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21 Dec

AJAs add magazine categories for 2009 awards

Three new awards have been launched to honour Atlantic Canada-based magazines. The Atlantic Journalism Awards has added three new categories beginning in 2009. The three new awards are best magazine […]

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18 Dec

Koring, Hollett, Hayes pick up Amnesty’s 2009 Media Awards

Three Canadian journalists have been named winners of Amnesty International Canada’s fifteenth annual Media Awards. Paul Koring, Jennifer Hollett and David Hayes were honoured for “outstanding reporting about human rights […]

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14 Dec

Mansbridge wins excellence in Arctic journalism award

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, an organization dedicated to the cultural and political advancement of the Inuit, has named CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge winner of the first ITK Award for […]

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8 Dec

CJFE to pay tribute to two journalists and one news outlet

This week, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will pay tribute to two journalists and the staff of a news outlet at the 2009 International Press Freedom Awards ceremony. Iranian […]

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7 Dec

Pulitzer Prizes open up to more online-only entries

At the end of 2008 the eligibility rules for the Pulitzer Prizes were changed to allow for entries from online-only publications if the site was “primarily dedicated to original news […]

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6 Dec

Guidelines for 2010 Dart Awards anounced

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has announced a January 29th deadline for the 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. The awards “recognize newspaper, magazine, online, […]

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2 Nov

Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award open for applications

Applications are now being accepted for the newly launched Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award, the award sponsors announced. The award is in memory of award-winning photojournalist Tom Hanson. It offers a […]

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28 Oct

AJAs open for entries

The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) is now inviting journalists in the region to enter their journalistic stories and images in the 2009 AJAs competition. Entries must be postmarked by Friday, […]

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28 Oct

The Tyee and St. Joseph’s top winners at Canadian Online Publishing Awards

The Tyee took home three awards from the Toronto ceremony for the first Canadian Online Publishing Awards on Oct. 26. In total, eighteen websites were honoured, with St. Joseph Media […]

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23 Oct

CJFE honours journalists and newspaper with Press Freedom Awards

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression honours two journalists and a Russian news outlet with 12th annual press freedom awards, for their fearlessness in the face of adversity Canadian Journalists for […]

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