CBC News takes home 44 awards at 2017 RTDNA
CBC News journalists scooped up 44 awards on Saturday at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards, honouring national and regional work in TV, web and radio.
"All these awards recognize our excellence on all platforms," said CBC News editor in chief Jennifer McGuire, noting the CBC took home the lion's share of the 75 awards.
"My sincere appreciation goes to everyone involved, to our finalists and to our winners. You do us proud."
Along with the accolades, the RTDNA also honoured CBC journalists past and present.
Terry Milewski, a longtime CBC news correspondent who retired in September 2016, was one of the two recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award — Charles Adler was the other.
On Friday, Stuart McLean was posthumously presented The President's Award, the RTDNA's highest honour for "an individual who has brought recognition and distinction to the field of electronic and digital journalism."
McLean, a longtime CBC Radio host, died at age 68 in February after a battle with melanoma.
Mark Mietkiewicz, who has been with the CBC for three decades, received the Distinguished Service Award for his work as Awards Chair of RTDNA Canada.
CBC wins:
RTDNA 2017 — NETWORK AWARD WINNERS
DIGITAL
ADRIENNE CLARKSON AWARD — DIVERSITYMissing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams?, CBC News.
DATA STORYTELLING AWARDTransport Canada List of 'Highest Risk' Railway Crossings Not Widely Shared, CBC Manitoba
DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDSaving Sid, CBC News
GORD SINCLAIR AWARD — LIVE SPECIAL EVENTSAmerica Votes 2016: Election Night, CBC News
SPORTS LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS AWARD 2016 Arctic Winter Games, CBC North
MULTIPLATFORM
DAN MCARTHUR AWARD — IN-DEPTH OR INVESTIGATIVEThe National: Dirty Work, CBC News
RADIO
BYRON MACGREGOR AWARD — BEST NEWSCAST The World at Six: Donald Trump Wins, CBC News
CHARLIE EDWARDS AWARD — SPOT NEWS The World at Six: Brussels Bombing, CBC News
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — SHORT FEATURE RNC Diversity, CBC News
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — LONG FEATURE The World at Six: Notes of a Lawsuit, CBC News
DICK SMYTH AWARD — CREATIVE USE OF SOUND The World at Six: Battleground Florida
SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING AWARD10-Thousand Hours: the Patience, Pain and Pride it Takes to be an Olympian, CBC News
SPORTS LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS AWARD Olympic Games Report, CBC News
GORD SINCLAIR AWARD — LIVE SPECIAL EVENTSq: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, CBC Music
RON LAIDLAW AWARD — CONTINUING COVERAGE The Current: Public Forums on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, CBC Radio
SAM ROSS AWARD — EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY Out in the Open: The Invisibility of Late-term Pregnancy Loss, CBC Radio
ADRIENNE CLARKSON AWARD — DIVERSITYIdeas From the Trenches: Undoing Linguicide, CBC Radio
TELEVISION
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — SHORT FEATURE The National: Failure to Protect, CBC News
GORD SINCLAIR AWARD — LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS America Votes, CBC News
HUGH HAUGLAND AWARD — CREATIVE USE OF VIDEO The National: Ethiopia — The Lion of Africa, CBC News
RON LAIDLAW AWARD — CONTINUING COVERAGE In the Face of the Fire — Briar Stewart, CBC Edmonton
SPORTS LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS AWARD Rio 2016 Olympic Games on CBC, CBC TV Sports
RTDNA 2017 — NATIONAL WINNERS
DIGITAL
ADRIENNE CLARKSON AWARD — DIVERSITYReal Talk on Race, CBC Montreal
DATA STORYTELLING AWARDEvery Parking Ticket Issued in Vancouver Last Year, CBC Vancouver
DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD — SMALL/MEDIUM MARKETDeep Water, CBC Thunder Bay
GORD SINCLAIR AWARD — LIVE SPECIAL EVENTSYukon Royal Visit, CBC Whitehorse
RON LAIDLAW AWARD — CONTINUING COVERAGETim Bosma Murder Trial Coverage, CBC Hamilton
SAM ROSS AWARD — EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY Editorial Value: Politics, Sports and Indigenous Affairs, CBC Montreal
SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING AWARD — SMALL/MEDIUM MARKET2016 Arctic Winter Games, CBC North
SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING AWARD — LARGE MARKETWinter Cycling 101, CBC Edmonton
MULTIPLATFORM
DAN MCARHUR AWARD — IN-DEPTH OR INVESTIGATIVEThe Frontline of Fentanyl, CBC Vancouver
RADIO
ADRIENNE CLARKSON AWARD — DIVERSITYFinding Refuge, CBC Vancouver
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — SHORT FEATURE SMALL/MEDIUM MARKETA Promise Kept, CBC Thunder Bay
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — SHORT FEATURE LARGE MARKETFacing Fentanyl: A Young Addict and his Mom, CBC Vancouver
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — LONG FEATURE SMALL/MEDIUM MARKETAtlantic Voice: A Journey to Jamaica, CBC Nova Scotia
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — LONG FEATURE LARGE MARKETTwo Veterans, Decades Apart, CBC Montreal
DICK SMYTH AWARD — CREATIVE USE OF SOUND Metro Morning: 'Letters to Mohammed', CBC Toronto
PETER GZOWSKI AWARD — RADIO NEWS INFORMATION PROGRAMSix Quebecers Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack, CBC Montreal
RON LAIDLAW AWARD — CONTINUING COVERAGEFault Lines, CBC Vancouver
SPORTS FATURE REPORTING AWARD — SMALL/MEDIUM MARKET Daybreak: Women's World Hockey Comes to Kamloops, CBC Kamploops
SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING AWARD — LARGE MARKET Taekwondo Kid, CBC Calgary
TELEVISION
BERT CANNINGS AWARD — BEST NEWSCAST SMALL MARKET Northbeat, CBC North
DAVE ROGERS AWARD — LONG FEATURE LARGE MARKETVancouver at 6: A Night in the ER: Fentanyl Crisis Ground Zero, CBC Vancouver
GORD SINCLAIR AWARD — LIVE SPECIAL EVENTSBeaumont-Hamel 100, CBC Newfoundland & Labrador
