OTTAWA, May 1 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists is pleased
to announce the final groups of finalists for its annual awards for
outstanding investigative journalism in Canada for 2010.
The finalists in the two categories below join finalists in 12 other
categories whose accomplishments were announced April 29. This release
includes all finalists for all categories for the 2010 CAJ awards.
The finalists in the PRINT category are:
Kim Bolan
A Killer Seeks Redemption
Vancouver Sun
Sherri Borden Colley
Unintentional Activist
Chronicle Herald (Halifax)
Robert Cribb
The Outsiders
Toronto Star
The finalists in the OPEN TELEVISON (less than 5 minutes) category are:
Nazim Baksh and John Lancaster
Driving Under the Influence
CBC News: Toronto
Gillian Findlay, Lucy Lopez, Angela Gilbert, Nazim Baksh, Bill Gillespie
Pakistan International Airline Threat
CBC News: The National
Timothy Sawa, Angela Gilbert, Nicholas Stein, Diana Swain
Big Tobacco and Canadian Warning Labels
CBC News: The National
Diana Swain, Nicole Rogers, Carmen Merrifield
Child Prisoners of War
CBC News: The National
Kathy Tomlinson
Justice Denied
CBC News: Vancouver
The winning entry in each category will receive a $500 cash prize. The
winners in each category will be announced May 14, 2011, at the CAJ
Awards Banquet in Ottawa.
The Don McGillivray Award for the best 'overall' investigative report
for 2010 will also be announced at the awards banquet.
Please note that the media outlet listed is where the finalist worked at
the time their entry was broadcast/published or where the particular
entry was broadcast/published. Finalists are listed alphabetically.
The finalists in the OPEN NEWSPAPER category are:
Dale Brazao and Moira Welsh
Retirement Home Squalor: How Can This Happen?
Toronto Star
David Bruser, Andrew Bailey, Michele Henry
Above the Law
Toronto Star
Steve Buist
Code Red
The Hamilton Spectator
Helen Fallding
No Running Water
Winnipeg Free Press
Colin Perkel
One Bomb, Many Lives
The Canadian Press
The finalists in the COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER category are:
Steve Bonspiel
Mohawk council Turns up Heat on Non-Natives
The Eastern Door
Elliot Ferguson
Rebuilding Haiti
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Cam Fortems
Mike Rink Story
Kamloops Daily News
Gagandeep Ghuman
Playing with Fire
The Squamish Reporter
Gordon Hoekstra
Metis Property Sale and Offers
Prince George Citizen
The finalists in the OPEN TELEVISION (greater than 5 minutes) category are:
Lynn Burgess
Getting Away with Murder
CBC News: The National
Marie Caloz
Out of Control & Behind the Wall
CBC News: The fifth estate
John Kastner
Life With Murder
CTV/JS Kastner Productions
Emmanuel Marchand, Alain Gravel, Daniel Tremblay
Construction Mafia
Radio-Canada
Alex Shprintsen and Frederic Zalac
Dead Tired
CBC News: The National
The finalists in the REGIONAL TELEVISON category are:
Susana DaSilva, Lisa Johnson, Stephen Smart, Paisley Woodward
Appetite for Safety
CBC News: Vancouver
Deanne Fleet
The Winter Commission
CBC News: Newfoundland and Labrador
Alex Freedman and Vera-Lynn Kubinec
Photocopier Privacy
CBC News: Manitoba
Chris Goldrick and Simon Gardner
Contractor Investigation
CBC News: Ottawa
John Lancaster and Nazim Baksh
Death in a Community
CBC News: Toronto
The finalists in the OPEN RADIO NEWS/CURRENT AFFAIRS category are:
Scott Dippel
Power, Parties and the Paranoia at ENMAX
CBC Radio News - Calgary
Gino Harel
Culture 420
Radio-Canada
Robert Jones
Stalled Review
CBC Radio - New Brunswick
Maureen Matthews
Wihtigo: Cree Ideas About Cannibalism
CBC Radio - Ideas
Curt Petrovich
Fake Jobs, Failed Dreams
CBC News: The World at Six
The winners in the CAJ/Marketwire COMPUTER-ASSISTED REPORTING (CAR) category are:
Jeff Outhit and Cherri Greeno
Calls of Duty
The Record
The finalists in the PHOTOJOURNALISM category are:
Joe Bryksa
No Running Water
Winnipeg Free Press
Peter Power
Photojournalism Portfolio
The Globe and Mail
Louie Palu
The Cost of War
Zuma Press
The finalists in the MAGAZINE category are:
Alex Roslin
The Meat of the Matter
The Georgia Straight
Cecil Rosner
Isolation
Canada's History Magazine
The finalists in the FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY category are:
Bob Keating
Those Who Trespass Against Us
CBC Radio, Nelson
Maureen Matthews
Wihtigo: Cree Ideas About Cannibals
CBC Radio - Ideas
Karen Pauls
Uncovering Hidden Graves
CBC News: The World at Six
Robert Sibley
Reborn From the Belly of the Earth
The Ottawa Citizen
Tiar Wilson
Big Dam
APTN National News
The finalists in the SCOOP category are:
Bruce Cheadle and Jim Bronskill
The Pardon of Graham James
The Canadian Press
Steven Edwards
Secret Khadr Plea Deal Revealed
Postmedia Network
Lindsay Kines and Les Leyne
The Pickton Report
Times Colonist
Margaret Munro
Ottawa's Media Rules Muzzling Federal Scientists
Postmedia News
Nicholas Stein, Diana Swain, Anita Mielewczyk
Accused Ponzi Schemer Won't be Prosecuted
CBC News: The National
The finalists in the DAILY EXCELLENCE category are:
Larissa Burnouf
First Nations University Crisis
APTN News
Lisa Laflamme
G20: Weekend of Mayhem
CTV National News
Lee Pitts
Hurricane Igor
CBC News: Here and Now
Dave Seglins, Julie Crysler and David Mullan
Commander to Convict: The Russell Williams Story
CBC News: The World at Six
Connie Watson
Capsized School Ship: Survivor Stories
CBC News: The World This Weekend
The finalists for the CAJ/CNW Student Award of Excellence are:
Dylan C. Robertson
Sweeping changes proposed for A&S
University of Toronto
Aly Thomson, Jonathan Charlton, Geoff Davies, Casey Dorrell, Mike
Gorman, Alan Hale, Kathleen Hunter, Jessica Ilse, Laura MacKenzie, Adam
Miller, Jennifer Pawluck, Vincenzo Ravina, Lucy Scholey, Kyle Wells and
James Whitehead
Terminal Disease
University of King's College Investigative Workshop
Stuart Thomson and Laura Osman
Heron Gate residents plead for help
Algonquin College
Congratulations to all our finalists so far. Your work has been
outstanding and we thank you for entering. We hope that you are able to
attend this year's CAJ conference and/or awards gala to be held at the
Sheraton Hotel Ottawa May 13-15.
The Canadian Association of Journalists is a professional organization
with around 800 members across Canada. The CAJ's primary roles are
public interest advocacy work and professional development for its
members.