Congratulations to the CAJ Awards finalists
The Canadian Association of Journalists is pleased to announce the finalists for its annual awards for outstanding journalism in Canada for 2008.
The winning entry in each category will receive a $500 cash prize. Finalists listed below are arranged by media outlet in alphabetical order. The winners in each category will be announced May 23, 2009, at the CAJ Awards Banquet in Vancouver.
The Don McGillivray Award for the best ‘overall’ investigative report for 2008 will also be announced at the awards banquet.
Please note that the media outlet listed is where the finalist worked at the time his or her entry was broadcast/published or where the particular entry was broadcast/published.
The finalists in the OPEN NEWSPAPER/WIRE SERVICE (circulation >25,000) category are:
Greg McArthur
Mulroney-Schreiber
The Globe and Mail
Steve Buist
A Pig’s Tale
Hamilton Spectator
Robert Cribb
Listeria
The Toronto Star
David Pugliese
Sovereignty for Sale
Ottawa Citizen
The finalists in the COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER category are:
Mattieu Aikins
Adam’s Fall
The Coast
The finalists in the OPEN TELEVISION (greater than 5 minutes) category are:
Frédéric Zalac, Alex Shprintsen, Kris Fleerackers, Georges Laszuk
The Taser Test
CBC News: The National
Terence McKenna, Nazim Baksh, Stephen Phizicky
The United States v. Omar Khadr
CBC Documentary Production Unit
Evan Solomon and Bruce Livesey
The Great Wall Street Swindle
CBC News: Sunday
Brett Mitchell, Victor Malarek, Larissa Moore
Mistaken Identity
CTV: W-FIVE
Marleen Trotter, Victor Malarek, Chad Derrick, Patti-Ann Finlay
Right to Know
CTV: W-FIVE
The finalists in the OPEN TELEVISION (Less than 5 minutes) category are:
Vera-Lynn Kubinec, Alex Freedman, Terry Stapleton
Bed Rails
CBC News – Manitoba
Janis Mackey Frayer
Inside Gaza Rocket Shops
CTV News
Steve Chao
Tibetan Horseman Riot
CTV News
Paul Hunter and Harvey Cashore
Mulroney Mystery
CBC News: The National
Avis Favaro and Elizabeth St. Philip
BPA in Cans
CTV News
The finalists in the REGIONAL TELEVISON category are:
Paisley Woodward, Eric Rankin, Curt Petrovich, Robert Zimmerman
Dirty Dollars
CBC News: Vancouver
Kathy Tomlinson, Eric Rankin, Enza Uda, Paisley Woodward
Prescription for Profit
CBC News: Vancouver
Zach Goudie
No Recycling
CBC News: Here and Now
The finalists in the OPEN RADIO NEWS/CURRENT AFFAIRS category are:
Rick MacInnes-Rae, Piya Chattopadhyay, Anthony Germain, Bruce Edwards, Donna Cressman, Dawna Dingwall, Andrea Huncar, Naheed Mustafa, Tim Lorimer, Alan Guettel
Nuclear Renaissance
CBC National Radio News
Alison Crawford and John Nicol
A Taxing Gift
CBC National Radio News
Naheed Mustafa and Donna Cressman
Afghanistan’s Left-Behinds
CBC National Radio News
Scott Dippel
Democracy, Alberta Style
CBC Radio-Calgary
Melanie Patten and Kevin Ward
Swissair 10th Anniversary
The Canadian Press
The finalists in the CAJ/Marketwire COMPUTER-ASSISTED REPORTING (CAR) category are:
Jim Bronskill, Sue Bailey, Darlene Parsons, Kevin Wiltshire, Sandra Bartlett, David McKie, Phil Harbord, Frederic Zalac, Susanne Reber
Putting Tasers to the Test
The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada
Chinta Puxley
Three Quarters of Nursing Homes Cited for Not Meeting Some Provincial Standards
The Canadian Press
Sandro Contenta, Betsy Powell, Robyn Doolittle, Jim Rankin, Patty Winsa, Andrew Bailey, Hidy Ng
Crime and Punishment
The Toronto Star
Chad Skelton
Care and Attention
The Vancouver Sun
Melinda Dalton and Tamsin McMahon
Impact
Waterloo Region Record
The finalists in the PHOTOJOURNALISM category are:
Andrew Vaughan
Portfolio
The Canadian Press
Darryl Dyck
Portfolio
Freelancer
Steve Russell
Portfolio
The Toronto Star
Louie Palu
The Fighting Season
The Toronto Star
Joe Bryska
2008 Portfolio
Winnipeg Free Press
The finalists in the MAGAZINE category are:
Susan McClelland
Cut Both Ways
Chatelaine
Alex Roslin
The Pill Pushers
The Georgia Straight
Michael Friscolanti
A National Embarrassment
Maclean’s
Michael Friscolanti and Martin Patriquin
Caught in the No-Fly Web
Maclean’s
Caitlin Crawshaw
Go the Distance
Unlimited
The finalists in the FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY category are:
Karen Pauls and Dick Miller
Under the Shadow
CBC Radio-The Current
Karen Pauls, Vito Cupoli, Margaret Daly, Pauline Dakin, Curt Petrovich, Frank Koller, Vik Adhopia, Eli Glassner, Lee Hewitt
Where is God Today?
CBC Radio
Noor Javed
GTA’s Secret World of Polygamy
The Toronto Star
Robert Sibley
One Nation Under God
The Ottawa Citizen
The finalists in the SCOOP category are:
Roger Collier
Canada’s Nuclear Fallout
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Anthony Germain
Policing In China: Citizens Speak Out
CBC Radio
Patricia Bell
The Nunavut Business Credit Corporation Fiasco
CBC Nunavut
Kelly Dehn
Emergency Room Death
CTV Winnipeg
Vito Pilieci
Proposed Secret Copyright Deal Takes Aim at Ipods, Providers
The Ottawa Citizen
The finalists in the DAILY EXCELLENCE category are:
Laura Lynch and Bruce Edwards
Buying Votes in Zimbabwe
CBC Radio
Briar Stewart
Eyes on the Road- But Who is Watching the Driving Instructor
CBC News: Edmonton
Anthony Germain
A School Built of Tofu
CBC Radio
Karen Pauls
Murder On a Greyhound Bus
CBC Radio
Murray Oliver
Greyhound Bus Beheading
CTV News
The finalists in the PRINT FEATURE category are:
Mattieu Aikins
Adam’s Fall
The Coast
Jessica Leeder
1 in 100
The Globe and Mail
Michael Friscolanti
How Safe is Your Food?
Maclean’s
The finalists for the CAJ/CNW Student Award of Excellence are:
Adrian Morrow and Karon Liu
The Master Plan: Rye High Grows Up
Ryerson University
Tamara Cunningham
Motel Muddle
Thompson Rivers University
Allison Martel
The Invisible 40 per cent
University of Toronto
Allison Cross
A Dying Man’s Wish
University of British Columbia
Lisa Vanevery
Reconciling Differences
Wilfred Laurier University
Congratulations to all our finalists. Your work has been outstanding and we thank you for entering.
The Canadian Association of Journalists is a professional organization with over 1,400 members across Canada. The CAJ’s primary roles are public interest advocacy work and professional development for its members.
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