RTDNA Canada Announces 2021 Prairie Region Award Winners

Calgary, AB – (May 18, 2021) RTDNA Canada is pleased to recognize excellence in digital and broadcast journalism in the Prairie Region with the winners for the regional awards.

RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations, and news gathering organizations in video, audio and digital.

Congratulations to the winners for their exceptional work!

2021 RTDNA Award – Prairie Region Winners:

Video

Audio-Visual Storytelling (Large Market)

  • CBC Calgary – Recent String of Suicides Leaves Devastating Mark on Small Alberta City

Audio-Visual Storytelling (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC North – NWT – “I know what it’s like to be homeless in Yellowknife.”

Breaking News (Large Market)

  • Global Calgary – Coronavirus – Calgary Lockdown

Breaking News (Small/Medium Market)

  • CTV Regina – COVID-19: Re-Opening Saskatchewan

Continuing Coverage

  • Global Edmonton – Fort McMurray Flooding

Enterprise

  • CTV Calgary – COVID-19: The Spread ofRacism

Excellence in Editing (Large Market)

  • CBC Calgary – A Mother’s Long Walk to Remember

Excellence in Editing (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Why Do You Vote?

Excellence in Innovation Sponsored by Dejero

  • Global Calgary – Anti-Racism Rally: Global Calgary

Excellence in Sound

  • CTV Winnipeg – Willy’s Graduation

Excellence in Sports Reporting

  • Global Calgary – Ikebuchi Hockey Family: Persevering Through Tragedy

Excellence in Video

  • CBC Edmonton – Serenity’s Tragic Journey into Government Care

Feature News (Large Market)

  • Global Calgary – Cancer Graduate

Feature News (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Bullied to Death, Almost

Graphics (Large Market)

  • CBC Manitoba – The Life of a First Nations Missionary

Graphics (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Synchrotron

Investigative

  • CBC Manitoba – CMHR

News – Live Special Events

  • CBC Edmonton – We Need to Talk

Opinion

  • CBC Edmonton – ‘I Have a Dream’

TV Newscast (Large Market)

  • CBC Edmonton – From My Home to Yours: CBC Edmonton News at 6

TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market)

  • CTV Saskatoon – COVID-19 Touches Down in Saskatoon: CTV News at Six

Audio

Best Podcast

  • CBC Manitoba – Kiwew

Breaking News (Large Market)

  • CJOB – COVID-19 Care Homes in Crisis

Breaking News (Small/Medium Market)

  • 650 CKOM – Oil Tankers Derail 2.0

Continuing Coverage

  • CBC Calgary – COVID-19 – We Have You Covered: Alberta@Noon

Enterprise

  • CBC Manitoba – Peter Nygard

Excellence in Editing (Large Market)

  • CBC Manitoba – Winnipeg Famous Cheryl Lashek

Excellence in Editing (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Hobbit House

Excellence in Innovation Sponsored by Dejero

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Hosting from Home

Excellence in Sound

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Tiger Moth

Excellence in Sports Reporting

  • CBC Manitoba – Toxic Hockey Culture

Feature News (Large Market)

  • CJOB – Remembering Manitobans Lost to COVID-19

Feature News (Large Market)

  • CJOB – Remembering Manitobans Lost to COVID-19

Feature News (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC North – NWT – Long Road to Shelter: Intimate Partner Violence Series

Investigative

  • CBC Manitoba – Genesta Garson

News – Live Special Events

  • 630 CHED – Santa’s Day on 630 CHED

Opinion

  • CBC Manitoba – Uncensored with Alexa Joy

Radio Newscast (Large Market)

  • CBC Manitoba – June 12 Newscast

Radio Newscast (Small/Medium Market)

  • 980 CJME – CJME Morning News

Digital

Breaking News (Large Market)

  • CBC Manitoba – COVID-19 Vaccines

Breaking News (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC North – NWT – Quick Thinking and a Concrete Angel: Hay River Man Saves Neighbour from Brutal Bear Attack

Continuing Coverage

  • CBC Calgary – Bringing Coal Back: Alberta’s New Bet on an Old Fuel

Enterprise

  • CBC Edmonton – Serenity: A Life Cut Short

Excellence in Data Storytelling

  • CBC Calgary – Here are the Latest COVID-19 Statistics for Alberta and What They Mean

Excellence in Social

  • CBC Manitoba – COVID-19

Excellence in Sports Reporting

  • CBC Manitoba – Skylar Park

Feature News (Large Market)

  • Radio-Canada Alberta – The Hidden Lives of Ghost Towns: La vie cachée des villes fantômes

Feature News (Small/Medium Market)

  • CBC Saskatchewan – Cree Way of Life

Graphics (Large Market)

  • CBC Calgary – How a Melting Glacier Could Re-Define the Alberta-B.C. Border

Investigative

  • CBC Manitoba – Genesta Garson

News – Live Special Events

  • CBC Manitoba – GerryFest

Opinion

  • CBC Manitoba – Pandemic Perspectives: Tom Boucher

Overall Excellence in Digital

  • CBC Saskatchewan – CBC Saskatchewan Digital Excellence

These Prairie Region winners will now compete with winners from West, Central and East regions for the Best Canadian Local News Awards. Those winners will be announced at the virtual RTDNA Canada 2021 National Conference & Awards Gala on Thursday, June 3, 2021

About RTDNA Canada

RTDNA Canada is the voice of electronic and digital journalists and news managers in Canada. The members of RTDNA Canada recognize the responsibility of broadcast and digital journalists to promote and to protect the freedom to report independently about matters of public interest and to present a wide range of expressions, opinions and ideas. The RTDNA Canada Journalistic Code of Ethics, adopted by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, is used to measure fairness and accuracy in our profession.

Become a Member: https://rtdna.wildapricot.org/join-us

Contact Information

Fiona Conway
President, RTNDA Canada
president@rtdnacanada.com

Tim Parent
Chair, Prairie Region, RTDNA Canada
Tim.Parent@rci.rogers.com

RTDNA Canada Awards
awards@rtdnacanada.com
http://www.rtdnacanada.com

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