Jill Clark
Communications Manager
Rideau Hall Foundation
OTTAWA, ON, January 10, 2023 - – Submissions for the 2022 Michener Award, Canada’s premier journalism award, are now open, and will be accepted until 11:59 PM EST, Feb. 17, 2023. Submissions can be made at www.michenerawards.ca The Michener Award is presented annually to news organizations, rather than individuals. Entries are judged for their professionalism, their impact on the public, and the […]
Ottawa, July 5, 2022 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced it is awarding three of its prestigious Michener-Baxter Awards for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism. The three winners are: Norman Webster, John Honderich and Journalists for Human Rights. The Michener-Baxter Award was established in 1983 and is presented at the discretion of the foundation’s board of directors […]
Ottawa, April 21, 2022 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2021 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. This year’s finalists are: CBC News, CBC Saskatchewan, CBC Saskatoon, Global News, Kamloops this Week, and The Globe and Mail. “Despite the challenges of working in the second long year of a pandemic, I am heartened to […]
Ottawa, April 13, 2022 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced two Canadian journalists will receive the 2022 Michener – Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism. Stéphane Blais, an environmental journalist with The Canadian Press, will focus on the environmental impacts and economic benefits of mining lithium; and freelance journalist Rob Csernyik will investigate the evolution of the relationship between gambling and suicides […]
OTTAWA, June 21, 2021 - Tonight, in a virtual ceremony that showcased the journalistic excellence of six incredible finalists, APTN was announced as the winner of the 2020 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism for its stunning series, Death by Neglect. It is a stark and haunting investigation that delves into a First Nations child-welfare system in which three […]
