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28 Sep

UBC j-students win Emmy

Journalism students from the University of British Columbia have won an Emmy for their documentary about e-waste in Ghana. Ten students studying international reporting were nominated for two Emmy Awards […]

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27 Sep

CBC Radio named Broadcaster of the Year by New York radio awards

CBC Radio won 17 awards at the 2010 New York Festivals International Radio Awards. The public broadcaster was also named Broadcaster of the Year. THE CURRENT took the coveted Grand […]

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24 Sep

Canadian Press editor Scott White wins Ryerson alumni award

Scott White, editor-in-chief of the Canadian Press and Ryerson j-school grad (’79) has been named a recipient of the university’s alumni achievement award. Ryerson’s bio of White: “Scott White dedicated […]

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24 Sep

UBC j-school nominated for three Canadian Online Publishing Awards

<p>The University of British Columbia's School of Journalism has been nominated for three C<a href="/article/nominees-announced-canadian-online-publishing-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anadian Online Publishing Awards.</a><br /><br />The awards, which recognize excellence in online editorial and innovation in magazines, newspapers, broadcasts and websites, are chosen by <span style="font-style: italic;">Masthead Online</span>.<br /><br />UBC is nominated in three categories:<br />

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23 Sep

Nominees announced for Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Masthead Online has announced the nominees for its Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The awards are broken into three divisions: Red (Consumer, custom, religious, public association),Blue (Business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly) […]

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14 Sep

Regional winners announced: environmental reporting awards

IUCN, Thompson Reuters Foundation and COMplus have announced the regional winners of their international environmental reporting awards. The winners were selected from 418 entries from 81 countries. The ultimate winner […]

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8 Sep

Fish fraud story earns Star food writing award

The Association of Food Journalists (AFJ) has awarded the Toronto Star with “best newspaper food story” for a 2009 exposé on fish substitutions at Toronto sushi restaurants. The Salt Lake […]

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7 Sep

CJFE announces International Press Freedom award honourees

Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression (CJFE) has announced the winners of the 2010 International Press Freedom Awards. The honourees are international journalists Emilio Gutierrez Soto, Luis Horacio Nájera, Serge […]

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26 Aug

If your kid wants to be a writer…

Aspiring authors from Ontario can enter the Super Stories Contest with a short story about how they’d make the Earth a greener place. The contest is hosted by TVOKids, the […]

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25 Aug

NYT wins APME award

A New York Times investigative health piece has won a public service award for an investigative piece from Associated Press Managing Editors association (APME). APME is an association of editors […]

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