CBC British Columbia wins 36 awards at 2021 Western Region RTDNA Awards

CBC British Columbia has won 36 awards at the 2021 Western Region RTDNA Awards.

The annual awards celebrate the best in journalism in B.C., including radio, television and online news.

Reporter Eric Rankin has been honoured with an RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award, capping off a 44-year career in broadcast journalism.

"Eric spent his career pushing hard for exclusives, demanding excellence from himself and others and giving voice to those who otherwise would not have been heard," the association wrote.

The CBC British Columbia winners are as follows:

Digital

Breaking news (large market)

• South Coast Snowstorm 

Breaking news (small/medium market) 

• CBC Prince George - Deadly motel fire in Prince George

Continuing coverage

• COVID-19 in B.C.

Opinion 

• Analysis of B.C.'s COVID-19 response

Enterprise

• Indigenous designers in B.C. outraged over claims of authenticity by non-Indigenous competitor

Excellence in data storytelling

• COVID-19 in British Columbia by the numbers

Excellence in social

• Being Black in B.C.

Excellence in sports reporting

• Brain Trust

Feature news (large market)

• Six Months In

Graphics (large market)

• Search for Metro Vancouver's best neighbourhood

Investigative

• PHSA Spending Concerns 

News - Live special events

• Black Lives Matter protests in Vancouver

Overall excellence in digital

• CBC.CA/BC

Radio

Best podcast

• CBC Prince George - They & Us

Breaking news (large market)

• Pier Park fire in New Westminster

Breaking news (small/medium market)

• CBC Kamloops - Snowbird down

Continuing coverage

• Facing the Virus: The Early Edition's COVID Coverage

Enterprise

• Taking account of systemic racism: Handcuffed at a bank

Excellence in editing (large market)

• Dr. Peter's Mother's diary

Excellence in innovation

• When COVID hit home: Adapting our broadcast from studio to kitchen tables

Excellence in sound

• CBC Prince George - Halloween Apples!

Excellence in sports reporting

• All Native Basketball Tournament coverage 2020

Feature News (large market)

• Moving day: Escaping domestic violence with your stuff

Investigative

• Access denied: The Early Edition

News - Live special events

• Grieving Together: In community after the Iran plane crash

Opinion

• CBC Kelowna - Kelowna Unmasked: Chris Walker on Misinformation at Kelowna Protest

Radio newscast (small/medium market)

• CBC Kamloops - May 22, 2020

Television

Audio-Visual storytelling (Large Market)

• Why mooncakes are a little slice of history

Breaking news (large market)

• Snowstorm whallops the Lower Mainland: CBC Vancouver News at 6

Continuing coverage

•  Remembering the victims of Flight 752

Enterprise

• Unmasking COVID Racism

Excellence in editing (large market)

• 'I'm scared of being called a hero'

Excellence in innovation

• Unmasking Racism: What are we going to do about it?

Graphics (large market)

• Looking Back: 6 months of COVID-19 in B.C.

Investigative

• Imam sex assault

Opinion 

• Unmasking Racism: Our experience with racism