CBC journalists among finalists for Atlantic Journalism Awards

CBC journalists in all four Atlantic provinces received 24 nominations for the 2024 Atlantic Journalism Awards. Winners will be announced during the awards show on June 7 in Halifax.

The finalists include:

Audio

Documentary Program

• Emma Smith, Dave Irish - Atlantic Voice, Marie the fashion queen
• Caroline Hillier - Atlantic Voice, A bundle of trauma, a patchwork of healing

Enterprise Reporting

• Angela MacIvor - CBC Atlantic Investigative Unit, Healthcare Denied

Feature

• Yassir El Tahan, Caroline Hillier - Atlantic Voice, Chance Encounter
• Lindsay Bird- Atlantic Voice, Mushroom People
• Jonna Brewer - CBC New Brunswick, Hunter Remembered

Information Program

• Don Munro - CBC Cape Breton, Information Morning Cape Breton
• Isabelle Gallant - CBC Prince Edward Island, Island Morning's Ferry Remote Show

Video

Enterprise Reporting

• Nicola Seguin - CBC Nova Scotia, Housing Crisis

Feature

An underwater war story: See ships sunk by Hitler’s U-boats just off Bell Island

6 months ago

Duration 9:38

• Terry Roberts, Danny Arsenault, Peter Gullage - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, An underwater war story: Hitler's U-boat

Someone's Son: Repatriating Newfoundland's Unknown Soldier

11 months ago

Duration 26:06

• Heather Gillis, Ted Dillon, Chelsea Jacobs - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, Someone's Son: Repatriating Newfoundland's Unknown Soldier

Newscast (television)

• Tracy Lightfoot - CBC Prince Edward Island, CBC News: Compass

Any Medium

Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing

• Melissa Tobin - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, Mark Bragg's Song of Recovery
• Curtis Hicks, Caroline Hillier - Atlantic Voice, Shake my hand, I'm from Newfoundland

Business Reporting and Writing

Why homeowners wish they'd shut the door on this water treatment company

1 year ago

Duration 8:03

• Angela MacIvor - CBC Nova Scotia, Who's at your door?
• Myfanwy Davies, Caroline Hillier - Atlantic Voice, The Bricklin: Coming Home
• Shane Magee - CBC New Brunswick, Engineer suspended

Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing

• Ariana Kelland, Rob Antle - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, As N.L. struggles to house people with complex needs, homeowner caught in the middle

Climate Action Reporting and Writing

Funding stopped for ghost gear cleanup — N.B. fishermen want it back

11 months ago

Duration 2:57

• Rhythm Rathi, Roger Cosman - CBC News New Brunswick, Fishermen cleaning up huge snarls of ghost gear in Bay of Fundy want funding to continue

Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing

• Anthony Germain, Francesca Swann, Ken Cave - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, Our Children, Our Legacy: The Fight for Innu Education

Social Justice Reporting and Writing

• Malone Mullin - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, Doctors said her gangrenous appendix was just anxiety. She's not alone 

Sports Reporting and Writing

• Prapti Bamaniya - CBC New Brunswick, Tennis Prodigy

SPECIAL AWARDS

Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award

• Celina Aalders - CBC Nova Scotia, Celina Aalders: show of work

The Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award

• Ryan Cooke, Rob Antle - CBC News Atlantic Investigative Unit, A Darkness on the Edge of Town