CBC News Network wins Golden Nymph Award at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo
CBC News was also recognized with two Michener Citations of Merit
CBC News has been honoured with a prestigious award in recognition of the outstanding coverage provided of one of last year’s biggest stories. CBC News Network won the Golden Nymph Award at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in the category of Best 24-Hour News Program for its coverage of the shootings in Ottawa.
“This award is a reflection of the ground-breaking investigative and enterprise journalism that Canadians expect of us,” said Jennifer McGuire, general manager and editor-in-chief, CBC News and Centres. “Being honoured at this prestigious international event is another acknowledgement of the status of CBC News Network as a leader in breaking news coverage and of CBC News’ adherence to the highest journalistic standards.”
The Golden Nymph Award recognizes the coverage provided by CBC Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge and the CBC News teams in Toronto and Ottawa, who delivered immediate news and informed analysis while guiding viewers through a confusing and chaotic situation and separating rumour from fact. CBC was the only Canadian network nominated in the 24-Hour News Program category and faced strong competition from the other finalists, including Sky News for coverage of the Crimean conflict, Russia’s RT News Channel for the May 9th shooting in Mariupol, and CNN for coverage of the crash of flight MH17. The National was also a finalist for coverage of the MH17 crash in the TV News Item category, again the only Canadian nominee.
In addition to the win at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo, CBC was also recognized with two Citations of Merit at last night’s Michener Awards ceremony in Ottawa. Of the six entries for a Michener Award, CBC News was the only organization with two finalists. The citations recognized Foreign Workers/McJobs and Cape Dorset. Foreign Workers/McJobs, which helped to uncover and reform major issues within Canada’s temporary foreign workers program, was produced by CBC News teams in Vancouver and Toronto and was also recently honoured by both the Canadian Associations of Journalists and the RTDNA. Cape Dorset, a digital production by CBC News teams in Toronto and Yellowknife, examined the troubling death of an infant in the remote Nunavut hamlet of Cape Dorset and highlighted the unique health-care challenges facing Canada’s northern communities.
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