders 73 INTERNATIONAL REPORTING – La Press (Montreal) – for a story of the toll the Syrian war is taking on its citizens – Michèle Ouimet 60 EDITORIAL CARTOONING – La Press (Montreal) – for an editorial that tied the fortunes of Toronto mayor Rob Ford to his disgraced counterparts in 75 BREAKING NEWS – La Press (Montreal) – for stories of Luka Magnotta, the man accused Montreal, Laval and Mascouche – Serge Chapleau of killing and dismembering a Montreal student – Gabrielle Duchaine, Vincent Larouche, Daphné Cameron, Isabelle Audet, Jean-Thomas Léveilleé