College of the North Atlantic Journalism Program

08/05/2026

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06/22/2026

Congrats to CNA journalism alums Marykate O'Neill, Bailey Howard, and Cameron Kilfoy for bringing home the gold.

Breaking News
● Gold - Nicole Sullivan - Cape Breton Post, NS, 'I felt sick'; Cape Breton police investigating swastikas across from Jewish cemetery
● Silver - Tara Bradbury - The Telegram, NL, Gander man arrested after DNA cracks Toronto cold case
● Bronze - James Reid - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Auditor General Uncovers Wasted Funds On Travel Nursing Agencies
🎉 Magazine Covers
● Gold - Dru Kennedy - Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Atlantic Salmon Journal’s Winter Cover
● Silver - Glen Strickey and Roxanna Boers - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Chasing the aurora borealis
● Bronze - Heather Fegan and Gwen North - Atlantic Books Today, NS, Natalie MacMaster Has a Story to Tell
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Derek Montague and Justin Brake - The Independent, NL, Labrador gynecologist accused of malpractice
● Silver - Lindsay Jones and Greg Mercer - Globe and Mail, NS, Jack and Lilly Sullivan
● Bronze - Josh Lewis - Eastern Graphic, PEI, Health PEI Series
🎉 Features
● Gold - Lindsay Jones - Globe and Mail, NS, MSC Baltic III
● Silver - Aaron Beswick - The Chronicle Herald, NS, 'He was a legend, one of the best': North Atlantic claims two N.S. fishermen
● Bronze - Spoorthy Raman - Mongabay, NL, Newfoundland's puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light
🎉 Photojournalism News
● Gold - Keith Gosse - The Telegram, NL, Senior Saviours
● Silver - Greg Locke - Globe and Mail, NL, Newfoundland Wildfires
● Bronze - Keith Gosse - The Telegram, NL, Tactical Takedown
🎉 Photojournalism Feature
● Gold - Greg Locke - Globe and Mail, NL, Ice bath therapy on Signal Hill, Newfoundland
● Silver - Jeorge Sadi - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Long-standing Africville activist says he will fight latest eviction notice
● Bronze - Kevin McBain - South Shore Bulletin, NS, AAA Atlantic championships
VIDEO
🎉 Breaking News
● Gold - Marykate O'Neill - NTV News, NL, Concern for Trepassey’s Breakwater as Powerful Storm Batters Province
● Silver - Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla - Global New Brunswick, NB, Man Charged with First-Degree Murder, Saint John, N.B.
● Bronze - Becky Daley - NTV News, NL, Badger Fire Evacuation Lifted
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Ella MacDonald - Global Halifax, NS, Unheard. Unserved; Maritime Women's Health in Crisis
● Silver - Allyson Dubé and Yves Levesque - Radio-Canada, NB, Mauvais climat de travail à la prison de Saint-Hilaire
● Bronze - Ben Cleary - NTV News, NL, Power to the People: The Upper Churchill Contract
🎉 Feature
● Gold - Bailey Howard - NTV News, NL, Ahead by a Century: 100 Years of Memorial University
● Silver - Jocelyn Elsdon and Michael Heenan - CBC News, NB, Swamp Water
● Bronze - Jodi Cooke - NTV News, NL, We the North
🎉 Newscast (television)
● Gold - Vincent Lehouillier - Radio-Canada, NB, Téléjournal Acadie
● Silver - Tracy Lightfoot - CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, CBC News: Compass, Premier Resigns
● Silver - David Squires, Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, A tribute show to Colleen Jones
🎉 Video Journalism
● Gold - Colleen Connors - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Show of work
● Silver - Becky Daley - NTV News, NL, Recovery work continues on grounded MSC Baltic III
● Bronze - Skye Bryden-Blom - Global Halifax, NS, Show of work
AUDIO
🎉 Documentary Program
● Gold - Mariam Mesbah and Lindsay Bird - CBC Atlantic Voice, NB, The Graduate
● Silver - Lindsay Bird and Caroline Hillier - CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, Looking for Eliza
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Tom Ayers - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Lack of trust in the public trustee?
● Silver - VOCM News; Linda Swain and Sara Strickland - VOCM, NL, On the Ground of the CBN Wildfires
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Feature
● Gold - Sarah Keaveny Vos - CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, Kindergarten to Grade 12 - Lessons in Life
● Silver - Lindsay Bird and Sarah Keaveny Vos - CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, The Art of Life
● Bronze - Viola Pruss - CBC New Brunswick, NB, Covered Bridges
🎉 Information Program
● Gold - Christina Harnett, Erin MacInnis, Portia Clark, Katy Parsons, Jerry West, Cynthia Gatti and Phlis McGregor - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Information Morning Nova Scotia with Portia Clark
● Silver - 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Vanessa van des Nes, Dan Ahlstrand, Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef, Blake Priddle and Shelli Summers - 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, 95.7 NewsRadio 20th Anniversary Special
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Newscast (radio)
● Gold - Tara Clow - Acadia Broadcasting - Moncton CKNI The Bend, NB, New Brunswick Wildfires
● Silver - 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef and Dan Ahlstrand - 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, Susie's Lake Wildfire Aug 12th, 2025 4 pm Newscast
● Bronze - Caitlin Snow - Acadia Broadcasting - CKHY / CKHZ Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Wildfires
🎉 Podcast
● Gold - Matt Stickland - Grand Parade, NS, Grand Parade Goes to Quebec
● No Silver or Bronze awarded
ANY MEDIUM
🎉 Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Wendy Bergfeldt - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Miner's Houses, Glace Bay
● Silver - Rhea Rollmann - The Independent, NL, What the water holds
● Bronze - Kevin Yarr - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Music is the language of hope
🎉 Business Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Brian McLaughlin - The Telegraph-Journal, NB, Is Time of Day Pricing The Next Frontier for NB Power?
● Silver - Alex Bill - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Puddister Sells Pennecon To Ontario Industrial Firm
● Bronze - James Reid - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, CoLab Drums Up US$72 million For AI Growth
🎉 Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Haley Ryan - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Tenants of Halifax mobile home park set water meter precedent across Nova Scotia
● Silver - Carole Morris-Underhill - Valley Journal-Advertiser, NS, 'A disaster waiting to happen': No winter warming centre planned for Windsor
● Bronze - Logan MacLean - The Guardian, PEI, PEI water woes
🎉 Climate Action Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cloe Logan - Canada's National Observer, ON, Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor
● Silver - Brian Owens - Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Fish Can't Walk
● Bronze - Jeremy Hull - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Castles made of sand
🎉 Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cassidy Chisholm - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, How adding names to archival images has been healing We'koqma'q First Nation
● Silver - Heidi Atter - The Independent, NL, Innu welcome first students into Innu-aimun immersion Kindergarten
● Bronze - John Chilibeck - Brunswick News, NB, Show of work
🎉 Legal Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Tim Bousquet - Halifax Examiner, NS, The Wrongful Conviction and Ex*****on of Daniel Sampson
● Silver - Gareth Hampshire - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, N.S. abuse victims reveal lifelong trauma from father's sexual violence
● Bronze - Lindsay Jones and Tu Thanh Ha - The Globe and Mail, NS, Atlantic Registry
🎉 Social Justice Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cameron Kilfoy - The Telegram, NL, ‘I am a Newfoundlander’: MUN residency policy stands in the way of a young woman's hope to become a physician
● Silver - Celina Aalders - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Intimate Partner Violence: show of work
● Bronze - Judith Mendiolea Lelo de Larrea - PNI Atlantic News, NS, Unfair cost and burden: how the pink tax puts women at a disadvantage
🎉 Sports Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Terry Roberts and Darryl Murphy - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Here's how a 'ragtag' Placentia team captured N.L.'s first Canadian junior softball title
● Silver - Madiha Mughees - Halifax Examiner, NS, 'Cricket is where you're able to assert a cultural identity': Going to bat for a rapidly growing sport in Halifax
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Commentary
● Gold - Paul MacNeill - Eastern Graphic, PEI, Emails Show What's Wrong with PSB
● Silver - Ainsley Hawthorn - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, This isn't the first time American leaders have suggested annexing Canada
● Bronze - Bill McGuire - Island Farmer, PEI, Griffon Editorial: Tariffs, lemmings, curling & censorship; AVC’s decision betrays PEI’s core values
SPECIAL AWARDS
🎉 AJA Hall of Fame Award
● Stephen Kimber – Freelance Journalist and Author, NS
🎉 Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
● Gold - Giuliana Grillo De Lambarri - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Show of work
● Silver - Yumna Iftikhar - The Independent, NL, Show of work
● Bronze - Shauna Bernard - The Telegram, NL, Show of work
🎉 Student Journalist Award
● Gold - Melissa Mbeba - NSCC Ivany Campus, NS, Mothering Within
● Silver - Marlo Ritchie - University of King's College, NS, Remand numbers in Nova Scotia’s jails could soar under new law, warn experts
● Silver - Olivia Nitti and Tedi Buffett - University of King's College, NS, Finding sanctuary
🎉 The Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award
● Gold - Ryan Cooke and Katie Breen - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Pure Hell
● Silver - Ella MacDonald - Global Halifax, NS, The Murder of Devon Marsman
● Bronze - Tara Bradbury - The Telegram, NL, A Conversation That Never Came

06/05/2026

“Indigenous people are not just here in the U.S. They’re not just in Canada. These lines were drawn to divide Indigenous lands. We exist as Indigenous peoples globally.”

The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) has spent more than four decades advocating for press freedom, mentorship and more accurate coverage of Indigenous communities. What began as an effort to protect tribal media has evolved into a global network supporting journalists, students and news org...

06/02/2026

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05/26/2026

Rachel Gilmore flirts with the line at times, but she has been quite successful in making journalism more approachable. She goes after followers where they are instead of expecting them to come to her. Gilmore's below column exposes a new challenge for journalists.

By Rachel Gilmore
Bubble Pop

Lately, when I’m scrolling online and following our political discourse, I have this really unpleasant feeling in my belly.

I’m finding myself increasingly horrified at how low some politicians are willing to go.

They’re willing to mislead the public despite being clearly fact-checked, they’re willing to downplay the accusations of residential school denialism, and they’re willing to lend their credibility to an increasingly worrying cast of characters.

But there’s something that makes this topic difficult to talk about, as a journalist: it’s an issue that is almost unique to the Conservative Party.

That’s not to say that Liberals or other politicians don’t ever lie, mislead or amplify a bad source. But the bulk of this problem — and the constant refusal to course correct — is really dominated by Conservatives.

Because of that reality, it’s near-impossible to report on this dangerous trend without being smeared as partisan, or anti-Conservative.

I actually think this was part of what made me so unpopular with the right wing starting years ago: I was debunking dogwhistles and conspiracies. It was just a fact that both were more commonly deployed by the political right, so I tended to have more of those fact-checking pieces focused on conservative politicians. Then folks would scream about my critical reporting on conservatives, as if I should manufacture a false balance to pretend this is happening equally across the political spectrum — when it isn’t.

But it’s an issue that hasn’t improved in recent years. If anything, it’s worsened.

We have a political leadership hopeful in B.C. touting the work of Mario Zelaya in “explaining how policy decisions affect all of us in very real ways.”

That’s the same Mario Zelaya who AFP has repeatedly fact-checked as he spread misleading claims. Zelaya also got a personal call from Pierre Poilievre thanking him for his work.

Conservatives have freaked out over a media industry representative who works in entertainment — fictional entertainment — saying he has Carney’s back. This clip was used to discredit news media as partisan, despite the man having no ties to the news industry. MPs refused to correct this lie, instead repeating the claim several times over.

Many of the same Conservative MPs are now attacking CBC and APTN over a parody show. They’re accusing the show (which isn’t affiliated with the news arm of either organization) of “targeting conservatives” — but it targeted individuals accused of downplaying the horrors of residential schools. Perhaps, to those MPs, those groups are one and the same.

I could list more examples, and in today’s video, I will. But the overarching question I ask in today’s piece is this: where are ethics going in Canadian politics? How low are we willing to go?

05/20/2026

The Eganville Leader is a legendary community paper in Ontario. They are looking for a news editor. The contact information is below:

John Hueston
Co-Publisher The Eganville Leader
c/o The Aylmer Express
390 Talbot Street East
PO Box 160
Aylmer, Ontario
N5H 2R9

Phone: 519-773-3126
Toll-Free: 1-800-465-9433
Fax: 519-773-3147
E-mail: [email protected]
https://www.eganvilleleader.ca/

05/06/2026

Congratulations to CNA journalism alum Mary Kate O'Neill, Bailey Howard and Cameron Kilfoy for their AJA nominations.
Good luck. You make us proud.

05/05/2026

https://nna-ccj.ca/national-newspaper-awards-announce-2025-winners/

The Nunatsiaq News won its first National Newspaper Award for a special section published in Inuktitut and English – one of 27 awards announced at a […]

05/05/2026

https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2026