CBC journalists in Quebec have received a total of 22 award nominations for their work in 2023 from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada, the association of electronic journalists.
Teams from CBC Quebec and CBC North’s Cree unit nabbed the nominations.
RTDNA Canada is the voice of broadcast and digital journalists and news managers in Canada and these awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and digital media.
Regional winners will be announced on a yet to be confirmed date. The regional winners go on to the national competition, to be announced at an event in October.
Multiplatform nominations
Continuing coverage, small market:
Enterprise Journalism, large market:
Continuing Coverage, large market:
CBC’s Steve Rukavina explains why so many fires are burning, many out of control, in the province this spring.
Digital nominations
Overall Excellence in digital:
CBC Montreal was recognized for its overall digital news coverage, innovative design and functionality. Here are some highlights from 2023.
Breaking News, large market:
Excellence in Data Storytelling:
Excellence in Social:
Is it faster to drive in from the South Shore? Or speedier to take the REM? We decided to find out.
Excellence in Sports Reporting:
Feature News, small/medium market:
Feature News, large market:
News, live special events:
Opinion:
Video nominations
Audio-Visual Storytelling:
Infinity Movement in Montreal’s Verdun borough opened over a year ago and it’s welcoming those who have felt uncomfortable in traditional gyms.
Excellence in Sports Reporting:
Raphaëlle Tousignant, of Terrebonne, Que., used a national championship as a warmup before becoming the first woman to represent Canada in a major international competition.
Opinion:
Immigration brought blessings for Kevin Park Jung-Hoo and Jin Hee Woong, but it also came at a cost. Jennifer Yoon sits down with the two Korean Canadian artists to discuss the themes of their latest exhibition, Migrant Instability.
Audio nominations
Breaking News, small/medium market:
Feature News, small/medium market:
- Quebec AM and Rachel Watt’s coverage of a Quebec woman who died when 1st responders couldn’t pull her from river.
Quebec AM12:44Quebec woman died when 1st responders couldn’t pull her from river. Her family wants answers
Josyane Tanguay Pelletier died after her car got stuck in a river east of Quebec City in April. CBC journalist Rachel Watts spoke with her family and the man who stood by helplessly as her car sank. They are still questioning what more could have been done by emergency services to save her.
Breaking News, large market:
- Radio coverage of the Laval daycare bus crash on CBC Radio in Quebec.
Feature News, large market:
- Ainslie MacLellan and Daybreak’s coverage of the Laval daycare bus crash aftermath.
Radio Newscast, large market:
- Newscast from CBC Montreal on Nov. 8.
News, Live Special Events:
Breakaway13:12Kwe festival offers a space for dialogue
As part of a live Breakaway broadcast from the ‘Kwe! Meet with Indigenous Peoples’ event in Quebec City, the event’s Executive Director, Mélanie Vincent, explains why learning is at the heart of the festival. And host Alison Brunette speaks with Alexandre Bacon-French. The General Director of Ashikamen Institute, describes the “Let’s Talk” space on site, where people are encouraged to ask questions about Indigenous peoples and the issues that impact them.
Opinion:
The Bridge54:00The Black Bottom: a story of blackness in Montreal told by Charles Burke
At ninety years old, Charles Burke can still describe what The Black Bottom looked like when he opened the after hour jazz club in 1957 in Montreal. The building hasn’t existed since 1966, when an urban renewal project forced its demolition. Many other businesses and homes on St-Antoine street suffered the same fate in the historic Black neighbourhood now known as Little Burgundy. Mr. Burke opened The Black Bottom II in Old Montreal as of 1967 until 1981. He remembers the outrageous call he got to book Miles Davis there for ten consecutive days! And Charles Burke also recalls how, as a Black Montrealer, he did everything to fight the odds stacked against him.
