HALIFAX, May 3 /CNW/ - A celebration of excellence in Atlantic Canada
journalism was hosted tonight at the 27th Atlantic Journalism Awards, at the
Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. Awards were presented in 25 categories.
Gold award winners and the other finalists of the AJAs categories were as
follows:Spot News - Print
The gold award winner was:
Tera Camus - The Chronicle Herald, Cape Breton Bureau, NS - MD's Wife
Charged In Double Shooting
The other finalists in this category were:
Richard Dooley/Beth Johnston - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - I Prayed
Nobody Would Get Hit
Beverley Ware - The Chronicle Herald, South Shore Bureau, NS - Gainey
Overtired
When She Was Swept Overboard
Spot News - Radio
The gold award winner was:
Donna Allen - CBC Radio, Charlottetown, PEI - Fire
The other finalists in this category were:
News 91.9 Team, Moncton, NB - Moncton Tire Fire
Rob North - CBC Radio, Halifax, NS - Car Chase
Spot News - Television
The gold award winners were:
CBC Television Newsroom, Halifax, NS - Ernie Fage
Global Maritimes, Dartmouth, NS - Gagetown Soldiers
The other finalists in this category were:
CBC Television Newsroom, St. John's, NL - Field Street Fire
Doug Greer, CBC Television, Corner Brook, NL - Landslide
Enterprise Reporting - Print
The gold award winner was:
Rob Antle - The Telegram, St. John's, NL - System Failure
The other finalists in this category were:
Tera Camus - The Chronicle Herald, Cape Breton Bureau, NS - Public
Pays Political Gain
Michael Tutton - The Canadian Press, Halifax, NS - Picton Castle
Overboard
Enterprise Reporting - Radio
The gold aware winner was:
Joan Weeks/Gary Mansfield - CBC Radio, Sydney, NS - Overdosing on
Crime
The other finalists in this category were:
Jacques Poitras - CBC Radio, Fredericton, NB - The Price of Admission
Donna Allen /Nancy Russell/Barb Taylor - CBC Radio, Charlottetown,
PEI - Kids, Drugs, PEI: A Dose of Reality
Enterprise Reporting - Television
The gold award winner was:
Sophie Désautels/Denise Pelletier - Société Radio-Canada, Moncton,
NB - Soldats en Demande
The other finalists in this category were:
Joan Weeks/Gary Mansfield - CBC Television, Sydney, NS - Overdosing
on Crime
Sally Pitt - CBC Television, Charlottetown, PEI - Rayner's Run
Continuing Coverage - Print
The gold award winner was:
Rob Linke - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Ashley Smith
The other finalists in this category were:
Quentin Casey - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Julia-Anna St.
Peter
News Team - The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB - Swarming Assaults
in Downtown Fredericton
Continuing Coverage - Radio
The gold award winner was:
Mark Quinn - CBC Radio, St. John's, NL - Flawed Cancer Tests
The other finalists in this category were:
Paul Pigott - CBC Radio, St. John's, NL - Naked in Cells
Lee Pitts - CBC Radio, St. John's, NL - Nautical Legacy Rescue
Continuing Coverage - Television
The gold award winner was:
Paul Withers - CBC Television, Halifax, NS - Ernie Fage
The other finalists in this category were:
- Jacqueline Foster - Global Maritimes, Dartmouth, NS - Bill and Mary
Boates
- Genevieve Tomney - CBC Television, Saint John, NB - Heart Trouble
Feature Writing - Print
The gold award winner was:
- Lezlie Lowe - The Coast, Halifax, NS - Chasing Amy
The other finalists in this category were:
- Alison Auld - The Canadian Press, Halifax, NS - Widows of War and
Post-Traumatic Stress
- Stephen Kimber - The Coast, Halifax, NS - The Prophet in Clayton
Park
Feature Writing - Radio
The gold award winner was:
- Myfanwy Davies - CBC Radio, Fredericton, NB - The Boy Who Never
Returned
The other finalists in this category were:
- Pauline Dakin/Margot Brunelle - CBC Radio, Halifax, NS -
Destination Wellville
- Kim Kierans - CBC Radio, Halifax, NS - Rising from the Ashes
Feature Writing - Television
The gold award winners were:
- Sophie Désautels/Denise Pelletier - Société Radio-Canada, Moncton,
NB - Alexandre le Grand
The other finalists in this category were:
- Sally Pitt - CBC Television, Charlottetown, PEI - Journey to
Justice
- Liz Rigney - CTV News, Halifax, NS - Andy's Dummies
Atlantic Magazine - Best Article
The gold award winner was:
- Philip Lee - Saltscapes Magazine, Dartmouth, NS - Sold!
The other finalists in this category were:
- Alec Bruce - Atlantic Business Magazine, St. John's, NL - Big Deal
- Alec Bruce/Marjorie Doyle/Chris Flanagan/Pauline Furlong/Jack
MacAndrew - Atlantic Business Magazine, St. John's, NL - Leaders
and Legends
Atlantic Magazine - Best Cover
The gold award winner was:
- Buddhadharma, Spring 2007, Halifax, NS - Ouch!
The other finalists in this category were:
- Dalhousie Magazine, Fall 2007, Halifax, NS - Big Picture Thinking
- Lifestyle Maritimes Magazine, Winter 2007, Dartmouth, NS - Sidney
Crosby
Atlantic Magazine - Best Profile Article
The gold award winner was:
- Eleanor Beaton - Atlantic Business Magazine, St. John's, NL -
What's Up with Mickey?
The other finalists in this category were:
- Deborah Carr - Saltscapes Magazine, Dartmouth, NS - Tour of a
Lifetime
- David Swick - The Shambhala Sun, Halifax, NS - An Eye for the
Sacred
Sports Reporting
The gold award winner was:
- Robin Short - The Telegram, St. John's, NL - Gushue Team Break-up
The other finalists in this category were:
- Kevin Barrett - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Basketball
Matters on Grand Manan Island
- Mike Fleury - The Coast, Halifax, NS - The World Indoor Lacrosse
Championship
Arts & Entertainment Reporting
The gold award winner was:
- Sue Carter Flinn - The Coast, Halifax, NS - George Steeves Profile
The other finalists in this category were:
- Marty Klinkenberg - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Freeman
Patterson
- Andrea Nemetz - The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS - Memories of
Denny
Commentary
The gold award winner was:
- Dan Leger - The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS - The Atlantic
Accords: Time for Truth-Telling
The other finalists in this category were:
- Paul MacNeill - Eastern Graphic, Montague, PEI - Rural PEI Must
Change or Die
- Edith Robb - Times&Transcript, Moncton, NB - Rona Ambrose's
Treatment was Shabby
VideoJournalist
The gold award winner was:
- Doug Greer - CBC Television, Corner Brook, NL - Show of Work
The other finalists in this category were:
- Craig Paisley - CBC Television, Halifax, NS - Show of Work
- Dan Viau - CTV News, Charlottetown, PEI - Show of Work
Spot News Photojournalism - Print
The gold award winner was:
- Christian LaForce - The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS - Protesters
Clash with Police
The other finalists in this category were:
- Greg Agnew - Times&Transcript, Moncton, NB - Tire Blaze
- Scott McIntyre - Cape Breton Post, Sydney, NS - Gas Station Robbed
Spot News Photojournalism - Television
The gold award winner was:
- Doug Greer - CBC Television, Corner Brook, NL - Landslide
The other finalists in this category were:
- Gary Mansfield - CBC Television, Sydney, NS - Robbery Takedown
- Russ White - Global Maritimes, Sydney, NS - Armed Robbery
Feature Photojournalism - Print
The gold award winner was:
- Ryan Taplin - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - Brothers Bound for
Battle
The other finalists in this category were:
- André Forget - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - End of an Era
- Stephen MacGillivray - The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, NB - Slow
Sails
Feature Photojournalism - Television
The gold award winner was:
- Eric Woolliscroft - CBC Television, Halifax, NS - Karen Furneaux
The other finalists in this category were:
- Paul Creelman - CTV News, Halifax, NS - Ben Duffy
- Bart Fraize - NTV, St. John's, NL - Moose Trapped in Well
Editorial Cartooning
The gold award winner was:
- Bruce MacKinnon - The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS - Show of Work
The other finalists in this category were:
- Michael de Adder - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - Show of Work
- Greg Perry - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Show of Work
The Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
The gold award winner was:
- Bill van Asperen - CBC Television, Charlottetown, PEI - Show of
Work
The other finalists in this category were:
- Tanya Beja - CBC Television, Bathurst, NB - Show of Work
- Stephane Massinon - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - Show of Work
Student Awards
AJAs Student Prize of Excellence
- Lindsay Carroll
- Holland College , Charlottetown, PEI
Le Prix d'Excellence Aliant en Journalisme Etudiant
- Marie-Claude Lyonnais
- Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB
Atlantic Lottery Corporation Prize for Journalistic Excellence
- Lyndsie Bourgon
- University of King's College, Halifax, NS
Canada Post Corporation Journalism Prize
- Martha Dillman
- Nova Scotia Community College, Waterfront Campus, Dartmouth, NS
Emera Prize for Journalism Excellence
- Mayya Assouad
- St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB
CNW Group Prize of Excellence
- Scott MacMillan
- New Brunswick Community College, Woodstock, NB
Communications Nova Scotia Journalism Scholarship
- Wanda Taylor
- University of King's College, Halifax, NS
