Presentation of the 2018 Michener Award
The Governor General presented the 2018 Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism at Rideau Hall.
The Governor General presented the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
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The Governor General delivered remarks before hosting a panel discussion on public service journalism.
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The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism before presenting the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism.
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Alison Crawford, former reporter and Director of Communications at the Royal Canadian mint moderated a panel discussion on public service journalism at Rideau Hall. Reporter David Akin was part of the panel.
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The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism. Reporter Althia Raj is answering a question from a member of the audience.
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The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism. On this photos, from left to right: David Akin, reporter for Global News; Pierre-Paul Noreau, President and Editor in Chief of Le Droit; Althia Raj, reporter for HuffPost Canada; Governor General Julie Payette; Alison Crawford, former reporter and Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Royal Canadian Mint; and Chrsitopher Waddell, Program Director fo the Bachelor of Media Production and Design program at Carleton University.
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Corbett Hencey received the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for a two-part project examining the federal government’s decision to let Canadian defence contractors sell weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian-backed rebels in the country’s restive east. Hancey’s project will examine how the controversial sale was approved, and also what Ukraine’s government and activists there are doing to fight corruption.
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Greg Mercer received the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for a proposal to examine the hidden problem of occupational disease in Canada. Mercer’s project will promote better understanding of why the situation is so under-reported and its victims rarely compensated. It is estimated that at least 8,000 people die in Canada each year from workplace diseases, and many thousands more experience pain and suffering each year as a result of where they work.
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The Telegraph-Journal has won the 2018 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism for its 18-month series Sounding the Alarm. The Saint John newspaper discovered a critical shortage of paramedics was forcing New Brunswick’s ambulances to sit idle and unstaffed. It was an issue with life-and-death consequences: at least one person died.
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