1 RTDNA Canada Announces 2020 Network Award Winners Toronto, ONTARIO – (June 9, 2020) - RTDNA Canada is pleased to recognize journalistic excellence with the winners of the 2020 RTDNA Canada Network Awards. RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital. Congratulations to the winners for their exceptional work! Please visit RTDNA Canada to view a highlight reel for each winner. 2020 RTDNA Canada Awards – Network Winners: Digital Best News App • CBC News – CBC News App Best Podcast • TSN – Durbano Best Sports App • Sportsnet – Sportsnet App Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award • Globalnews.ca – The Arrest of Cameron Ortis Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award • CBC News – Canada Votes (Digital) Data Storytelling Award • Global News – Tainted: Tainted Water Consortium Digital Media Award • CBC News: Indigenous Unit – Original Voices Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award • CBC Indigenous – Original Voices 2 Excellence in Social Media Award • Sportsnet – 2019 NBA Finals News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award • CBC News – Canada Votes (Election Night Live Special DIGITAL) Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award • HuffPost Canada – Perspectives on Trudeau Blackface Incidents Sports – Feature Reporting • HuffPost Canada – The Race Never Ends for One of World's Top Ultra- Marathoners Multiplatform Dejero Award for Best Technical Innovation • CBC News – The National – Inside Syria Excellence in Innovation • CTV News – 2019 Election Campaign: Truth Tracker Investigative Journalism – Dan McArthur Award • CBC News – Canada's Broken School Violence Reporting System Original / Enterprise • Global News – RCMP Culture of Misconduct Series Radio Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award • CBC News: World Report – Christchurch Attacks Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – Saudi Women Flee Domestic Violence Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award • CBC – Life in a Laundry Room - The Doc Project Excellence in Sound – Dick Smyth Award • CBC News: World Report – D-Day 75th Anniversary Best Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award • CBC Radio – Unreserved - Road Trip With my Kokum News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award • CBC Radio News – Canada Votes 2019 3 Radio News Information Program – Peter Gzowski Award • CBC News: Alberta Election Special, The House: The Race to Lead Alberta Radio Newscast – Byron MacGregor Award • CBC News: World Report – Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Cohen Testify Best Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award • The Canadian Press – One Bomb Remembered Television Breaking News – Charlie Edwards Award • CBC News: The National – Hong Kong Protests Continuing Coverage – Ron Laidlaw Award • CTV News – Canada's Opioid Crisis Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award • CBC News – The Fifth Estate: The Defectors Excellence in Video – Hugh Haugland Award • CBC News: The National – Giants of Africa Honourable mention: Bell Media – CTV W5, On the Brink Best Long Feature – Dave Rogers Award • CBC News: Marketplace – Tracking Your Trash: Exposing Recycling Myths News – Live Special Events – Gord Sinclair Award • CBC News – Canada Votes - Election Night Opinion and Commentary – Sam Ross Award • CTV News – There are No Words - Terror in New Zealand Best Short Feature – Dave Rogers Award • CBC News: The National – Inside Donetsk Sports Feature Reporting • TSN – A Kid from Nowhere Sports – Live Special Events • TSN – 2019 Grey Cup TV News Information Program – Trina McQueen Award • Global National – The Moon Landing and the Maple Leaf TV Newscast – Bert Cannings Award • CBC News: The National – March 17, 2019 4 About RTDNA RTDNA Canada is the voice of electronic and digital journalists and news managers in Canada. The members of RTDNA Canada recognize the responsibility of broadcast and digital journalists to promote and to protect the freedom to report independently about matters of public interest and to present a wide range of expressions, opinions and ideas. The RTDNA Canada Journalistic Code of Ethics, adopted by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, is used to measure fairness and accuracy in our profession. Click HERE to become a member. Contact Information Fiona Conway President, RTDNA Canada [email protected] Sarah Daly RTDNA Canada [email protected] www.rtdnacanada.com .