With six gold medals and as much silver-out of a total of 23 nominations-Radio-Canada is the big winner this year at the Awards for Excellence in Digital Publishing, a pan-Canadian competition that recognizes the work of creators and digital content creators. .
CBC came in second, with six medals, while Toronto was daily The Globe and Mail completed the podium with five differences.
The French -language public broadcaster was crowned twice instead of once for its work in the 2021 federal election; in the Best News Coverage and Best Social Media Storytelling categories.
Radio-Canada journalists Nicholas De Rosa, Jeff Yates and Brigitte Noël won gold in the Science and Technology category for their investigation A Montreal online scam empirereflecting the schemes of wealthy businessman Philip Keezer.
Eugénie Emond won the gold medal in the Best reporting – arts and culture category for the second consecutive year, winning this year for Plaquie’s sinan attack on a community of black women in Quebec’s Saint-Roch district.
Three medals for Radio-Canada videos
The public broadcaster has particularly identified itself for videos published online. In particular, it won two medals in the Mini-documentary category.
First of all thanks to Sugar Baby : from glam to drama (gold). In this interactive web production, journalist Marie-Ève Tremblay presents the story of Clémentine, a young woman from a good family who falls into the trap of sexual exploitation.
Marie-Ève Tremblay researched the same subject in Worst idea of my lifenominated this year for Best Podcast – Current Issues.
The silver medal was awarded to Simon Coutu and his team for Beliefs : Invasion of opponents of health measuresa report that follows four Quebec leaders who are skeptical of COVID-19: a martial arts champion, a former police officer, a singer-songwriter and an eco-feminist.
Finally, The reflected carbon budgeta three -minute video explaining CO2 emission issues, wins Gold for Best Online Video – Short Form
The full list of winners can be viewed on the Digital Publishing Excellence Awards website (New window).
Source: Radio-Canada
