Jana Pruden (Edmonton Journal)

"Outstanding coverage of Edmonton crime including the record-setting year of homicides with the five-part series looking back at the murders. Ms. Pruden also had the series detailing the history of capital punishment hangings in Canada. Moreover, she had outstanding and exclusive coverage of the country's largest urban fire in history that occured in Slave Lake during May of 2011."

Here are some of Pruden's stories from the past year:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Smouldering+ruins+still+pose+fire+danger+Slave+Lake/4806161/story.html

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/05/26/slave-lake-residents-prepare-to-head-home/

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/detectives+Agents+silenced/5739379/story.html

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Victims+Families+club+wants+part/5773149/story.html