Jill Clark
Manager, Communications and Media Relations
Rideau Hall Foundation
April 30, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Michener Award, recognizing excellence in public service journalism in Canada. The Michener Award honours journalism with significant, positive impact. This year’s finalists represent outstanding investigative work from news organizations across the country, exposing wrongdoing, informing public policy, and driving meaningful change. “These newsrooms exemplify the very […]
April 23, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — April 23, 2026 — The Michener Awards Foundation recognizes outstanding projects to advance public service journalism in Canada. The Michener Awards Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education and the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism. These prestigious fellowships support Canadian journalists in pursuing projects […]
March 18, 2026 - A new report from the Public Policy Forum (PPF), the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) and the Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) outlines a pathway to revitalizing Canada’s local news ecosystem, highlighting emerging models that are helping independent news organizations survive — and in some cases thrive. Local news is in crisis. Since 2008, more than 600 […]
Ottawa, July 31, 2025 - A new report from the Public Policy Forum, in partnership with the Rideau Hall Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation, warns that the collapse of local news is imperiling the underpinnings of Canadian democracy. Released today, Uncovered: How to build back election coverage for a better democracy reveals how millions of voters went to the polls this […]
Ottawa, June 5, 2025 - The Michener Awards Foundation is proud to announce La Presse as the recipient of the 2024 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. The award was presented during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, presided over by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon. La Presse’s investigative team—Ariane Lacoursière, Caroline Touzin, Gabrielle Duchaine, and Katia Gagnon—conducted […]
