Radio-Canada received 23 nominations for the Digital Publishing Excellence Awards, a pan-Canadian competition that rewards the work of digital content creators. The English counterpart of the Crown corporation, CBC, came in second, with 17 mentions.
Toronto media is well represented. The everyday The Globe and Mail received 14 nominations, while Star in Toronto and the magazine The local there are nine each.
Follow Montreal every day The duty and British Columbia magazine The Tyee (seven each), and finally English magazines The Walrus at hakaiwith five nominations each.
The 7ay The awards for Excellence in Digital Publishing have 160 finalists competing in about 20 categories. The results will be announced on May 31 on the competition’s Twitter account.
Radio-Canada stands out in particular for its work on COVID-19 coverage and the federal elections. Four of his feature articles – The biologist who brought down Hydro-Québec, They pointed their camera at the police abuse, For the love of father and land at love – also selected as finalists.
The Crown corporation is also good at video reporting and podcast categories, with six nominations in total.
Marianne Desautels-Marissal was selected for her videos The reflected carbon budget at The old man and his skeletons. The journalist was also nominated in the category of best news coverage for her report Growing outdoor education (New window).
Marie-Ève Tremblay was a finalist for her work on the phenomenon of sugar babies which led to his digital story From glam to drama and his podcast Worst idea of my life.
Finally, it should be noted that Yannick Pinel, Director of Content, Strategy and Creativity for Digital Media of Radio-Canada, won the Excellence in Leadership Award, the highest individual recognition awarded in this competition.
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Source: Radio-Canada