This year again, The Press did well at the prestigious Canadian Journalism Competition, winning three prizes at the gala presented Friday evening in Toronto.
“These prizes are a pleasure, because they reward field work, depth and originality,” rejoiced François Cardinal, deputy editor and vice-president of Information at The Presswho congratulated all the winners.
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Stuart M. Robertson Breaking News Award: The Work of Journalists The Press was recognized for their coverage of the tragedy in a Laval daycare, in February 2023
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Joan Hollobon Prize for Specialized Journalism: Ariane Lacoursière for her work on health care inequalities in Nunavik
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Sport: Alexandre Pratt for his chronicles on a group of hockey players from the Laurentians who played in France, on Quebec hockey players appearing without their knowledge on stamps around the world as well as on the organization of major events for sport feminine
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The information artisans of The Press notably received the Stuart M. Robertson Prize, which rewards breaking news, for their coverage of the day when a bus driver hit a daycare in Laval, killing two children.
The award for breaking news is particularly pleasing, given that it required intense teamwork, under pressure, in difficult circumstances.
François Cardinal, deputy editor and vice-president Information The Press
Indeed, eight journalists and columnist Isabelle Hachey were nominated for their work on February 8, 2023.
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Ariane Lacoursière was awarded the prize for specialized journalism.
With her texts on the marked inequalities in health care in the villages of Nunavik, in Northern Quebec, journalist Ariane Lacoursière was awarded the prize for specialized journalism.
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Alexandre Pratt was rewarded in the “Sport” category.
Sports columnist Alexandre Pratt won the prize in the “Sport” category, notably for his text on a group of female hockey players from the Laurentians who played in front of hundreds of people in France. Her column on Quebec hockey players appearing on stamps around the world, as well as her appeal to colleges and universities to organize a major event around women’s sports, also contributed to obtaining the prize.
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Journalists Lila Dussault and Mayssa Ferah accepted the Stuart M. Robertson Prize The Press received for its coverage of the Laval daycare tragedy.
With its three prizes, The Press obtains, tied with the Toronto Starthe second largest harvest, behind Globe and Mailcited seven times. The Brandon Sun And The Narwhal both received two awards – in total, twenty-three awards were presented.
A first
On the occasion of its 75e edition, the Canadian Journalism Competition accepted for the very first time applications in languages other than French or English. So, in the “special subject” category, it is the publication in Chinese language Sing Tao which was rewarded. In the series Embracing Canadajournalists based in Vancouver and Toronto examined the challenges facing the second wave of immigrants from Hong Kong.
As for the journalist of the year award, which columnist Isabelle Hachey won last year, it was given to Doug Saunders, of Globe and Mail. The latter also won the Norman Webster Prize for international reporting.
Journalists and columnists from The Press were also finalists four other times, notably in the project of the year category for a series of texts on the affordable housing crisis in Quebec. It is finally the Globe and Mail who won recognition for his investigation into Canada’s problematic access to information system.
For their field coverage in Ukraine, photographer Martin Tremblay and columnist Isabelle Hachey were selected in the “Photo report” and “International report” categories. Finally, investigative journalist Tristan Péloquin was in the running for the George Brown Prize for Major Investigation for having dissected the environmental fallout from an illegal dump in Kanesatake.
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