Canadian Association of Journalists announces its shortlists; awards night is May 4, in Ottawa.
from the Canadian Association of Journalists
OTTAWA, April 8, 2013 /CNW/ — The Canadian Association of Journalists is pleased to announce the full list of finalists for its annual awards for
outstanding investigative journalism in Canada for 2012.
The winning entry in most categories will receive a $500 cash prize. The winners in each category will be announced May 4, 2013, at the CAJ Awards gala and conference banquet in Ottawa, part of the #CAJ2013 conference at the Westin Hotel Ottawa.
Recipients will be announced by Evan Solomon, host of CBC News Network's Power and Politics and CBC Radio One's The House. The Don McGillivray Award for the best "overall" investigative report for 2012 will also be announced at the awards banquet.
Finalists in the community newspaper, radio news or current affairs and open television over five minutes runtime are now listed below.
The finalists in the *Open Newspaper / Wire Service* category are:
Andrew McIntosh, Kinia Adamczyk
Le Vieux Port en Eaux Troubles: Dépenses, Voyages, Repas, Contrats
/Agence QMI/
Stephen Maher, Glen McGregor
Dirty election tricks revealed
/Postmedia News/
Colin Perkel
Sunnybrook Veterans' Centre
/The Canadian Press/
Robert Cribb
Life or death: Who decides?
/Toronto Star/
The finalists in the *Community Newspaper* category are:
Heather Rivers
The sad truth: Prescription drug abuse
/Sentinel-Review – Woodstock, Ont./
Tim Bousquet
A trust betrayed
/The Coast – Halifax, NS/
Susan Gamble
The Chinging Cycle
/The Expositor – Brantford, Ont./
David P Ball
Activism is in the blood, says tar sands warrior
/Windspeaker/
The finalists in the *Magazine* category are:
Alex Roslin
Japan's irradiated fish worry BC experts
/The Georgia Straight/
Corinne Cécilia
Une âme universelle
/Maison et Demeure/
Alison Motluk
Is egg donation dangerous?
/Maisonneuve Magazine/
Frances Bula
The Tipping Point
/Vancouver Magazine/
The finalists in the *Open Television (Under Five Minutes Runtime)*
category are:
Rob Smith
Elder suicide
/APTN National News/
Joanne Levasseur, Gosia Sawicka, Leif Larsen
Winnipeg thermography clinic ordered to stop operating
/CBC News – Manitoba/
Natalie Clancy
Bogus Botox
/CBC News – Vancouver/
Robert Fife, Philip Ling
XL Foods investigation
/CTV News/
The finalists in the *Open Television (Over Five Minutes Runtime)*
category are:
Gil Shochat, Alex Shprinsten, Joseph Loeiro
Fatal Deception
/CBC News – Investigative Unit/
Andeas Wesley, Erica Johnson, Marlene McArdle, Alan Jones
What FX?
/CBC News – Marketplace/
Litsa Sourtzis, Sandie Rinaldo, Melissa Martin
Senior's Moments
/CTV – W5/
Alain Gravel, Emmanuel Marchand, Daniel Tremblay
Ma Mafia au Canada
/Radio-Canada – Enquête /
The finalists in the *Regional Television* category are:
Anthony Germain, Gary Quigley, Marilyn Boone, Heather Barrett, Peter
Gullage, Bernice Hillier
A story of survival
/CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador/
John Lancaster, Anu Singh
Murder of Dr Goel
/CBC News – Toronto/
Melissa Brousseau
Breaking the mold
/CBC North – Maamuitaau/
The finalists in the *Open Radio News Or Current Affairs* category are:
Peter Cowan
Peter Penashue election spending problems
/CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador/
Nancy Thomson
Yukon foreign workers
/CBC North/
Alison Motluk
Wanted: Egg donor in good health
/CBC Radio – The Sunday Edition/
Nicole Ireland
Citizenship: On hold
/CBC News – Thunder Bay/
The finalists in the *Caj / Marketwire Data Journalism Award* are:
Leslie Young, Jackson Proskow
Gardiner Expressway – Trouble overhead
/Global TV News/
Steve Buist
Condition critical
/Hamilton Spectator/
Jeff Outhit
Red alert / Cameras about safety not cash, politicians say
/Waterloo Region Record/
The finalists in the *Photojournalism* category are:
Larry Wong
Portfolio
/Edmonton Journal/
Darryl Dyck
Portfolio
/Freelance / The Canadian Press/
Peter Power
Portfolio
/Globe and Mail/
Steve Russell
Portfolio
/Toronto Star/
The finalists in the *Scoop* category are:
Nigel Newlove
Deleted Blackberry messages
/APTN National News/
Amy Stoodley, Kathy Porter, Rob Antle, Jen White, Paul Pickett
Thermography investigation
/CBC News – Newfoundland and Labrador/
Margaret Munro
Scientist muzzled, report says
/Postmedia News/
Jim Bronskill
Canada's torture memos
/The Canadian Press/
Steve Rennie
Sky's the limit? Report alleges nursing station used medical flights to
shop
/The Canadian Press/
The finalists in the *Daily Excellence* category are:
Mark Gollom
Israel and Hamas, the diplomatic dance behind the deal
/CBCNews.ca/
Nancy Waugh
Teen in chains
/CBC News – Nova Scotia/
John Lancaster, Christopher Williams
Caught on tape
/CBC News – Toronto/
Kim Bolan
Brazen killing may be gang retaliation / Sandip Duhre was shot to death
/Vancouver Sun/
The finalists in the *Print Feature* category are:
Sharon Kirkey
When the hurting won't stop: How chronic physical pain drove a teen to
take his life
/Postmedia News/
Jon Wells
He sang with all his heart
/Hamilton Spectator/
Dawn Walton
A father's one-on-one with his son's kidnapper
/The Globe and Mail/
Cheryl Rossi
Liquor lifeline
/Vancouver Courier/
The finalists in the *JHR / CAJ AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING* are:
Diana Swain, Timothy Sawa, Annie Burns-Pieper
Unnatural selection
/CBC News – Investigative team/
Geoff Leo
Blind spot: What happened to Canada's Aboriginal fathers?
/CBC News Network/
Nahlah Ayed, Diane Grant
Seeking safety
/CBC News – The National/
The finalists in the *CWA Canada / CAJ Award For Labour Reporting* are:
Greig de Peuter, Nicole Cohen, Enda Brophy
Interns, unite! (you have nothing to lose – literally)
/Briarpatch/
Lysanne Louter, Adrienne Arsenault
A murky world
/CBC News – The National/
Kathryn May
Unions see a war coming in shifting political landscape
/Ottawa Citizen/
The finalists in the *CAJ / CAW Group Student Award Of Excellence* are:
Amir Shah, Derrick DeBolster
Voter apathy in Ontario
/RogersTV London, Ontario / Fanshawe College/
Carly Wignes
Treaty Troubles
/TheTyee.ca / Langara College/
Marc Ellison
The Girls of War
/Toronto Star / Carleton University/
Andrew Pickup, Gena Holley, Kate McKenna, Rachel Ward, Blair Barrington,
Jennifer MacNeil, Molly Gibson-Kirby, Ernie Robinson, Matt Mabee, Emma
Lavender, Aaron MacDonald, Troy Power, Matt Jamieson, Connor Balcome,
Jon Bolduc, Kendra Lovegrove, Mackenzie Scrimshaw, Alison Chiang, Becky
Dingwell, Keili Bartlett, Chelsea Gutzman, Philippa Wolff and others
HRMVotes.ca /University of King's College / Nova Scotia Community College/
Consistent with information in the entry package instructions, judges
had the discretion to name between one and five finalists in each award
category. There were a total 177 entries for the 2012 awards program
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