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4 Jan

Atlantic Journalism Awards call for entries

<p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ajasonline.org/">Entries are open for the Atlantic Journalism Awards</a>. Journalists who had work published in the 2012 calendar year by an Atlantic Canadian media outlet are eligible to enter their stories and photographs.</p>

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21 Dec

Submissions open for the Canadian Hillman Prize

<p>Submissions are open for the third annual Canadian Hillman Prize honouring excellence in journalism in service of the common good as practiced in the 2012 calendar year. </p><p>From the <a href="http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/canadian-hillman-prize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sidney Hillman Foundation website:</a></p>

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19 Dec

Nominations open for the 2012 J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year Award

<p><em>Once a year we shine a light on journalists who make all of us proud: who demonstrate excellence, integrity and innovation. As editor-in-chief <strong>Janice Neil</strong> explains, the<strong> <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/2012-j-source-canadian-newsperson-year" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J-Source Canadian Newsperson of the Year</a></strong> award will honour a Canadian individual who has demonstrated innovation or served as an inspiration to working journalists, educators, and/or audiences and the Canadian public. </em></p><p> </p>

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14 Dec

36th annual National Magazine Awards call for entries

<p> </p><p>The National Magazine Awards has <a href="http://www.magazine-awards.com/index.cfm?ci_id=1235&la_id=1">opened its call for entries</a> for the 36<sup>th</sup> annual NMAs, which will take place on June 7, 2013.</p><p>The awards honour “the best in magazine publishing from 2012,” and magazines and freelancers are encouraged to apply to the 48 categories the awards offer.</p>

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11 Dec

Daniel Henry on lack of camera and electronic access to courts: ‘It’s just not good enough’

<p><em>Media lawyer</em><strong><em> Daniel Henry</em></strong><em> was honoured with the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression 2012 Vox Libera award. In his acceptance speech, he called for journalists to keep pressing for camera access in court, saying that when the press – and by virtue, the public – is denied access to courts electronically, it is, quite simply, not good enough.</em></p>

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28 Nov

Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award now accepting applications

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Michelle Siu.JPG" title="" /><em>(Michelle Siu, the 2012 Tom Hanson Award winner on stage at the 15th annual CJF Awards with Christine Hanson. Photo: Kaz Ehara/CNW)</em></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Foundation is now accepting applications for the fourth annual Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.</p>

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6 Nov

2012 Jack Webster Awards winners

<p> </p><p>The Jack Webster Foundation honoured journalism in British Columbia last week, presenting its annual awards to news organizations.</p><p>The big winner on the night was the <em>Vancouver Sun</em>, taking home five awards, including Patricia Graham’s Bruce Hutchinson Lifetime Achievement Award. The CBC, which had been nominated for a total of 12 awards across all platforms, took home three. The <em>Vancouver Province </em>won in two categories.</p>

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23 Oct

Winners of 2012 COPAs announced

<p> </p><p>Digital journalism was honoured last night as the <a href="http://www.canadianonlinepublishingawards.com/2012/winners.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">winners of the 2012 Canadian Online Publishing Awards</a> presented by Masthead were announced at The Hoxton in Toronto by emcee Amber Mac.</p><p>The COPAs are broken down into three categories by publication type: Red (consumer, custom, religious, public association); Blue (business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly); and Green (daily and weekly newspapers, and broadcasters).</p>

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2 Oct

The Globe and Mail returns Online Journalism Award after realizing it had mistakenly entered wrong category

<p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> <a href="http://journalists.org/2012/10/02/new-winner-for-2012-online-journalism-award-for-feature-medium/">has returned the Online Journalism Award it received</a> from the Online News Association last month for its <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/breaking-caste/">Breaking Caste</a> multimedia series after realizing it had entered in the wrong category by mistake.</p>

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21 Sep

2012 COPA finalists announced

<p> </p><p>The <a href="http://www.canadianonlinepublishingawards.com/">Canadian Online Publishing Awards has named its finalists</a> for the 2012 awards, which will be presented on Oct. 22 at The Hoxton in Toronto.</p><p>Nominations were made in three categories. The COPAs break them down in the following manner: Red (consumer, custom, religious, public association); Blue (business-to-business, professional association, farm, scholarly); and Green (daily and weekly newspapers, and broadcasters).</p>

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