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1 Mar

Former Le Devoir editor honoured with CJF Lifetime Achievement Award

Lise Bissonnette, former editor-in-chief of Le Devoir, has been named winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s (CJF) Lifetime Achievement Award. Bissonnette joined Montreal daily Le Devoir in 1974 and was […]

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22 Feb

PWAC launches two writing awards

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) has created two writing awards for work that has appeared in “a paying Canadian print or web media outlet in 2009,” the organization […]

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18 Feb

Neda video wins George Polk award

The “anonymous individuals responsible for recording the shooting death of 26-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan at a June protest in Tehran, Iran have been awarded the 2009 George Polk Award for videography. […]

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12 Feb

World Press Photo Award winners announced

An image by Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo has picked up the World Press Photo of the Year Award for 2009. The photo is of a woman shouting in protest from […]

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10 Feb

Award-winning articles, teaching presentations free for the classroom

If you’re looking for a perfect article for the classroom during the Olympics, try “Tourists, Stay Away, Playing Tourist in the Downtown East Side,” by Chris Koentges, up! magazine. The […]

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9 Feb

Brown wins Charles Taylor Prize

Toronto based author and Globe and Mail journalist Ian Brown is the winner of the 2010 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Brown was chosen for his memoir The Boy […]

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4 Feb

Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award winner announced

Twenty-four year old freelance photojournalist Adrien Veczan has been awarded the first Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award, the Canadian Journalism Foundation and The Canadian Press (CP) announced. As winner of the […]

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20 Jan

Application deadline approaching for documentary’s Don Haig award

The Don Haig Award for emerging documentary filmmakers is accepting applications for this year’s award until January 29. The award, from digital television station documentary, provides the winning filmmaker with […]

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18 Jan

Ian Brown wins B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

Author and Globe and Mail reporter Ian Brown is the winner of this year’s British Columbia National Book Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, a prize worth $40,000, The Canadian Press reports. […]

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18 Jan

Canwest creates Michelle Lang fellowship

Canwest Publishing has announced the creation of a new fellowship to honour Michelle Lang, the Calgary Herald reporter who was killed while reporting in Afghanistan late last year. According to […]

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