The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is proud to present the nominees for the 7th annual Digital Publishing Awards. Our roster of 80 judges generously volunteered their time and expertise to evaluate hundreds of entries to help us recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian digital media. From the judges’ deliberations, more than 160 impressive finalists have emerged. Join us in congratulating all of this year’s nominees!
Top Nominees
Leading with an impressive 23 nominations is Radio-Canada, followed by The Globe and Mail with 14 nominations, and Toronto Star and The Local, both with nine nominations. Other top nominees include Le Devoir and The Tyee with seven nominations each, and The Walrus and Hakai Magazine with five nominations each.
Nomination Highlights
- Fatima Syed is nominated individually three times: twice in Best Feature Article for “You Can’t Stop the Spread of the Virus if You Don’t Stop it in Peel” and “The Labour of Immigrant Women,” both published in The Local, and also in Best Personal Essay for “As A Muslim, I Face Islamophobia. As An Immigrant, I’ve Failed Indigenous People,” published in Chatelaine.
- “Gambling with Nova Scotia’s future,” written by Rob Csernyik for The Coast, is a nominee in Best News Coverage (Community Publication) and Best Science & Technology Storytelling.
- Brian Payton has two nominations for Best Feature Article, for “Where Now Grizzly Bear?” and “The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows,” both published in Hakai Magazine.
- “Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia,” written by Elamin Abdelmahmoud for Buzzfeed News is a nominee in Best Feature Article (Long) and Best Arts & Culture Storytelling. Elamin is also nominated in Best Feature Article (Short) for “There’s Room For Everyone In The Church Of Brandi Carlile,” also published in Buzzfeed News.
- “The void in Calgary,” by Jeremy Agius for The Globe and Mail, is nominated for Best Digital Design and Innovation in Digital Storytelling.
- The team behind Toronto Star’s “The Last Orca” is nominated in Best Digital Design and Best Digital Editorial Package.
Categories / Catégories
Best Digital Editorial Package / Meilleur dossier thématique
Dossier Eat, Love, Experiment
BESIDE
Contributors: Linda Besner, journalist; Kari Medig, photographer; Aaron Wynia, photographer; Catherine Métayer, editor-in-chief; Mark Mann, associate editor-in-chief; Catherine Fortin, project manager; Eliane Cadieux, chief creative officer & co-founder; Gabrielle Deronde, graphic designer; Mélody Beaudin, social media manager
Black on the Prairies
CBC
Contributors: Omayra Issa, producer; Ify Chiwetelu, producer; Melissa Fundira, associate producer; Andrew McManus, digital designer; Dwight Friesen, digital developer; CBC Interactives Team
Couverture de la COVID-19
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Naël Shiab, journaliste de données; Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste; Charlie Debons-Ricard, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Santiago Salcido, designer; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur; Martine Roy, coordonnatrice; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef
Power Gap
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Globe and Mail team
L6P
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Globe and Mail team
The Big Melt
The Tyee
Contributors: Christopher Pollon, reporter; David Beers, editor; Andrew Munroe, design and development; David Marino, art and development
The Last Orca
Toronto Star
Contributors: Jenna Moon, reporter; Sarmishta Subramanian, editor; Priya Ramanujam, editor; McKenna Deighton and Andres Plana, design and web development; Tania Pereira, digital producer; Cameron Tulk, graphics editor
Hidden Influence: Several of Doug Ford’s key pandemic decisions were swayed by business interests, Star analysis suggests
Toronto Star
Contributors: Richard Warnica, reporter; Andrew Bailey, data analyst; Duncan Hood, editor; Andres Plana, graphics; Cameron Tulk, illustrations and graphics editor
BREAKING THE SILENCE: Dancers accuse some of Break the Floor’s famous choreographers of sexual harassment and grooming
Toronto Star
Contributors: Morgan Bocknek, reporter; David Bruser, editor; McKenna Deighton, design; Tania Pereira, digital producer; Cameron Tulk, graphics editor.
Kids’ Graves Exposed the Horror of Canada’s Residential Schools. Outrage Isn’t Enough.
VICE World News
Contributors: Anya Zoledziowski, reporter; Natasha Grzincic, editor; Dan Ming, host; Amanda Pisetzner, producer
Best Column / Meilleure chronique
Max Fawcett
Canada’s National Observer
Max Fawcett
Sandy Garossino
Canada’s National Observer
Sandy Garossino
Queeries
CBC Arts
Peter Knegt
Contributor: Eleanor Knowles, editor
British Columbia’s pandemic response
CBC British Columbia
Justin McElroy
Paul Wells
Maclean’s
Paul Wells
Éditorial
Québec Science
Marie Lambert-Chan
Collaborateurs : Mélissa Guillemette, journaliste-réviseure ; Marine Corniou, journaliste-réviseure ; Sophie Cazanave, réviseure-correctrice
What’s Good
Refinery29 Canada
Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Contributor: Yaz Butcher, Art Director
Tanya Talaga
The Globe and Mail
Tanya Talaga
The Listener
The Sprawl
Sam Hester
Protest and Pleasure
Xtra Magazine
Chanelle Gallant
Contributors: Rachel Giese, editor; Gordon Bowness, editor; Allison Baker, copy editor and fact-checker; Paterson Hodgson, illustrator
Best News Coverage (Community Publication) / Meilleur couverture de l’actualité (publication communautaire)
Videos capture tornado, emotional return to damaged home
BarrieToday.com
Contributors: Bob Bruton, reporter, Shawn Gibson, reporter, Nikki Cole, reporter, Marg. Bruineman, reporter, Raymond Bowe, community editor
After the Fire
IndigiNews
Contributors: Kelsie Kilawna, Athena Bonneau
Coverage of Housing and Homelessness in Peterborough
Peterborough Currents
Contributors: Ayesha Barmania, Will Pearson, Brett Throop
Coverage of the Opioid Crisis in Peterborough
Peterborough Currents
Contributors: Ayesha Barmania, Will Pearson, Brett Throop
Gambling with Nova Scotia’s future
The Coast
Contributors: Rob Csernyik, writer; Christine Oreskovich, design
Vaccinating Toronto
The Local
Contributors: Tai Huynh, Different Schools, Different Risks; Nicholas Hune-Brown, The Vaccine Rollout is Leaving Toronto’s Hardest-Hit Postal Codes Behind; Tai Huynh, Hot Spot Tracker; Yader Guzman, Nicholas Hune-Brown, Bringing the Vaccine to Where it’s Needed; Fatima Syed, “You Can’t Stop the Spread of the Virus if You Don’t Stop it in Peel”
The Municipal Election Edition
The Sprawl
Contributors: Jeremy Appel, Anmarie Bailey, Ximena González, Joel Hart, Sam Hester, Hamdi Issawi, Doug Johnson, Jeremy Klaszus, Taylor Lambert, Miranda Martini, Chris Pecora
Sexual violence at Western University
The Western Gazette
Contributors: Hope Mahood, Lucas Arender, Liam Afonso, Ashley Goveas, Rebekah Rodrigues, Sheetal Vemannagari, Liam McInnis, Kirat Walia, Sarah Wallace, Aaron Greenspan
La pédagogie en plein air en plein essor
100°
Collaborateurs : Marianne Boire, rédactrice en chef; François Grenier, journaliste; Françoise Ruby, journaliste; Marie-Josée Cardinal, journaliste
Best News Coverage / Meilleur couverture de l’actualité
BC Flooding — local and national team coverage
CBC British Columbia and CBC News
Contributors: CBC News Digital team
Inside Ontario’s deadliest COVID-19 LTC outbreak and a broken inspection system
Global News
Contributors: Carolyn Jarvis , Andrew Russell, Emanuela Campanella, Jigar Patel
Les élections fédérales 2021
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Guillaume Levasseur, journaliste multimédia; Cédric Gagnon, motion designer; Matt Joycey, journaliste vidéaste; Jasmine Legendre, journaliste vidéo; Sandrine Vieira, journaliste de données; Boris Proulx, correspondant parlementaire; Olivia Gélinas, développeuse en visualisation de données
Élections fédérales 2021
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Naël Shiab, journaliste de données; Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste; Melanie Meloche-Holubovski, journaliste; Charlie Debons-Ricard, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Santiago Salcido, designer; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur; Martine Roy, coordonnatrice; Danielle Jazzar, réviseure linguistique; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Valérie Ouellet, journaliste de données CBC; Sylvène Gilchrist, réalisatrice CBC
Escape from Afghanistan
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Mark MacKinnon and The Globe and Mail team
Hidden Influence: Several of Doug Ford’s key pandemic decisions were swayed by business interests, Star analysis suggests
Toronto Star
Contributors: Richard Warnica, reporter; Andrew Bailey, data analyst; Duncan Hood, editor; Andres Plana, graphics; Cameron Tulk, illustrations and graphics editor
The untold story of gun violence in Toronto’s hardest hit communities
Toronto Star
Contributors: Gilbert Ngabo, reporter; Andres Plana, digital designer; Ed Tubb, assigning editor; Doug Cudmore, senior editor
Best Feature Article / Meilleur article de fond
Black History Month: The Self-Education Of Bee Quammie
Chatelaine
Bee Quammie
Contributor: Nashid Chroma, Artist
The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows
Hakai Magazine
Brian Payton
Contributor: Jude Isabella, editor
Where Now Grizzly Bear?
Hakai Magazine
Brian Payton
Contributor: Jude Isabella, editor
Le biologiste qui a renversé Hydro-Québec
Radio-Canada Empreintes
Guillaume Piedboeuf
Collaborateurs : Olivia Laperrière-Roy, photographe; Justine de l’Église, éditrice; Kathleen Lavoie, éditrice; Martin Labbé, graphiste; Mykael Adam, programmeur; Christine Beaudet, cheffe de projet
How the Laws Make Sex Work Less Safe
The Local
Samantha Edwards
The Labour of Immigrant Women
The Local
Fatima Syed
“You Can’t Stop the Spread of the Virus if You Don’t Stop it in Peel”
The Local
Fatima Syed
When Chinese in Canada Were Numbered, Interrogated, Excluded
The Tyee
Christopher Cheung
Contributor: Robyn Smith, editor
Une soirée avec l’unité d’urgence sociale de la DPJ
URBANIA
Hugo Meunier
Cases of missing trans people are rarely solved. A married pair of forensic genealogists is hoping to change that
Xtra Magazine
Erica Lenti
Contributors: Michael Harris, editor; Gordon Bowness, executive editor; Rachel Giese, editorial director; Allyson Baker; copy editor
Best Feature Article (Short) / Meilleur article court
There’s Room For Everyone In The Church Of Brandi Carlile
BuzzFeed News
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Contributor: Tomi Obaro, Editor
The long wait
CBC Hamilton
Bobby Hristova
Contributors: Eva Salinas, executive producer; Conrad Collaco, producer; Marlene Habib, editor; Steven Silcox, news graphics
A family divided: When parents, kids disagree on COVID-19 vaccines
Global News
Jasmine Pazzano
Contributor: Craig Offman, Managing Editor, Investigations and Enterprise
Freeing Oysters from a Parasite’s Hold
Hakai Magazine
Karen Pinchin
Contributor: Shanna Baker, editor
Saying Goodbye on Facetime
Healthy Debate
Max Binks-Collier
Contributors: Jack Romanelli, editor; Mark Kirkpatrick, illustrator
A Vancouver Island town becomes an elks’ club as imperilled species seeks refuge among humans
The Globe and Mail
Justine Hunter
‘The end of normal’: From summer fires to catastrophic floods, recurring tragedy unites B.C.
The Globe and Mail
Nancy Macdonald
Getting Vaccinated in the Holy Month
The Local
Furqan Mohamed
The Last 25 Percent
The Local
Danielle Groen
Best Feature Article (Long) / Meilleur article de fond — long
Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia
BuzzFeed News
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Contributor: Tomi Obaro, editor
« C’est notre seule arme » Ils ont braqué leur caméra sur les abus policiers
Radio-Canada
Justine de L’Église, Mélanie Holubowski
Collaborateurs : Bernard Leduc, pupitre; Martin Labbé, designer; Mykael Adam, développeur
Pour l’amour du père et de la terre
Radio-Canada
Ariane Labrèche
Sombrer en amour
Radio-Canada
Marie-Maude Denis, Michael Deetjens
Collaborateurs : Ivanoh Demers, photographe; Paul-Éric Dumontier, chef de pupitre
B.C. residential school’s story starts with abuse, ends in fire, but points toward justice
The Globe and Mail
Patrick White
Escape from Afghanistan
The Globe and Mail
Mark MacKinnon
A Legacy of Mistrust: Can Indigenous Health Care in BC’s North Turn a Corner?
The Tyee
Amanda Follett Hosgood, Moira Wyton
Contributor: Paul Willcocks, editor
The Campus Mental Health Crisis
The Walrus
Simon Lewsen
Contributors: Chloë Ellingson, photographer; Carine Abouseif, editor
Fire in the Sky
Toronto Star
Francine Kopun
Contributors: Doug Cudmore, senior editor; Sarmishta Subramanian, executive features editor; Andrew Meeson, editor; Nathan Pilla, digital designer; Kelsey Wilson, video producer; Tania Pereira, digital producer; Cameron Tulk, graphics editor
Best Personal Essay / Meilleur essai personnel
Public Safety at the City’s Core
Azure
Jay Pitter
Contributors: Stefan Novakovic, editor; Elizabeth Pagliacolo, editor
As A Muslim, I Face Islamophobia. As An Immigrant, I’ve Failed Indigenous People
Chatelaine
Fatima Syed
Reclaiming Audre Lorde’s Radical Self-Care
Refinery29 Canada
Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Between the Cones
Sportsnet
Hadiya Roderique
Contributor: Evan Rosser, editor
Into the Deep
The Tyee
andrea bennett
Contributor: David Beers, editor
Winter Is for Regeneration. The Garden’s — and Yours, Too
The Tyee
’Cúagilákv (Jess Housty)
Contributor: andrea bennett, editor
Don’t Be a Prude: The Benefits of Public Nudity
The Walrus
Nicole Schmidt
Contributors: Sydney Hamilton, fact-checker; Mariana Yatsuda Ikuta, illustrator; Carine Abouseif, handling editor
Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers
The Walrus
Minelle Mahtani
Contributors: Connor Garel, fact-checker; Sarah Gonzales, illustrator; Carine Abouseif, handling editor
Suicidal ideation, my intrusive visitor
Xtra Magazine
Niko Stratis
Contributors: Erica Lenti, senior editor; Gordon Bowness, executive editor; Allyson Baker, copy editor
Best Arts & Culture Storytelling / Meilleur reportage : arts et culture
Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country’s Love Affair With White Nostalgia
BuzzFeed News
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Contributor: Tomi Obaro, editor
Revitalizing Vancouver Island’s Indigenous languages
CBC British Columbia
Kathryn Marlow
Contributors: Tamara Baluja, Andrea Ross, Mary Vallis, Meghan Sardesai, William Wolfe-Wylie, Richard Grasley, Rob Easton, Duk Han Lee, Darcy Hunter, Pete Scobie, Wawmeesh Hamilton, Megan Thomas, Rohit Joseph, Adam van der Zwan
Rothko at the Inauguration
Hazlitt
Richard Warnica
Contributors: Haley Cullingham, editor; Naomi Skwarna, copy editor
Giving Up the Ghost
Hazlitt
Brin-Jonathan Butler
Finding Mr. Q
Hazlitt
Michael Rancic
Contributors: Haley Cullingham, editor; Arden Taylor, illustrator
Ramener les morts à la vie
ICI Acadie
Caroline Levesque
Collaborateurs : Emmanuelle Robinson et Marc-Samuel Larocque, édimestres
Listening Conditions
Musicworks
Sara Constant
Contributors: Jennie Punter, editor; Thang Vu, designer — print
Le salon de Plaquie
Radio-Canada Empreintes
Eugénie Emond
Collaborateurs : Olivia Laperriere-Roy, Justine de L’Église, Kathleen Lavoie
Adding Colour to the Romance Genre
The Walrus
Zeahaa Rehman
Peterborough to Gaza: How a chance talk led to a 30-year friendship
TVO
Marsha McLeod
Contributor: Serene Husni, Arabic translator
Best Science & Technology Storytelling / Meilleur reportage : science et technologie
Ethical AI Has Not Solved Tech’s Problem with Racism
Elle Canada
Melissa Vincent
The house that plastic built
Global Reporting Centre
Andrew Munroe
Contributors: Britney Dennison, reporter/editor; Andrea Crossan, editor; Katarina Sabados, reporter; Pallavi Rao, researcher; Jane Lister, researcher; Ridge Zhang, data viz; Esther Cheung, design/illustration; Peter Klein, executive editor
What To Do with Fish When the River Runs Dry
Hakai Magazine
Laura Trethewey
Contributor: Jude Isabella, editor
Les déchets de la pandémie
Le Devoir
Paul Fontaine
Collaborateurs : Olivia Gélinas, développeuse en visualisation de données; Simon-Olivier Laperrière, développeur en visualisation de données; Cédric Gagnon, motion designer
Black in science: The legacy of racism in science and how Black scientists are moving the dial
Quirks & Quarks — CBC Radio
Amanda Buckiewicz, Nicole Mortillaro
Comment fonctionnent les vaccins contre le SRAS-CoV-2 (et ses variants)
Radio-Canada
Daniel Blanchette Pelletier
Collaborateurs : Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste; Charlie Debons-Ricard, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; André Guimaraes, développeur; Martine Roy, coordonnatrice; Mélanie Meloche-Holubowski, traduction; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef
Un empire montréalais de l’arnaque en ligne
Radio-Canada
Nicholas De Rosa, Jeff Yates, Brigitte Noël
Collaborateur : Roberto Rocha; Sophie Leclerc, illustrator
Gambling with Nova Scotia’s future
The Coast
Rob Csernyik
Contributors: Kyle Shaw, Handling Editor; Christine Oreskovich, Design
Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Alberta
The Sprawl
Taylor Lambert
What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?
The Walrus
Simon Lewsen
Contributor: Carine Abouseif, editor
Best Service Feature / Journalisme de service
Chasing Icebergs Off Canada’s East Coast
Air Canada enRoute
Sydney Loney
Contributors: Tom Cochrane, photographer; Ben Smith, photographer; Adam Hefferman, photographer; Angel Sanz Correa, illustrator; Jessie Brinkman Evans, photographer
How to protect your home against climate change
All Things Home
Patrick Langston
How To Talk To Kids About The National Day For Truth And Reconciliation
CBC Parents
David Robertson
Contributors: Hallae Khosravi, producer; Kevin Naulls, producer
Canada’s Kitchen
The Globe and Mail
Julie Van Rosendaal, Maryam Siddiqi, Benjamin MacDonald, Christopher Manza
Rad présente Cobaye : Soins de la peau
Rad / Radio-Canada
Nicolas Pham
Collaborateurs : Sébastien Gaudet, Thomas Christopherson, vidéastes; Jean-Philippe Gagnon, montage et réalisation; Mathieu Waddell, réalisateur; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; Carolina Cabral, coordonnatrice de production; Gigi Huynh, stratège; Charles Fortier, chef design et contenus numérique; Charles Desmarais, motion design; Emile Lord Ayotte, design graphique; Catherine Legault, édimestre; Laurence Beaudoin-Masse, conceptrice/rédactrice
Revive
UBC Journalism
Serena Renner
Best Online Video: Short / Meilleure vidéo en ligne — format court
Laura’s Gift: An organ donor’s story
CBC New Brunswick
Contributors: Maria Jose Burgos, producer; Hailley Furkalo, senior designer
Mon père ne me reconnaît plus
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Jasmine Legendre, journaliste vidéo; Matt Joycey, journaliste vidéaste
L’aspic testé par des enfants
Radio-Canada
Collaborateur : Bruno Florin, réalisateur et monteur
Le budget carbone illustré
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Marianne Desautels-Marissal, journaliste; François Dubuc, motion designer; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Hélène Leroux, rédactrice en chef; Pierre-André Desautels, conception sonore; Catherine Marineau-Dufresne, réalisatrice-coordonnatrice
Best Online Video: Feature / Meilleure vidéo en ligne — format long
Kahsenniyo performs a poem reckoning with the wounds of colonialism and breaking cycles of trauma
CBC Arts
Contributors: Lucius Dechausay, producer
Les mirages de la chirurgie esthétique
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Jasmine Legendre, journaliste vidéo; Guillaume Levasseur, journaliste multimédia
Des jeunes redonnent un 2e souffle à Murdochville
24 heures
Collaborateurs : Jean Balthazard, producteur de contenu; Olivier Gélinas-Richard, vidéaste; Julien Schmidt, monteur; Charles D’Amboise, directeur de contenu
Best Online Video: Mini-Doc / Meilleure vidéo en ligne — mini-documentaire
Comment des policiers tirent-ils sur des personnes en crise?
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Améli Pineda, journaliste; Stéphanie Vallet, journaliste; Guillaume Levasseur, journaliste multimédia; Matt Joycey, journaliste vidéaste; Cédric Gagnon, motion designer
Convictions : Incursion chez les opposants aux mesures sanitaires
Rad / Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Simon Coutu, journaliste ; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Frédéric Lacelle, Mathieu Waddell, Florence Pelletier, vidéastes; Jean-Philippe Gagnon, monteur; Frédéric Lacelle, réalisateur; Sara Barrière-Brunet, chef de pupitre; Carolina Cabral, coordonnatrice de production; Gigi Huynh, Stratège; Charles Fortier, chef design et contenus numérique; Victor Kurc, Charles Desmarais, motion design; Catherine Legault, édimestre; Justine Grenier, conceptrice/rédactrice ; Laurent K Blais, recherche
Le vieil homme et ses squelettes
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Marianne Desautels-Marissal, journaliste; Quentin Fabiani, réalisateur; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Hélène Leroux, rédactrice en chef; François Dubuc, motion designer; Catherine Marineau-Dufresne, réalisatrice-coordonnatrice
Sugar Baby : du glam au drame
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Marie-Eve Tremblay, réalisatrice et animatrice; Alain Loiselle, co-réalisateur et vidéaste; Martin Labbé, designer et photographe; Mykael Adam, développeur numérique
Free Heroin, Cocaine & Meth Are Being Distributed to Stop Overdoses
VICE World News
Contributors: Manisha Krishnan, host and producer; Justin Silverman, senior producer; Natasha Grzincic, deputy editor; Courtney Brooks, executive producer; Alex Craig, director of photography; Dan Ferry, editor; Jarrel Lynch, editor
Best Podcast: Current Affairs / Meilleur balado : questions d’actualité
CANADALAND
Canadaland
Contributors: Jesse Brown, host; Sarah Lawrynuik and Kasia Mychajlowycz, senior producers; Damilola Onime, producer; Tristan Capacchione and Jeremy Kessler, audio editors; Cherise Seucharan, reporter; Andréa Schmidt and Kieran Oudshoorn, managing editors; Jonathan Goldsbie, news editor
Life Jolt
CBC Podcasts
Contributors: Rosemary Green, host; John Chipman, producer; Danielle Carr, associate producer; Glory Omotayo, coordinating producer; Graham MacDonald, mixer; Chris Oke, story editor; Geoff Turner, senior producer; Arif Noorani, executive producer
White Hot Hate
CBC Podcasts
Contributors: Michelle Shephard, host; Ryan Thorpe, reporter; Ashley Mak, producer; Kim Kaschor, associate producer; Sarah Melton, associate producer; Danelle Cloutier, mixer; Julia Whitman, mixer; Emilie Quesnel, digital producer; Emily Mathieu, fact-checker; Sean Moreman, legal; Chris Oke, senior producer; Arif Noorani, executive producer
Convictions Saison 2: QAnon
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Brigitte Noël, Jeff Yates, Raed Hammoud
The Sound Aquatic
Hakai Magazine
Contributors: Elin Kelsey, host and producer; Katrina Pyne, producer; Amorina Kingdon, producer
Interprètes afghans : partir ou mourir
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Michèle Ouimet, animatrice; Cédric Chabuel, réalisateur; Corinne Fréchette-Lessard, cheffe de projet de contenu; Catherine Vidal, directrice développement et production audionumérique; Natacha Mercure, première directrice audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale radio, audio et Grand Montréal
Pire idée de ma vie : sugar baby
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Marie-Eve Tremblay, animatrice et réalisatrice; Alain Loiselle, appui à la réalisation; Jo-Annie Larue, cheffe de projet de contenu; Catherine Vidal, directrice développement et production audionumérique; Annie Reeves, directrice développement et production audionumérique ; Natacha Mercure, première directrice audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale radio, audio et Grand Montréal
Unascertained
TVO
Contributors: Yusuf Zine, host, writer and producer; Kevin Young, writer, producer and audio engineer; Michelle Shephard, story editor; Katie O’Connor, senior producer, TVO; Laurie Few, executive producer — digital, TVO
Best Podcast: Arts, Culture, & Society / Meilleur balado : arts, culture et société
Commons
Canadaland
Contributors: Arshy Mann, host/producer; Jordan Cornish, producer; Damilola Onime, associate producer; Tristan Capacchione, additional reporting; Andréa Schmidt and Kieran Oudshoorn, managing editors; Kevin Sexton, executive producer; Nathan Burley, music
The Dose
CBC Podcasts
Contributors: Dr. Brian Goldman, host; Rachel Sanders, producer; Willow Smith, producer; Colleen Ross, Dawna Dingwall, senior producer; Austin Pomeroy, technician, Billy Heaton, technician
Strong and Free
Historica Canada
Contributors: Historica Canada & Media Girlfriends, producers; Garvia Bailey, host
Garde-Manger
QUB Radio
Collaborateur : Anne-Sophie Carpentier, recherche, montage et réalisation
D’où je viens : le rap d’ici
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Olivier Arbour-Masse, animateur; Olivier Boisvert-Magnen, animateur; Cédric Chabuel, réalisateur; Kapois Lamort, recherchiste; Marieme, recherchiste; Jo-Annie Larue, cheffe de projet de contenu; Annie Reeves, directrice développement et production audionumérique; Catherine Vidal, directrice développement et production audionumérique ; Natacha Mercure, première directrice audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale radio, audio et Grand Montréal
Telling our Twisted Histories
Terre Innue
Ossie Michelin, director; Kahnietiio Horn, host; Karine Lanoie-Brien, concept; Ian Boyd and Reginald Vollant, original idea; Isabelle Picard, researcher; Karine Lanoie-Brien, Brad Gros-Louis and Ossie Michelin, interviewers; Benoit Dame, editor and sound designer; Anik Magny, production supervisor; Élodie Pollet, producer; Francine Allaire, executive producer and producer; music courtesy of Musique Nomade; musical theme The Crow Hop by Tee Cloud
Best Digital Design / Meilleur conception numérique
21 Black Futures
CBC Arts
Jeff Hume
Contributors: Chinedu Ukabam, creative director; Yung Yemi, logo design; Gloria Asse Elogo, graphic design
Seeing Dad through his lens
CBC News
Andrew McManus
Contributors: Matt Crider and Adam Foord, developers; Elizabeth Haggarty, senior producer
Nos projets interactifs et nos visualisations de données 2021 / Radio-Canada Info
Radio-Canada
Charlie Debons-Ricard, Francis Lamontagne, Santiago Salcido
Collaborateurs : Naël Shiab, journaliste de données; Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste; Charlie Debons-Ricard, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Santiago Salcido, designer; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur; Martine Roy, coordonnatrice; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Valérie Ouellet, journaliste de données CBC; Sylvène Gilchrist, réalisatrice CBC
The Skyluck Journals
The Doc Project
Andrew Nguyen, Ben Shannon, Geoff Isaac, Althea Manasan
Contributors: Jonathan Ore, copy editor; Tamara Baluja, copy editor; Anh Thang Dao, translations; Althea Manasan, lead digital producer; Ben Shannon, artwork, graphics and animation; Geoff Isaac, senior developer; Andrew Nguyen, writer, animations, documentary producer; Alison Cook, documentary producer
Fear along the Nile
The Globe and Mail
Christopher Manza
Contributors: Clare Vander Meersch, John Sopinski, Patrick Dell
The void in Calgary
The Globe and Mail
Jeremy Agius
Fire in the Sky
Toronto Star
Nathan Pilla
Contributors: Kelsey Wilson, video producer; Tania Pereira, digital producer
The Last Orca
Toronto Star
McKenna Deighton, Andres Plana
Contributor: Tania Pereira, digital producer
Best Photo Storytelling / Meilleur récit photo
The mothers’ days: Two friends comfort each other through pandemic parenthood
The Globe and Mail
Michelle Siu, Chloë Ellingson
Contributors: Clare Vander Meersch, Evan Annett, Ming Wong
In photos: a view of RCMP arrests of media, Indigenous land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory
The Narwhal
Amber Bracken
Contributor: Carol Linnitt, editor
‘They care about their plants and not us’: for migrant farmworkers in Ontario, COVID-19 made a bad situation worse
The Narwhal
Christopher Katsarov Luna
Contributors: Carol Linnitt, editor; Denise Balkissoon, editor; Mike De Souza, editor; Arik Ligeti, editor; Emma Gilchrist, editor
‘We watch everything’: Dene Elders guide effort to save vanishing Arctic caribou
The Narwhal
Pat Kane
Contributor: Carol Linnitt, editor
Best Social Storytelling / Meilleur récit sur les médias sociaux
Social Coverage of Canada’s Best New Restaurants
Air Canada enRoute
Contributors: Davina Sinnatamby, social media strategist; Jennifer Foden, senior editor; Nicolas Venturelli, senior digital graphic designer; Ian Gamache, digital product manager
COP26 coverage
CBC News
Contributors: Avneet Dhillon, host/producer; Marielle Torrefranca, MJ Burgos, Brock Wilson, producers; Kit Kolbegger, Kajal Pawar, associate producers; Charles Fogel, editor; Allison Cake, graphic designer; Amara McLaughlin, senior producer
Calendrier de l’Avent sur Instagram
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Sarah Boumedda, pupitreure numérique; Sandrine Vieira, journaliste de données
Couverture des élections fédérales 2021
Rad / Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Renée Joseph, Haroun Aramis, Nicolas Pham, Marie-Eve Maheu, Guillaume Lepage, Catherine Legault, Mathieu Papillon, Angie Landry, Olivier Arbour-Masse, journalistes; Frédéric Lacelle, Thomas Christopherson, Jean-Philippe Gagnon, Florence Pelletier; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Sara Barrière-Brunet, Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; Caroline L. Couture, coordonnatrice de production; Gigi Huynh, stratège; Charles Fortier, chef design et contenus numérique; Charles Desmarais, Victor Kurc, motion design; Catherine Legault, édimestre ; Justine Grenier et Laurence Beaudoin-Masse, conceptrice/rédactrice
Best Editorial Newsletter / Meilleure infolettre éditoriale
City Hall Watcher
City Hall Watcher
Contributors: Matt Elliott, publisher & editor; Neville Park, contributor
Friday Things
Friday Things
Contributors: Stacy Lee Kong, founder and editor; Nhi Tran, art director
Infolettre Quatre95
Quatre95
Collaborateurs : Jean-Pierre Bastien, chef de contenu; David Mongeau-Petitpas, directeur des technologies; Marc-Antoine Jacques, directeur de création; Théo Gjini, développeur web
The Supplement Newsletter
The Supplement
Contributors: Samantha McCabe, Alex Nguyen, Sierra Bein
Innovation in Digital Storytelling / Innovation de l’année
Clean Water, Broken Promises
Clean Water, Broken Promises collaborative
Contributors
Hot Spot Tracker
The Local
Contributor: Tai Huynh
The void in Calgary
The Globe and Mail
Contributor: Jeremy Agius
Visualisations de données en 3D
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Naël Shiab, journaliste de données; Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste; Charlie Debons-Ricard, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Santiago Salcido, designer; Melanie Julien, chef de pupitre; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur; Martine Roy, coordonnatrice; Johanne Lapierre, rédactrice en chef; Valérie Ouellet, journaliste de données CBC; Sylvène Gilchrist, productrice CBC
Emerging Excellence Award / Prix d’excellence : talent émergent
Award Sponsored by The Reader’s Digest Foundation of Canada
The Emerging Excellence Award honours an individual whose early work in Canadian digital publishing shows the highest degree of craft and promise. This award may recognize a writer, visual creator, designer, developer, publisher or other young professional who has demonstrated excellence and potential in one or more areas of Canadian digital publishing. This award is open to any individual under the age of 30.
Michelle Gamage
The Tyee
Alex Migdal
CBC Vancouver
Inori Roy
The Local
General Excellence in Digital Publishing: Small, Medium, and Large / Excellence générale en publication numérique : petite, moyenne, et grande
The General Excellence awards recognize the publications that maximize the possibilities of digital publishing; these are the publications that succeed in fulfilling their editorial mandate and represent the highest of journalistic standards. The award is presented in three divisions: small, medium, and large.
In the small division, the nominees are Healthy Debate, The Local, and Xtra Magazine.
In the medium division, the nominees are Canadaland, Le Devoir, and The Tyee.
In the large division, the nominees are CBC News Digital, The Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star.
Credit Changes & Additions
To request any credit changes, corrections, or additions, please send details to info@digitalpublishingawards.ca with “DPA Credit Change” in the subject line. The deadline for credit changes and additions is May 16.
About the Winners’ Celebration
We’ll be announcing the winners of the 2022 Digital Publishing Awards on Twitter on May 31 beginning at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The full list of winners will be posted on our website, as well as on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter on May 31 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
As acceptance speeches are the highlight of any awards presentation, we encourage all winners to record and send an acceptance speech in real time and we will retweet your reaction — just be sure to tag us @DPAwards. All nominees are also welcome to email a short, pre-recorded acceptance speech prior to May 31, which will be posted on our website and social media feeds if you win.
While there will not be a formal virtual awards ceremony this year, we are looking forward to hosting an in-person event for the industry in September.
Acknowledgements
The National Media Awards Foundation is extremely grateful for the support from the Government of Canada and The Reader’s Digest Foundation of Canada. Special thanks also to Natalie Vineberg for creating this year’s visuals, and to Vesselin Stroumsky for developing our online submissions and judging platforms.