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20 Mar

Canadian Press reporter Mike Blanchfield wins James Travers Fellowship

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Blanchfield.jpg" title="" /> Canadian Press reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/mblanchfield">Mike Blanchfield</a> has won the James Travers fellowship, an $25,000 international reporting grant that will allow him to probe the human cost of cluster bombs worldwide. </p>

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18 Mar

Eighteen Bridges wins big at Alberta Magazine Awards

<p><em>Eighteen Bridges</em> won big at the <a href="http://www.albertamagazines.com/awards">Alberta Magazine Awards</a> gala in Calgary, taking home three golds and three silvers last week.</p>

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18 Mar

Ottawa Citizen, Postmedia News awarded Canadian Hillman Prize for robocalls investigation

<p><em>Ottawa Citizen</em>’s Glen McGregor and Postmedia News’ Stephen Maher have won the 2013 Canadian Hillman Prize for their <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/22/racknine-inc-fraudulent-election-calls-traced/">investigative reporting</a> on the use of robocalls to disrupt and suppress voting during the 2011 federal election.</p>

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15 Mar

Hamilton Spectator leads ONA nominations

<p>The Hamilton Spectator dominated the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations with 21 finalists, followed by the Windsor Star with 16 nods and the Waterloo Region Record with 15. The winners will be announced on April 27 in Waterloo.</p><div><p>Here is the complete list of the Ontario Newspaper Awards nominations for 2013.</p>

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13 Mar

Globe and Mail leads nominations in the National Newspaper Awards

<p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> leads all newspapers in Canada with 15 nominations in the National Newspaper Awards competition, followed by 12 for <em>La Presse</em> with 12 and the <em>Toronto Star</em> with nine.</p><p>The 72 finalists from all categories were announced Wednesday in Toronto from a pool of 1,430 entries for work published in 2012.</p><p>The winners for all 22 categories will be announced at an awards ceremony in Ottawa at the Canadian War Museum on May 3. Winners will receive cheques for $1,000 and a certificate of award. Runners-up receive citations of merit.</p>

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12 Mar

Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom accepting award applications

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/english">The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom</a> is accepting nominations for a journalist who made a significant contribution to promoting free speech.</p><p>The $2,000 award is to acknowledge those contributions of journalists or media workers in Canadian print or electronic media during the past 15 months.</p><p>The winner will receive a certificate from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and will be announced at the annual World Press Freedom Day Luncheon in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre on May 30.</p>

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31 Jul

Fellowship open for journalists who cover international peace and security

<p> </p><p>The <a href="http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/jennings-randolph-senior-fellowship-program/senior-fellowship-application-informa#Fellowship_Activities">United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship</a> is open to journalists whose work covers topics of international peace and security challenges who wish to spend time researching and writing at the institute in Washington D.C.</p>

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31 Mar

Jesse McLean, Toronto Star reporter, named Canada’s best young journalist

<div class="ts-content_StaticExtra"> </div><div class="ts-content_jsPhotoPlayer">Twenty-four-year-old Jesse McLean's international and investigative reporting has earned him the <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/03/30/stars_jesse_mclean_wins_goff_penny_award_and_named_canadas_best_young_journalist.html"> Goff Penny award</a> by the Canadian Newspaper Association as Canada’s best young journalist.</div><div class="ts-content_jsPhotoPlayer">  McLean, who graduated from Ryerson University's journalism program in 2009, was lauded for his role in reporting fr

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8 Mar

NNA nominations: Globe leads with 24 and Star follows with 9

<p><span lang="en">The National Newspaper Awards <a href="http://www.nna-ccj.ca/?p=1453&lang=en">unveiled the list of finalists</a> today.</span></p><p><span lang="en">Here's a quick tally of the number of nominations: Globe and Mail-24; Toronto Star-9; </span>Waterloo Region Record-5; La Presse-4; Winnipeg Free Press-3; Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, London Free Press, Postmedia News, and Reuters- 2 each.</p><p>The winners will be announced in Toronto on April 27.</p><p> </p>

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30 Oct

Briarpatch launches writing contest

<p>Briarpatch is pleased to announce our first annual creative writing contest! We are now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism). With award-winning author Lee Maracle as our judge and $600 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to be missed! The deadline for entry is December 1, 2011. For full contest details check out <a href="http://briarpatchmagazine.com/">briarpatchmagazine.com</a></p>

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