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12 Mar

Toronto Star journalist Marco Oved wins James Travers fellowship

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Marco Oved_0.JPG" title="" /> <em>Toronto Star</em> journalist Marco Oved was awarded the R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship.</p><p>Oved will receive $25,000 and use the funds to travel to Ghana, Burkina Faso and Peru to report on development projects funded by Canadian mining companies operating in those countries. His work will be published in the <em>Star</em> in the coming months.</p>

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11 Mar

Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald reporters win Canadian Hillman Prize

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/EJ Fatal Care_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Journalists Karen Kleiss, of the <em>Edmonton Journal,</em> and Darcy Henton, of the <em>Calgary Herald,</em> have won the 2014 <a href="http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/canadian-hillman-prize/2014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian Hillman Prize</a> for their investigation into the deaths of children while in provincial foster care in Alberta.</p>

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10 Mar

CBC leads at RNAO health reporting awards

<p>The CBC lead the pack with three wins at the 2013 Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's health reporting awards.</p><p>Here are the award winners, according to the <a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1781299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>:</p>

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5 Mar

Landsberg Award accepting applications

<p>The Landsberg Award is proudly presented by The Canadian Journalism Foundation in association with the Canadian Women’s Foundation.</p><p>The award will celebrate a journalist who is raising awareness about women’s equality issues in Canada and aims to inspire an increase in the media coverage and voice of women in Canada.</p><p>The award is named after Michele Landsberg—an award-winning Canadian journalist, author, social activist and feminist—to acknowledge the tremendous impact that Michele has had as an advocate and role model for all women in Canada.</p>

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21 Feb

Dave Agar, Jon McComb among 7 broadcasters receiving RTDNA Canada lifetime achievement awards

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/RTDNA_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>Newstalk 1010’s Dave Agar and CKNW’s Jon McComb are among the seven journalists who will receive RTDNA Canada lifetime achievement awards this year.The award honours individuals from across Canada who have distinguished themselves in broadcast journalism.</p>

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20 Feb

Hannah Yoon wins Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Hannah Yoon_0.JPG" title="" /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjfprograms/sets/72157641218246013/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hannah Yoon</a>, a Loyalist College student and a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in the <em>Kitchener-Waterloo Record</em>, has won the Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.</p>

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18 Feb

Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary accepting applications

<p>The original Gordon Sinclair Fellowship was established in 1986 after friends of the late broadcaster created the Gordon Sinclair Foundation and a university scholarship for recent journalism graduates to honour his memory. The stated purpose of the original award was to encourage a recent journalism graduate to embark on another year of study that would enrich them as journalists. The award was presented <a href="http://www.gordonsinclairfoundation.ca/fellows.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25 times in the years that followed</a>.</p>

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12 Feb

Greg Clark Award accepting applications

<p style="margin-left:2.25pt;">Early-career journalists looking to spend a week exploring their beat in greater depth are encouraged to apply for The Canadian Journalism Foundation's <a href="http://cjf-fjc.ca/content/greg-clark-award" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Clark Award</a>.</p><p>The award was created in memory of one of Canada's greatest journalists - a war correspondent, an avid outdoorsman, a humorist, but above all, a great reporter who excelled at storytelling. The deadline for applications is <strong>March 14, 2014.</strong></p>

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31 Jan

Jack Webster Foundation accepting applications for professional development fellowships

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30 Jan

Susan Delacourt receives Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Susan Delacourt_0.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><em>Toronto Star</em> political journalist Susan Delacourt will be awarded the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism on April 10. The award acknowledges a journalist whose work explains how public policy affects Canadians and provides insight into the policy-making process.</p>

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