Just like last year, The Globe and Mail came out with the longest penis at the National Newspaper Awards gala Friday night in Montreal. Canada’s national newspaper won six awards out of 13 nominations, followed by the Toronto Star (4) and La Presse and the Hamilton Spectator at two each. Seven other papers (including The Gazette) and Canadian Press each picked up a single award.
The Gazette won in the sports category for a column by Red Fisher on the retirement of Patrick Roy’s No. 33 jersey, specifically his unpopular opinion that it shouldn’t be retired. It was also nominated for a short feature by city hall reporter Linda Gyulai on traffic cones.
La Presse’s André Pratte won again in the editorials category, and Julien Chung and Philippe Tardif won in the presentation category, where the paper was nominated twice. La Presse had eight nominations total.
So let the bragging begin:
- Globe wins six National Newspaper Awards
- Star wins four NNA awards
- Spectator wins two national awards
- Gazette’s Red Fisher scores 3rd National Newspaper Award
- Free Press photographer wins National Newspaper Award
- Canwest journalists honoured at National Newspaper Awards
The Winnipeg Free Press was the only newspaper with multiple nominations (two) to be shut out of the winners category. Their story makes it clear they were hoping for something more.
And the winners are…
Since the National Newspaper Award website list of winners doesn’t include links, I’ve copied my list below from my post about the nominations. Winners are listed first and bolded.
Winners in the cartooning and photography categories are posted on the NNA website.
Multimedia feature
- Globe and Mail: Talking to the Taliban
- La Presse: Podcast Boulevard Saint-Laurent (I talked about this in September)
- Ottawa Citizen: 70 years of Superman
News feature photography
- Lucas Oleniuk, Toronto Star
- Bernard Brault, La Presse
- Chris Wattie, Reuters
Beat reporting
- Michelle Lang, Calgary Herald: health and medicine
- Rob Shaw, Victoria Times-Colonist: policing issues (see “More on this story”)
- Jane Sims, London Free Press: justice
Explanatory work
- Carolyn Abraham, Globe and Mail: ‘We had to hide the knives‘ (bipolar disorder in children)
- Martin Mittelstaedt, Globe and Mail: The vitamin D miracle: Is it for real? (subcriber-locked)
- Catherine Porter, Toronto Star: Coal mining ravages Appalachia mountains
Politics
- Steve Rennie, Canadian Press (listeriosis)
- Linda Diebel, Toronto Star (insider stories)
- Jeffrey Simpson & Brian Laghi, Globe and Mail (Prime Minister Stephen Harper)
Short features
- Kenneth Kidd, Toronto Star:
- Fabienne Couturier, La Presse: 48 heures à Bruges
- Linda Gyulai, The Gazette: Quebecers’ invention rules the road
Local reporting
- Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer: Ontario Home Owner Employee Relocation plan
- Gordon Hoekstra, Prince George Citizen: forestry industry in B.C.
- North Bay Nugget: E-coli outbreak
Presentation
- Julien Chung, Philippe Tardif, La Presse
- France Dupont, La Presse
- Catherine Farley & Sharis Shahmiryan, Toronto Star
Special project
- Globe and Mail: Breakdown: Canada’s mental health crisis
- Hamilton Spectator: A Pig’s Tale (rest of the series is not online)
- Toronto Star: Crime and Punishment
Sports photography
- Derek Ruttan, London Free Press: Football fumble (second photo)
- Tony Bock, Toronto Star
- J. T. McVeigh, Barrie Examiner
Business
- Sinclair Stewart & Paul Waddie, Globe and Mail: How it all began (the sub-prime mortgage crisis)
- Sophie Cousineau, La Presse: Du désespoir à l’espoir à Lebel-sur-Quévillon
- The (Waterloo) Record: Pigeons for profit
Columns
Investigations
- David Bruser & Moira Welsh & Andrew Bailey, Toronto Star: When companies get rewarded for mistakes
- Sue Bailey & Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press (with CBC): increasing use of tasers by police forces
- David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen: The downing of Tusker 914
Arts and entertainment
- Jennifer Wells, Globe and Mail: Meet Mother Corp.’s daddy dearest
- Marty Klinkenberg, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal: The art of war
- Elizabeth Withey, Edmonton Journal: three stories
Sports
- Red Fisher, The Gazette: No. 33 not fit to be retired
- Steve Milton, Hamilton Spectator: Blood on the ice
- Randy Turner, Winnipeg Free Press: The killing field
Feature photography
- Ian Martens, Lethbridge Herald: Moonlit wedding photo
- John Lehmann, Globe and Mail: Naked bowling (See also video: Buck naked and looking to score)
- Steve Russell, Toronto Star: Reflected balloons
International reporting
- Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail: Talking to the Taliban
- Stephanie Nolen, Globe and Mail: Kenya’s disputed elections (Stories including Into the valley of death)
- Michèle Ouimet. La Presse: La mèche dans la poudrière (Pakistan)
Editorials
- André Pratte, La Presse
- Phil Tank, Brantford Expositor
- John Geiger & Adam Radwanski & Edward Greenspon, Globe and Mail
Editorial cartooning
- Cameron Cardow, Ottawa Citizen
- Brian Gable, Globe and Mail
- John B. Larter, Calgary Herald
Long feature
- Jon Wells, Hamilton Spectator: Deadly encounter: The Art Rozendal story
- Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen: The dream grifter
- Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun: The fantastic voyage of a West Coast warrior
News photography
- Dave Abel, Toronto Sun: Robbery takedown
- Dan Janisse, Windsor Star: Car rescue (2nd photo)
- Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald: “My son“
Breaking news
- Hamilton Spectator: C difficile outbreaks in Ontario
- Calgary Herald: Lall family murders
- Chris Morris, Canadian Press: New Brunswick van crash