TORONTO – RTDNA Canada has unveiled the winners of its national and network awards which honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television, and digital.
The awards were presented Saturday night at the 2017 National Conference and Awards gala in Toronto.
The winners for RTDNA 2017 National Awards are:
Digital
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
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CBC Montreal: Real Talk on Race
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
- Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Data Storytelling Award
- CBC Vancouver: Every Parking Ticket Issued in Vancouver Last Year
Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)
- CBC Thunder Bay: Deep Water
Digital Media Award (Large Market)
- Global Edmonton: Family Matters
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- CBC Whitehorse: Yukon Royal Visit
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- CBC Hamilton: Tim Bosma Murder Trial Coverage
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
- CBC Montreal: Editorial Value: Politics, Sports and Indigenous Affairs
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
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CBC North: 2016 Arctic Winter Games
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
- CBC Edmonton: Winter Cycling 101
Multiplatform
Dan McArthur Award – In-Depth or Investigative
- CBC Vancouver: The Frontline of Fentanyl
Radio
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
- CBC Vancouver: Finding Refuge
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast (Small Market)
- CKBZ Kamloops: B-100 Noon News
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast (Medium Market)
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650 CKOM: Midday Report: David Kirton & Gerald Bauman
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast (Large Market)
- 660 NEWS: Wildfire
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
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680 NEWS: Stakeout, Shootout, and a Stabbing
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature (Small/Medium Market)
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CBC Thunder Bay: A Promise Kept
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature (Large Market)
- CBC Vancouver: Facing Fentanyl: A Young Addict and his Mom
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature (Small/Medium Market)
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CBC Nova Scotia: Atlantic Voice: A Journey to Jamaica
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature (Large Market)
- CBC Montreal: Two Veterans, Decades Apart
Dick Smyth Award – Creative Use of Sound
- CBC Toronto: Metro Morning: “Letters to Mohammed”
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- 650 CKOM’s Day of Caring for Fort McMurray
Peter Gzowski Award – News Information Program
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CBC Quebec City: Six Quebecers Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- CBC Vancouver: Fault Lines
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
- 980 CJME: Taylor Field – Saying Farewell
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
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CBC Kamloops: Daybreak: Women’s World Hockey Comes to Kamloops
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
- CBC Calgary: Taekwondo Kid
Television
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
- City: Transgender Surgery
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast (Small Market)
- CBC North: Northbeat
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast (Medium Market)
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CTV Kitchener: Bosma Verdict
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast (Large Market)
- CTV News Toronto: CTV News at Six
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
- CTV News Ottawa: Sinkhole Swallows Rideau Street
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature (Small/Medium Market)
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Global Regina: An Olympic Heart
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature (Large Market)
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CTV News Ottawa: Making an Impression: 13-Year-Old Evan Sharma is Being Called “The Next Picasso”
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature (Small/Medium Market)
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Global Regina: Wasted
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature (Large Market)
- CBC News: Vancouver at 6: A Night
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- CBC Newfoundland & Labrador: Beaumont-Hamel 100
Hugh Haugland Award – Creative Use of Video
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CTV Vancouver: Secret Bowling Alley
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- Global Edmonton: Fort McMurray Wildfire
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
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Global Edmonton: Life School: Bob Layton Editorial
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Small/Medium Market)
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CTV Kitchener: On the Roster: Blind Curlers
Sports Feature Reporting Award (Large Market)
- CTV Winnipeg: Picture Perfect
Trina McQueen Award – News Information Program
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Global Regina: Focus Saskatchewan
The Winners for RTDNA 2017 Network Awards are:
Digital
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
- CBC News: Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?
Data Storytelling Award
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CBC News Manitoba: Transport Canada List of 500 'Highest Risk' Railway Crossings Not Widely Shared
Digital Media Award
- CBC News: Saving Sid
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- CBC News: America Votes 2016: Election Night
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- Global News: Fort McMurray Fires
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
- Global News: What if the Fighting in Aleppo was Happening in Toronto?
Sports Live Special Events Award
- CBC North: 2016 Arctic Winter Games
Multiplatform
Dan McArthur Award – In-depth or Investigative
- CBC News: The National: Dirty Work
Radio
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
- CBC Radio: Ideas From the Trenches: Undoing Linguicide
Byron MacGregor Award – Best Newscast
- CBC News: The World at Six: Donald Trump Wins
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
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CBC News: The World at Six: Brussels Bombing
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature
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CBC News: RNC Diversity
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature
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CBC News: The World at Six: Notes of a Lawsuit
Dick Smyth Award – Creative Use of Sound
- CBC News: The World at Six: Battleground Florida
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- CBC Music: q: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
Peter Gzowski Award – News Information Program
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NEWSTALK1010: Suffering in Silence
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- CBC Radio: The Current: Public Forums on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
- CBC Radio: Out in the Open: The Invisibility of Late-term Pregnancy Loss
Sports Feature Reporting Award
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CBC News: 10-Thousand Hours: the Patience, Pain and Pride it Takes to be an Olympian
Sports Live Special Events Award
- CBC News: Olympic Games Report
Television
Adrienne Clarkson Award – Diversity
- CTV W5: After Ebola
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast
- CTV News: CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme
Charlie Edwards Award – Spot News
- Global National: Fort McMurray on Fire
Dave Rogers Award – Short Feature
- CBC News: The National: Failure to Protect
Dave Rogers Award – Long Feature
- CTV W5: In their Footsteps
Gord Sinclair Award – Live Special Events
- CBC News: America Votes
Hugh Haugland Award – Creative Use of Video
- CBC News: The National: Ethiopia – The Lion of Africa
Ron Laidlaw Award – Continuing Coverage
- CBC Edmonton: In the Face of the Fire – Briar Stewart
Sam Ross Award – Editorial/Commentary
- Global National: Top YouTube Fort McMurray Reflection
Sports Feature Reporting Award
- TSN: Dear Momma
Sports Live Special Events Award
- CBC TV Sports: Rio 2016 Olympic Games on CBC
Trina McQueen Award – News Information Program
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