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27 May

CBC Ottawa reporter Julie Ireton named Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education

<p>CBC News Ottawa reporter Julie Ireton was named the Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She will develop a workshop on entrepreneurial journalism to help journalists market their skills, according to the <a href="http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/picfellows/picfellow2013.htm">press release</a>. Her project will eventually link Carleton University's Sprott School of Business and its School of Journalism to assist j-schools across the country and their students in these challenging times for job prospects.</p>

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23 May

UPDATED: Edmonton Journal wins four feature writing awards

<p>The <a href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/Journal+scores+four+feature+journalism+awards/8420038/story.html"><em>Edmonton Journa</em>l</a> has won four awards at the <a href="http://featuresjournalism.org/2013/05/22/winners-announced-25th-annual-features-journalism-contest/">Society for Features Journalism</a> 25th annual Excellence in Feature Writing Contest. </p>

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16 May

CBC Newfoundland and Labrador wins 8 gold awards at Atlantic Journalism Awards

<p> </p><p>CBC Newfoundland and Labrador swept the Atlantic Journalism Awards, picking up 8 gold awards including best multimedia feature, breaking news on radio and online news reporting. Here is the complete list of winners and finalists, according to the <a href="http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=2105116003&view=21282-0&Start=&htm=0">press release</a>.</p><p><strong>Online News Reporting</strong></p><p>Gold: Newsroom - CBC News - St. John's, NL - Tropical Storm Leslie.</p>

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14 May

UPDATED: Chronicle Herald misspells its own name in article about winning Atlantic Journalism Awards

<p><em>The Chronicle Herald</em>, which won six gold Atlantic Journalism Awards, misspelled its own name in an article celebrating its accomplishments. Check out the image, courtesy of <a href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/213167/newspaper-misspells-its-own-name-in-article-about-winning-awards/">Craig Silverman at Poynter</a>.</p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Herald.jpg" title="" /></p>

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8 May

Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book and Magazine Awards seeking applications

<p><span style="font-size: 10px;">The </span><a href="http://www.greberwritingaward.com" style="font-size: 10px;">Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book and Magazine Awards</a><span style="font-size: 10px;"> is accepting applications.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Deadline: June 14, 2013 at 5 P.M. PDT.  </span></p><p>The magazine award and book award is valued at $2,000 $5,000 respectively.</p><p>Application details can be found <a href="http://www.greberwritingaward.com/submissions.htm">here</a>.  </p>

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6 May

Up Here online editor Ashleigh Gaul wins Greg Clark Award

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/algaul" style="font-size: 10px;">Ashleigh Gaul</a><span style="font-size: 10px;">, online editor for </span><em style="font-size: 10px;">Up Here </em><span style="font-size: 10px;">magazine about is the winner of the </span><a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/content/greg-clark-award" style="font-size: 10px;" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Clark Award</a><span style="font-size: 10px;"> for early-career journalists.</span></p>

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5 May

Vancouver Magazine leads Western Magazine Award finalists with 18 nominations

<p>Vancouver Magazine leads the Western Magazine Award finalists with 18 nominations. The winners will be announced on the June 21 in Vancouver. Here are the finalists, according to the <a href="http://www.westernmagazineawards.ca/index.cfm?ci_id=1474&la_id=1">press release</a>. </p><p><strong>WRITTEN AWARDS</strong></p><p><u>ARTS, CULTURE, AND ENTERTAINMENT</u><br /> </p>

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5 May

The Coast takes CAJ’s top investigative award

<p><em>The Coast</em>'s investigation into then Halifax mayor’s role as executor of a family friend’s estate took the Canadian Association of Journalists’ top prize for investigative journalism.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;">Reporter Tim Bousquet of <em>The Coast</em> was the recipient of the 2012 Don McGillivray Award, which is selected from the winners of the CAJ's investigative categories. </span></p>

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5 May

Globe and Mail, La Presse and Toronto Star tie at the NNA

<p>The Globe and Mail, La Presse and the Toronto Star each took home four National Newspaper Awards. Meanwhile, the Canadian Press and the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> each took two prizes. </p><p>The winners were announced at an awards ceremony in Ottawa on Friday. The shortlisted finalists received citations of merit. </p><p>Here are the winners, according to the <a href="http://www.nna-ccj.ca/winners-and-runners-up-announced-for-2012-national-newspaper-awards/">press release</a>. </p><p><strong style="font-size: 10px;">Multimedia Feature:</strong></p>

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2 May

Maher, McGregor win World Press Freedom Award

<p>Postmedia News' Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor of the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> have been named recipients of the World Press Freedom Award. </p>

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