CBC Quebec, CBC Cree unit win RTDNA journalism awards
Excellence in breaking news, sports reporting and audio-visual storytelling among nods for work in 2023
Journalists with CBC Quebec and the CBC Cree unit have been recognized with regional and national awards for their work in 2023.
On Nov. 2, Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada awarded six Best Canadian Local News awards to CBC journalists in Quebec.
The winners had previously taken home awards in their respective categories for the Central Canada region earlier this fall.
CBC national and Indigenous colleagues based in Quebec also took home 3 RTDNA National Awards of Excellence at the same event.
RTDNA Canada represents broadcast and digital journalists and news managers in the country, and these awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital media.
Here are some of the highlights of our award-winning coverage in 2023.
Multiplatform wins
Winner Best Canada Local News: Continuing Coverage, small market:
- CBC North's Cree unit's coverage: Lost in Flames Forest fires in Eeyou Istchee
Winner Central Region: Continuing Coverage, large market:
- CBC Quebec's coverage of Quebec's record-breaking wildfires.
Video wins
Winner Central Region: Audio-Visual Storytelling:
Winner Best Canada Local News: Opinion:
Digital wins
Winner Best Canada Local News: Overall Excellence in Digital:
CBC Montreal was recognized for its overall digital news coverage, innovative design and functionality. Here are some highlights from 2023:
- Unhoused: 10 Montrealers tell their stories
- Black Changemakers 2023
- REM, bus or car: The Montreal commute experiment
- Meet the 'OGs' of Montreal hip-hop
- CBC Montreal on TikTok
Winner Best Canada Local News: Breaking News, large market:
Winner Best Canada Local News: Excellence in Data Storytelling:
Winner Central Region: Excellence in Sports Reporting:
Winner Central Region: Feature News, small/medium market:
Winner Central Region: Opinion:
Audio wins
Winner Best Canada Local News: Breaking News, small/medium market:
- CBC Quebec City's radio coverage of the historic flooding in the Charlevoix region.
Winner Central Region: Breaking News, large market:
- CBC Montreal's radio coverage of the Laval daycare bus crash.
National awards:
In addition to the local news awards, CBC journalists in Quebec won three national awards of excellence:
Winner Excellence in Social, national:
- CBC Indigenous: Assembly of First Nations election
Winner Excellence in Sports Reporting, national:
- CBC Indigenous: Grappling with a good mind
Winner Opinion (Video), national:
- CBC News: The National - Families fight for answers after deadly Montreal Airbnb fire