By Jena Lynde-Smith
Carleton’s Journalism program alumni, faculty and instructors have made their mark on the 2021 Canadian Online Publishing awards, having been nominated as finalists 26 times.
A full roundup of alumni, faculty and instructor nominations is listed below.
Best Feel Good Story
- Arvin Joaquin (MJ ’18), Reporter: https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2020/11/10/disney-uk-christmas-ad-filipino/
- Sahlu Mehta (MJ ’18), Editor: https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/refresh-marketplace-food-recovery
- Shalu Mehta (MJ ’18), Reporter: https://thediscourse.ca/west-shore/royal-bay-rainbow-crosswalk
Best Multicultural Story
- Garvia Bailey (Contract Instructor), Senior Producer; Hannah Sung (Contract Instructor), Senior Producer; Nana aba Duncan (Faculty), Producer: https://strongandfree.transistor.fm/episodes/herb-carnegie-black-excellence-on-and-off-the-ice
- Jennifer Ditchburn (Adjunct Professor), Editor & Evangeline Sadler (BJ ’88), Deputy Editor: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/the-startling-impact-of-covid-19-on-immigrant-women-in-the-workforce/
Best Blog/Column/Video/Podcast
- Arvin Joaquin (MJ ’18), Writer: Dear Lola Conchita, ‘yours is the kind of love that’s secure and selfless’,
- Colm O’Sullivan (BJ ’20), Host: A citizen’s guide to reconciliation, Policy Options.
- Chelsea Nash (BJ ’16), Writer: The many burdens of women’s work, rabble.ca.
- Karen Unland (MJ ’96), Managing Editor: Igniting Innovation: Startup TNT, Taproot Edmonton.
Best News/Sports Coverage
- Andre Picard (BJ ’87), Editor: Journalists face ‘invisible wounds’ reporting on traumatic stories, The Thunderbird.
Best Continuing Coverage of a Story
- Jolson Lim (BJ ’17), Communication Specialist, & Alyssa O’Dell (BJ ’11), Media and Public Relations Officer: Platform Crunch: NDP releases commitments ahead of anticipated federal election call, The Monitor.
- Shalu Mehta (MJ ’18), Reporter: The Highlanders: A community unites against urban incursion, The Discourse.
Best Investigative Article
- Brielle Morgan (MJ ’13), Fact-Checker and Copy Editor: Workers tackling anti-Indigenous racism say they faced scapegoating and ‘backlash’ at Island Health, IndigiNews.
- Brielle Morgan (MJ ’13), Local Journalism Initiative Reporter: C. ministry warned birth alerts ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ months before banning them, IndigiNews.
Best Local Community News/Sports
- Jane Skrypnek (BJ ’19), Reporter & Jake Romphf (BJ ’19), Reporter, ‘It has to be heard’: Greater Victoria survivor recounts torture he endured at Indian Hospital, GoldStream Gazette.
- Shalu Mehta (MJ ’18), Reporter: The Highlanders: A community unites against urban incursion, The Discourse.
Best Community News Website
- Alison Larabie Chase (BJ ’00), Senior Editor; Matthew Guida (MJ ’20), Editor; Erika Ibrahim (MJ ’21), Editor: Apartment613.
- Chelsea Nash (BJ ’16), Editor: Rabble.ca.
- Shalu Mehta (MJ ’18), Reporter, The Discourse.
Thursday, December 16, 2021 in General, Journalism News
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