CBC Prince Edward Island takes home 3 RTDNA awards
CBC Prince Edward Island has earned three awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) for an in-depth regional series, sound and best radio news information program.
Each year, the association honours the best in Canadian journalism with awards for each region. The awards ceremony for the eastern region took place in Halifax on Saturday.
Reporter Sarah Keaveny-Vos won the RTDNA Dick Smyth award for sound in a radio piece for Riley's Collection.
The story featured 11-year-old Riley Clark's fascination with collecting World War items.
Island Morning, hosted by Matt Rainnie and Mitch Cormier and produced by Maggie Brown, won for the best radio news information program.
CBC Atlantic, comprised of journalists from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I. and Newfoundland and Labrador, won the Ron Laidlaw Continuing Coverage Television Award for Deep Trouble, last summer's series about the plight of endangered North Atlantic right whales.
The collaborative series involved reporting from Newfoundland-Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I and looked at why so many whales are dying and what's being done to address it.
All winners from the eastern region qualify to be entered for the National Award.
