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Michener Awards Foundation announces finalists for the 2022 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism

Ottawa, April 26, 2023 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2022 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism: CBC News Saskatchewan, The Eastern Graphic, The Toronto Star, Radio-Canada and The Globe and Mail. “These Michener Awards finalists can and should be proud. They demonstrate yet again this year the profound and positive impact of quality […]

Michener Awards Foundation Announces its 2023 Fellowship Winners

April 20, 2023 - Ottawa, April 20, 2023 – The Michener Awards Foundation, which celebrates the best in public service journalism, today announced its 2023 Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship goes to Sarah Trick and Alanna King to create a new media style guide on disabilities. The Michener-Deacon fellowship for investigative reporting is awarded this year to Molly Thomas for […]

Michener Awards Foundation Honours Three Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Journalism

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 […]

Michener Awards Foundation announces finalists for the 2021 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism

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 […]

Michener Awards Foundation Announces the Winners of the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism

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 […]