CBC journalists win Atlantic Journalism Awards

CBC received 22 AJAs including nine Gold, five Silver and eight Bronze with work from all four provinces recognized.

Annual awards honour excellence and achievement in journalism on the East Coast

CBC Communications · Posted: May 04, 2024 11:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 5

The winners of the 2024 Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) were announced at a gala event at the NSCC Ivany Campus in Dartmouth on May 4.

CBC received 22 AJAs including nine Gold, five Silver and eight Bronze with work from all four provinces recognized.

Each year, the AJAs honour journalistic excellence and achievement for print, radio, TV and digital news in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

The 2024 Student Awards winners were: A class with the College of the North Atlantic in St. John's took home the Gold award, and Angela Capobianco with the The Dalhousie Gazette in Halifax received the Silver award. CBC was among the Student Awards sponsors.

And the winners are:

Any Medium

Sports Reporting and Writing

Jennifer Crawford as wrestler Moon Miss in heavy makeup and holding a wrestling belt. — Jennifer Crawford, seen here as their wrestling alter-ego Moon Miss, details their transformation in the documentaries, 'To the Moon' for Atlantic Voice. (CBC)

GOLD: "To the Moon", David Irish, Lindsay Bird, Emma Smith, CBC Atlantic Voice, St. John's, N.L. (April 16, 2023)
SILVER: "Amanda Tries Sports", Amanda Gear, Here and Now, CBC NL, CBC East Coast, CBC Indigenous, CBC Sports, St. John's, N.L. (July 17, 2023; Sept.. 22, 2023)

Social Justice Reporting and Writing

Inside Canada’s hidden housing crisis in northern Labrador

1 year ago

14:48

In this special report, the CBC’s Ariana Kelland visits Nain, Labrador, where for decades Inuit have lived in conditions that have long been deemed deplorable and unacceptable. Now, the country’s housing advocate is calling for urgent action.GOLD: "Sheltered", Ariana Kelland, Rob Antle, and Katie Breen, CBC News NL (investigative unit), St. John's, N.L. (Oct. 19, 2023; Nov.16, 2023; Nov. 27, 2023)

Climate Action Reporting and Writing

A man and a woman stand near their truck in a cemetery. The truck signage says Sunrise Park Cemetery on the front door and on the back window "Green Burials." — Caroline Hillier’s documentary ‘Bury Me Naked’ looks at where green burial cemeteries are — and are not — available in Atlantic Canada. (Contributed)

GOLD: "Bury Me Naked: Green Burials in Canada", Caroline Hillier, What on Earth, CBC NL, St. John's, N.L. (Nov. 26, 2023)

Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
BRONZE: "Decades Later, a Residential School Survivor Still Reflects on Those Who Vanished", Tehosterihens Deer, CBC NS, Halifax, N.S. (June 21, 2023)

Legal Affairs Reporting and Writing
BRONZE: "When the System Fails", Karissa Donkin, CBC News New Brunswick (June 23, 2023)

Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing
BRONZE: "Sons of Membertou: A New Gathering", Wendy Bergfeldt, Atlantic Voice, CBC Cape Breton, Sydney, N.S. (Dec. 3, 2023)

Video

NEWSCAST (Television)
GOLD: "CBC Nova Scotia News at 6", David Squires, Halifax, N.S. (May 29, 2023)
BRONZE: "Compass", Tracy Lightfoot, CBC P.E.I., Charlottetown, P.E.I. (May 1, 2023)

Feature

Meet Boonie Lethbridge, a legend in the woods — especially during Christmas

11 months ago

4:20

For years, many people drove to Clarenville to get a tree from Boonie Lethbridge. As he deals with a cancer diagnosis, Lethbridge took the CBC’s Terry Roberts out to chop down one more tree.GOLD: "Boonie's Trees", Terry Roberts, Ted Dillon and Darryl Murphy, Here & Now, CBC NL. St. John's, N.L. (Dec. 21, 2023)
SILVER: "PEI Seniors Go Cruising", Steve Bruce and Kirk Pennell, Compass, CBC P.E.I., Charlottetown, PEI (April 20, 2023)
BRONZE: "New Plate Special", Amy Smith, Emma Davie, David Laughlin, and Brian MacKay, CBC NS, Halifax, N.S. (Oct/Nov, 2023)

Enterprise Reporting
BRONZE: "Asylum Seekers in New Brunswick Struggling to Find Answers", Alexandre Silberman and Pierre Fournier, CBC News, NB (May 8, 2023)

Audio

Breaking News
GOLD: "Minister Dorothy Shephard Resigns", Jacques Poitras, Danielle McCreadie, and Vanessa Vander Valk, CBC NB, Fredericton, NB (June 15, 2023)

Documentary Program
GOLD: "Tons Love, Doug", Erin Moore and Alison Cook, CBC Sunday Magazine, Halifax, N.S. (Nov. 12, 2023)

The Sunday Magazine27:52Sunday Documentary: Tons Love, Doug

SILVER: "Inclusion, Cup by Cup", Maeve McFadden and Lindsay Bird, Atlantic Voice, CBC Atlantic, St. John's, N.L. (June 11, 2023)
BRONZE: "Sea Change", Caroline Hillier, What on Earth, CBC NL St. John's, N.L. (March 19, 2023)

Enterprise Reporting
SILVER: "Nova Scotia Schools Remove the Hate U Give from Curriculums", Portia Clark, CBC News, Halifax, N.S. (Sept. 19, 2023 / Nov. 19, 2023)

Feature

A man and woman both in ballcaps. She is wearing a light blue sweatshirt and holding a red book and hi is wearing a plaid shirt. They are standing outside a barn. — Children’s author Sheree Fitch and retired journalist Gilles Plante were open about their journey after Gilles was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2017 in Myfanwy Davies’ Atlantic Voice documentary. (Contributed)

GOLD: "How to Live When You are Leaving", Myfawny Davies, Atlantic Voice, CBC Atlantic (Sept. 10, 2023)
SILVER: "The Sunflower Duo", Caroline Hillier, Sunday Magazine, CBC NL, St. John's, N.L. (Feb. 26, 2023)
BRONZE: "A Change of Heart", Sarah Blackmore, CBC NL, St. John's, N.L. (2023)

Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
GOLD: Sam Farley, CBC NB, Fredericton, NB (body of work)

Student Awards
GOLD: "Moving Metro", Student Class Project, The Kicker, College of the North Atlantic, St. John's, NL (June 2023)
SILVER: "The Best People Die", Angela Capobianco, The Dalhousie Gazette, Halifax, NS (April 4, 2023)

Radio-Canada winners

Journalists from Radio-Canada Acadie also took home 11 awards, including the AJA Hall of Fame Award which was presented to Pierre Richard.

AUDIO
Information Program
SILVER: "Spécial inondations", Marc Babin, Mark Doiron, Lisa Revil, François Pierre Dufault and Julie Sicot, Le Réveil Nouvelle-Écosse / Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Radio-Canada Acadie (July 24, 2023)

NEWSCAST (Radio)
BRONZE: "Bulletin radio 3 novembre 2023 - ICI Première: l'annonce par Blaine Higgs comme quoi il n'y aurait pas d'élections anticipées au N.-B.", Luc Lapointe, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Nov. 3, 2023

VIDEO
Breaking News
GOLD: "Fermeture de Deux Foyers de Soins Spéciaux au N.-B.", Michèle Brideau, Le Téléjournal 22h, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Jan. 18, 2023)

Enterprise Reporting
GOLD: "Les Bleuetières Engloutissent la Forêt dans la Péninsule Acadienne", Louis-Philippe Trozzo, Le Téléjournal Acadie, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Nov. 9, 2023)

NEWSCAST (Television)
SILVER: "Le Téléjournal Acadie", Équipe du Téléjournal Acadie, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Sept. 20, 2023)

Video Journalism
GOLD: Gabrielle Drumond for Le Téléjournal, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Jan. 1-28, Feb. 2-15, March 3-7, 2023)

ANY MEDIUM
Business Reporting and Writing
SILVER: "Couverture de la transition chez UNI Coopération financière", Moncton Newsroom, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (March to December 2023)

Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing
BRONZE: "La Chicane entre Voisins qui n'en Finit pas à l'Î.-P-.É.", Laurent Rigaux, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Nov. 8, 2023)

Climate Action Reporting and Writing
SILVER: "La Déforestation dans la Péninsule Acadienne", Louis-Philippe Trozzo and René Landry, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Nov. 9, 2023; Nov. 10, 2023)

Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
GOLD: "Des Autochtones défient la loi pour vendre du cannabis au centre-ville de Moncton", Louis-Philippe Trozzo, Radio-Canada Acadie, N.B. (Sept. 7, 2023)

AJA Hall of Fame Award
Pierre Richard, Radio-Canada Acadie, Moncton, N.B.

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