The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is pleased to present the nominees for the 10th annual Digital Publishing Awards. Our panel of volunteer judges generously donated their time and expertise to evaluate hundreds of entries, helping us recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian digital media. From the judges’ deliberations, nearly 200 impressive finalists have emerged. Join us in congratulating all of this year’s nominees!
Emma Gilchrist to receive 2025 Digital Publishing Leadership Award

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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 is Friday, May 9, 2025. Check out all of this year’s nominee’s below.
Best Digital Editorial Package / Meilleur dossier thématique
Small / Petite publication
The Bob
CBC Ottawa
Contributors: Guy Quenneville, reporter; Jennifer Beard, producer; Leah Hansen, video editor; Félix Desroches, videographer; Trevor Pritchard, web editor


C’est quoi, une éclipse solaire?
Minute MAJ
Collaborateurs : Christiane Asselin, Isabelle Picard, Christine Bouchard, Isabelle Turgeon, Guillaume Lepage, Mathilde Boucher, Eve Laguë, Gaël Poirier, Cristelle Laflamme-Allard, Félicia Latour, Charles Dagenais, Anick Bolduc
Les nationalistes chrétiens à la défense des « droits parentaux »
Pivot
Collaborateur : Sam Harper


Toronto’s Housing Crisis
The Green Line
Contributors: Aloysius Wong, Hans Xu, Anita Li
Seasplainer
The Independent
Contributors: Jenn Thornhill Verma, Leila Beaudoin, Justin Brake

Large / Grande publication

Nunavut 25 / ᓄᓇᕗᑦ25
Canadian Geographic
Contributors: Sarah Brown, editor; David Korgak, Whit Fraser, Dani Nowosad, Thomas Lundy, David McGuffin, Dustin Patar, Monica Kidd and Anabella Klann Harrington, writers; Michelle Valberg, Dustin Patar and Emina Ida, photographers; Chris Brackley, cartographer; Kerry Hodgson, illustrator; Stephanie Small, copy editor; Michel Tanguay (French) and Innirvik Translations (Inuktitut), translators; Mia Beattie, contributions
Canada’s rental crisis
CBC News
Contributors: Naël Shiab, senior producer; Tyler Bloomfield, producer; Natalie Stechyson, senior writer; MJ Burgos, producer; Alex Migdal, senior producer; Alison Tayag, video editor


Autopsie d’un drame annoncé
Le Devoir
Collaboratrices : Ameli Pineda, Stéphanie Vallet et Samuel Ouvrard
Le coût de l’infertilité
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Jasmine Legendre, Clémence Pavic, Jean Balthazard, Cédric Gagnon, Catherine Bombardier, Julien Forest et Sullivan Collomb


Le retour des bébés lumières
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateurs : Marie-Laure Josselin, reporter spécialisée; Jean-Francois Villeneuve, édimestre; Sophie Leclerc, illustratrice
Nature humaine
Radio-Canada
Collaboratrices : Camille Vernet, réalisatrice-vidéaste ; Geneviève Lasalle, réalisatrice numérique ; Marie Mounier, édimestre


House Poor
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Jason Kirby, reporter; Matt Lundy, reporter; Mark Rendell, reporter; Erin Anderssen, reporter; Rachelle Younglai, reporter; Chen Wang, data journalist; Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor; Micah Toub, editor; Sara Wright, illustrator; Melissa Tiel, photographer; The Decibel staff
Olympics
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Timothy Moore, visual journalist; Greg Mercer, reporter; Nancy Macdonald, reporter; Simon Houpt, reporter; Robyn Doolittle, reporter; Christopher Manza, interactive editor; Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Phil King, backdesk editor

Best Data Journalism / Meilleur journalisme de donées
Where can you afford to rent?
CBC News Labs
Contributors: Naël Shiab, Richard Grasley, Charles Wong


Lead in Drinking Water
Investigative Journalism Bureau
Contributors: Robert Cribb, director/reporter; Declan Keogh, reporter; Norma Hilton, reporter; Scott Martin, reporter; Rhythm Sachdeva, reporter
Et si le Canada misait tout sur l’énergie solaire?
Radio-Canada Info
Collaborateurs : Laurianne Croteau, journaliste de données; Sara Barrière-Brunet, cheffe de pupitre; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Louis-Philippe Bouvier, designer; Andréa Alvarenga, designer; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur


Wasted space
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Erin Anderssen, reporter; Chen Wang, data journalist; Rachelle Younglai, reporter; Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor; Micah Toub, backdesk editor
Lost in space
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Jason Kirby, reporter; Rachelle Younglai, reporter; James Bradshaw, reporter; Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Joy Yokoyama, backdesk editor


Life Expectancy Varies by Almost 12 Years Across Toronto Neighbourhoods
The Local
Contributors: Tai Huynh, writer; Nicholas Hune-Brown, editor
Best Column / Meilleure chronique
Queeries
CBC Arts
Writer: Peter Knegt


The City Beat
Designlines Magazine
Writer: Simon Lewsen
Contributor: Joseph Cicerone, editor
Mind in Bloom
Hazlitt
Writer: Rollie Pemberton
Contributor: Haley Cullingham, editor


Eden Fineday’s columns about finding her ancestor’s remains in the Smithsonian
IndigiNews, The Washington Post
Writer: Eden Fineday
La chronique d’Yves Boisvert
La Presse
Auteur : Yves Boisvert


La chronique d’Isabelle Hachey
La Presse
Autrice : Isabelle Hachey
Vass Bednar’s column
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Vass Bednar
Contributor: Ethan Lou, editor


Claude Lavoie’s column
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Claude Lavoie
Contributor: Ethan Lou, editor
Kevin Yin’s column
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Kevin Yin


Dangerous Space
Xtra
Writer: Kai Cheng Thom
Contributor: Ziya Jones, handling editor
Best News Coverage (Community Publication) / Meilleure couverture d’actualité (publication communautaire)
The face of homelessness in Barrie: Rick ‘The Mayor’
BarrieToday
Contributor: Kevin Lamb

Nominated Work:
- “‘I don’t live like this — I hate it’: Barrie shed dwellers battle elements”
- “‘Very sad’: Homeless community mourns loss of Rick, ‘The Mayor’”
- “‘Good soul’: Rick ‘The Mayor’ mourned at outdoor service”
- “‘They just aren’t as fortunate’: Good Samaritans offer food, land”

Inside the NWT’s 2023 wildfire decision-making
Cabin Radio
Contributors: Jimmy Thomson, writer; Ollie Williams, editor
Investigating the Garden Townhomes Fire
Cabin Radio
Contributor: Simona Rosenfield

Nominated Work:
- “Their home burned, then the car vanished. That was the start.”
- “What caused the Garden Townhomes fire?”
- “They lost their home in a fire. Then they lost their dignity.”

Aaron Hemens’s series about the proposed Copper Mountain Mine expansion in the Similkameen Valley
IndigiNews
Contributor: Aaron Hemens
Nominated Work:
- “Similkameen people say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste as company doubles down: ‘It’s scary’”
- “In Similkameen homelands, mining operations threaten syilx Okanagan laws, identity”
- “‘A slap in the face’: At private meeting, concerns swirl about Copper Mountain Mine’s consultation process”
Être immigrant, demandeur d’asile ou réfugié au Québec
La Converse
Collaborateurices : Anais Elboujdaini, Jennifer Da Veiga Rocha

Articles présélectionnés :
- « Le Canada demande à des travailleurs de la santé de Gaza s’ils ont soigné des membres du Hamas »
- « Massacre au Congo : mémoire d’un survivant de Goma »
- « Coupes budgétaires dans la francisation : une nouvelle barrière pour les immigrants »
- « La police de Montréal traque encore les sans-papiers »
- « Se tourner vers sa communauté : ultime rempart contre sa déportation de Montréal »

Coverage of Peterborough’s 2025 Municipal Budget
Peterborough Currents
Contributors: Alex Karn, Will Pearson, and Brett Throop
Nominated Work:
- “Community rallies to defend arts and social services from cutbacks”
- “A deep dive into Peterborough’s 2025 budget”
- “Fact-checking the MPP on Peterborough’s budget”
- “Social assistance health benefits at risk as Councillor Parnell appears ready to change vote”
- “How else could we spend our pickleball money? A guide to Peterborough’s 2025 capital budget.”
Preventable deaths
The Discourse Nanaimo
Contributors: Julie Chadwick, Mick Sweetman

Nominated Work:
- “Family and friends say Nanaimo youth’s freezing death was preventable”
- “Patient overdose death at Nanaimo hospital ‘didn’t have to happen,’ doctor says”

Gambling-related suicides in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Independent
Contributors: Rob Csernyik, writer; Justin Brake, Sara Swain, editors
Nominated Work:
A Thousand Cuts
The Local
Contributors: Wency Leung, writer; Nicholas Hune-Brown, editor; Maggie Prince, illustrator

Nominated Work:
Best News Coverage / Meilleure couverture d’actualité
Final report of the special interlocutor on residential school burials and missing children
CBC Indigenous
Contributors: Brett Forester, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, Stephanie Cram, Samantha Schwientek

Nominated Work:
- “Canada must provide reparations to families of children missing at residential schools, says Kimberly Murray”
- “Experiences of girls at Good Shepherd Homes similar to residential schools, say survivors”
- “Some missing residential school students disappeared into arranged marriages, report says”
- “Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada’s ‘disappeared’ residential school children”
- “Special interlocutor still waiting for Canada’s response to report on disappeared residential school children”

U.S. election
CBC News
Contributors: Alexander Panetta, DC correspondent; Rhianna Schmunk, senior writer; Jenna Benchetrit, senior writer; Ashley Fraser, producer
Nominated Work:
- “Impact of Middle East Crisis on Michigan Arab American Voters”
- “Can the FYP sway the vote for U.S. president?”
- “Are Democrats losing Latinos, and the election, to Donald Trump?”
- “Donald Trump formally accepted his nomination for president at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.”
- “It’s still ‘the economy, stupid’? How the rich moved to Harris, the rest elected Trump”
A Convoy Tale
CBC Ottawa
Contributors: David Fraser, Falice Chin

Nominated Work:
- “Trial of key convoy figures Lich, Barber nears end of the road”
- “Freedom Convoy’s Pat King banned from festival he promoted”
- “A tale of two convoy trials”
- “Pat King guilty of 5 charges for his role in Freedom Convoy”

In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back
Hakai Magazine
Contributor: Serena Renner, writer
Le corps au Caire, la tête à Gaza
Le Devoir
Collaborateur : Mathieu Carbasse

Articles présélectionnés :
- « À Gaza, une guerre aussi contre les femmes »
- « La leçon d’espoir d’Islam Idhair »
- « Quitter l’Égypte, mais pour aller où? L’épineuse question des réfugiés palestiniens »
- « Réfugiés de Gaza, ils racontent leur journée du 7 octobre un an après »

Couverture des effets de la guerre au Liban
Radio-Canada Information
Collaboratrice : Rania Massoud, reporter et photographe
Articles présélectionnés :
- « « Sans l’UNRWA, c’est la mort », l’angoisse des réfugiés palestiniens au Liban »
- « Des plages de Beyrouth à l’abattoir, la course pour loger les déplacés avant l’hiver »
- « « Le Liban, c’est fini pour moi! » : le calvaire des domestiques coincées sous les bombes »
- « Sur un vol vers Beyrouth, l’amour en temps de guerre »
- « Alia, 10 ans, réfugiée dans la plus célèbre discothèque de Beyrouth »
Northvolt
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateur : Thomas Gerbet, journaliste

Articles présélectionnés :
- « Des fonctionnaires ont aidé Northvolt à obtenir le feu vert de Québec »
- « Québec admet avoir voulu éviter l’examen du BAPE à Northvolt »
- « BAPE pour Northvolt : Québec a éclipsé la recommandation des fonctionnaires »
- « Northvolt : Québec a retiré des arguments scientifiques de son analyse »
- « Québec a vanté les bas salaires dans la province pour attirer Northvolt »

Passages clandestins
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateur: Romain Schué, journaliste
Articles présélectionnés :
- « Passages clandestins du Canada : la nouvelle « crise » américaine »
- « La frontière canado-américaine, nouvelle porte d’entrée du fentanyl »
- « Dans les coulisses des traversées clandestines avec des passeurs indiens »
- « Un sommet de passages clandestins, mais un creux de policiers à la frontière »
- « Malgré la fermeture de Roxham, les entrées clandestines au Canada se poursuivent »
Listeria investigation
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Grant Robertson, reporter; Kathryn Blaze Baum, reporter; Micah Toub, backdesk editor; Evan Annett, digital production; Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor; The Decibel team

Nominated Work:
- “An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak”
- “After Canada-wide recall in deadly listeria outbreak, some products were still found on shelves”
- “How Canada’s food inspectors missed a deadly listeria outbreak”
- “Listeria outbreak victims call for reform after algorithm failed to flag affected plant”
- “Morning Update: What the algorithm missed”

Travel nurses investigation
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Kelly Grant, reporter; Tu Thanh Ha, reporter; Stephanie Chambers, researcher; Yang Sun, data editor; Steve Kupferman, backdesk editor; Evan Annett, digital production; Murat Yükselir, graphics editor; Brennan Higginbotham, art director; Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor; The Decibel staff
Nominated Work:
- “How Canadian hospitals grew dependent on expensive out-of-town nurses”
- “Newfoundland revamps its travel nurse program in wake of Globe investigation”
- “New Brunswick health authority blames Canadian Health Labs for $100 million deficit, committee hears”
- “New Brunswick officials paid nursing firm for meal allowances workers never received”
- “Investigating Canada’s dependence on for-profit nursing”
Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change / Meilleur reportage thématique : changement climatique
The Place that Thaws
APTN News
Writer: Danielle Paradis
Contributors: Jesse Andrusko, Mark Blackburn


Boiling Point: Climate Chaos
CBC, The Fifth Estate
Writer: Susan Ormiston
Contributors: Jill English, producer/director; Harvey Cashore, producer/director; Matthew Pierce, associate producer; Leanne Stepnow, associate producer; Anne MacRae, video editor; Jeff Shelegy, video editor
À Dos Rios, l’eau, le parc et l’avenir de la Californie
Le Devoir
Auteurs : Sarah Boumedda, Julien Forest, Catherine Bombardier, Cédric Gagnon


Brasier intérieur : après le feu, l’esprit se reconstruit, mais le corps n’oublie pas
Radio-Canada
Autrice : Chloé Dioré De Périgny, journaliste
Collaboratrice : Geneviève Tardif, réalisatrice-vidéaste; Geneviève Lasalle, réalisatrice-numériqu; Mylène Briand, édimestre
On thin ice
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Jenn Thornhill Verma
Contributors: Johnny C.Y. Lam, photographer; Mackenzie Lad, digital production; Clare Vander Meersch, photo editor; Melissa Tait, video editor; Sarah Bugden, backdesk editor; Murat Yükselir, graphics editor; Christopher Manza, interactive editor


8,000 kms of ice roads link Canada’s North. Erratic winters are wreaking havoc on the lifeline
The Narwhal and The Winnipeg Free Press
Writer: Julia-Simone Rutgers
Contributors: Scott Gibbons, editor, Free Press; Sharon J. Riley, editor, The Narwhal; Amber Bracken, Carrie Davis and Mikaela Mackenzie, photographers
They Had to Break the Law to Try to Save Humanity
The Tyee
Writer: Peter Fairley
Contributor: David Beers, editor


Following the signs: What mountain guides are seeing up in the Rockies can tell us a lot about the pace of global warming
What On Earth/CBC Radio
Writer: Molly Segal
Contributors: Andre Mayer, Ruby Buiza, Lakshine Sathiyanathan
Best Feature Article / Meilleur article de fond
Coming Full Circle
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador
Writers: Heidi Atter; Ariana Kelland
Contributor: Curtis Hicks, videographer


À Dos Rios, l’eau, le parc et l’avenir de la Californie
Le Devoir
Auteurs : Sarah Boumedda, Julien Forest, Catherine Bombardier, Cédric Gagnon
En un an, un patrimoine historique mis à mal à Gaza
Le Devoir
Auteurs : Sarah Boumedda, Catherine Bombardier, Cédric Gagnon


Semer les graines du savoir
Radio-Canada/Empreintes
Auteur : Clément Llobet
Collaboratrices : Marylène Têtu, cheffe de projets numériques ; Geneviève Lasalle, réalisatrice ; Camille Vernet, vidéaste ; Marie Mounier, édimestre et Émilie Robert, designer.
The Audacity of Rope
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Jana G. Pruden
Contributors: Amber Bracken, photography; Evan Annett, digital presentation; Micah Toub, editor;Taehoon Kim as photo editor


A cloud of mistrust
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Lindsay Jones
Contributors: John Morris, photographer; Randy Velocci, photo editor; Joy Yokoyama, backdesk editor; Evan Annett, digital production
‘We’re just getting started’: from Alberta to Montana, Blackfeet guardians hope to bring back the buffalo jump
The Narwhal
Writer: Jimmy Thomson
Contributors: Gavin John, photographer; Michelle Cyca, editor; Sharon Riley, editor


An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible
The Walrus
Writer: Julie Sobowale
Contributors: Carine Abouseif, editor; Arthur Dennyson Hamdani, fact checker; Meredith Holigroski, art director
When Your Landlord Is a Billion-Dollar Corporation
The Walrus
Writer: Solarina Ho
Contributors: Carmine Starnino, editor; Filipa Pajevic, fact-checker

Best Feature Article: Long / Meilleur article de fond — long
Where The Rivers Run Pink
Hakai Magazine
Writer: Jude Isabella
Contributor: Kate Pyne, photographer


A Killer Among Them
Maclean’s
Writer: Rachel Browne
Contributors: Matthew Halliday, editor; Zachary Prong, photographer
Cauchemar sur ordonnance
Radio-Canada Information
Autrices : Brigitte Noël et Judith Plamondon, journalistes
Collaborateurs : Michael Deetjens, journaliste à la recherche, Émilie Robert, illustratrice


Des cyberesclaves forcés de frauder des Canadiens
Radio-Canada Information
Autrice : Natasha MacDonald-Dupuis, journaliste
Collaborateurs : Yannick Donahue, secrétaire de rédaction; Émilie Robert, illustratrice
‘For them, it’s money. For us, it’s life’: Grassy Narrows’ 60-year legacy of poison
Ricochet Media
Writer: Brandi Morin
Collaborateurs : Geordie Day, Photojournalist; Andrea Houston and Ethan Cox, Editors


Brandi Morin: Police raids rock Edmonton, as Indigenous encampment dismantled
Ricochet Media
Writer: Brandi Morin
Collaborateurs :Ethan Cox and Andrea Houston, Editors
Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction
The Local
Writer: Brennan Doherty
Contributors: Nick Kozak, photographer; Inori Roy, editor


A Migrant’s Nightmare: Five Months Captive in Istanbul’s Airport
The Tyee
Writer: Amy Romer
Contributors: The Tyee, editorial support; The Global Reporting Centre, funding and visual data
A Military-Style School for Troubled Teens Became a “Living Nightmare”
The Walrus
Writer: Rachel Browne
Contributors: Harley Rustad, editor; Mihika Agarwal, fact-checker; Annissa Malthaner, illustrator; Allison Baker, head of research


Young and trans in Canada
Xtra (in collaboration with Chatelaine)
Writer: Ziya Jones
Contributors: Erica Lenti, handling editor; Mashal Butt, fact checker
Best Personal Essay / Meilleur essai personnel
Look at Me: Autofiction as Plastic Surgery
Arcade
Writer: Jowita Bydlowska
Contributor: Chris Frey, editor


Six Miles from the Mouth of the River
Hazlitt
Writer: Kelly Boutsalis
The Almost Dad
Hazlitt
Writer: Sophie Kohn
Contributor: Amelia Schonbek, editor


What Does a Mother Sound Like?
Hazlitt
Writer: Gloria Alamrew
Contributor: Geffen Semach, editor
Aaniindi Ezhaayin? (Where are you Going?)
Working Draft
Writer: Hannah Palamer

Best Arts & Culture Storytelling / Meilleur reportage : arts et culture
A Perception of Misbehaviour—the Legacy of Op Art
Arcade
Writer: Patrick Pittman
Contributor: Chris Frey, editor


Life in the towers
CBC News
Writers: Ash Abraham, Anchal Sharma, Christine Maki
Contributors: Ash Abraham and Anchal Sharma, reporting; Produced by Christine Maki, producer; Ash Abraham, Anchal Sharma and Francis Ferland, photos; Francis Ferland, videos; Ash Abraham, Frederic Demers and Duk Han Lee, illustrations; Jamie Long, copy editing; Michel Aspirot, drone footage
Un clown qui fait du bien
Radio-Canada – Mauricie Centre du Québec / Empreintes
Autrice : Josée Bourassa
Collaborateurs: Fanchon Aubry, Yoann Dénécé, Josée Ducharme, photographes; Émilie Robert, designer; Mykael Adam, développeur; Marylène Têtu, éditrice; Josée Bilodeau, réviseure; Danielle Huppé, édimestre; Marie-Christine Daigneault et Marylène Têtu, cheffes de projet


Lynda Beaulieu : Dans la lumière de Robert Lepage
Radio-Canada Québec
Autrice : Marie-Christine Gagnon, journaliste
Collaborateurs : Olivia Laperrière-Roy, designer et photographe; Kathleen Lavoie, éditrice ; Cédric Édouard, développeur ; Marie-Christine Daigneault et Marylène Têtu,, cheffes de projets
Know what I mean?
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Ming Wong
Contributors: Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Domini Clark, backdesk editor; Bryan Gee, assistant art director


The Life, and Slow Death, of the Toronto Arts Critic
The Local
Writer: Carl Wilson
Contributors: Michael DeForge, illustrator; Nicholas Hune-Brown, editor
Best Science & Technology Storytelling / Meilleur reportage : science et technologie
Shark tales: Canada’s great whites
Canadian Geographic
Writer: Karen Pinchin
Contributor: Nicolas Winkler, photographer


Out of our depth: speaking with whales
Canadian Geographic
Writer: Stephen Marche
Contributors: Abi Hayward, editor; Matthew Billington, illustrator; Daniel Arian, animator
The Hideaway
Hazlitt
Writer: Michaela Cavanagh
Contributor: Amelia Schonbek, editor


Stitched Together
Healthy Debate
Writers: Wendy Glauser, reporter; Maddi Dellplain, reporter; Sahil Gupta, reporter; Nicole Naimer, reporter; Maria Raveendran, reporter
Contributors: Jack Romanelli, editor; Kumé Pather, artist
Involuntary drug treatment: ‘Compassionate intervention’ or policy dead end?
Healthy Debate
Writer: Maddi Dellplain
Contributor: Jack Romanelli, editor


Contraception masculine : une révolution est-elle à nos portes?
Radio-Canada Information
Autrice : Gaëlle Lussiaà-Berdou, journaliste
An ocean of noise pollution
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Jimmy Thomson
Contributors: John Sopinski, designer; Micah Toub, editor; Ryan MacDonald, editor


Grand span
The Globe and Mail
Writer: Ivan Semeniuk
Contributors: Micah Toub, backdesk editor; Mackenzie Lad, digital production; Evan Annett, digital production; Patrick Dell, video editor; Murat Yükselir, graphics editor
The phone fixer
The Globe and Mail
Writers: Joe Castaldo, Alexandra Posadzki
Contributors: Micah Toub, backdesk editor; Evan Annett, digital production; Mackenzie Lad, digital production; Stephanie Chambers, editorial research


Preventing deaths like Susan Piercey’s
The Independent
Writer: Rob Csernyik
Contributors: Justin Brake, Sara Swain, editors
Best Service Feature / Journalisme de service
On a enquêté sur la réduflation pendant un an. Voici le résultat
Radio-Canada Information
Auteur : Daniel Blanchette Pelletier, journaliste
Collaborateurs : Mélanie Julien, cheffe de pupitre; Sara Barrière-Brunet, cheffe de pupitre; Louis-Philippe Bouvier, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; Josselin Pfeuffer, illustrateur; André Guimaraes, développeur; Mathieu St-Laurent, développeur; Danielle Jazzar, réviseure linguistique


The kid’s got talent
TD MoneyTalk Wealth
Writer: Glynis Ratcliffe
Contributors: Bryan Borzykowski, editor; Mark Brown, editor; Dave Fielding, editor; Susan Price, editor
The Big Guide to Canadian Credit Cards
The Globe and Mail
Writers: Chen Wang, Yang Sun
Contributors: Christopher Manza, Ming Wong, Merle Robillard, Ian Morfitt, Abigale Subdhan, Jacob Dubé, Joanne Joo, Barry Choi


Canada’s Most Livable Cities 2024
The Globe and Mail
Writers: Chen Wang, Mahima Singh
Contributors: Christopher Manza, Ming Wong, Pippa Norman, Mariya Postelnyak, Clare Vander Meersch, John Daly, Evan Annett, Jacob Dubé, Abigale Subdhan, Kathleen Fu, Taylor Roades
How does Alberta’s electricity grid actually work?
The Narwhal
Writer: Drew Anderson
Contributor: Sharon J. Riley, editor

Best Lifestyle Storytelling / Meilleur récit de style de vie
‘We know, we understand and we choose love going forward’
Cabin Radio
Writer: Aastha Sethi


On the doorstep
CBC Atlantic Voice
Writer: Taryn Grant
Contributor: Caroline Hillier, producer
A bundle of trauma, a patchwork of healing
CBC Atlantic Voice
Writer: Caroline Hillier
Contributors: Melanie Patten, copy editor; Elizabeth McMillan, digital layout


Janet Ewing’s ball gown
CBC Montreal
Writers: Verity Stevenson, reporter; Nantali Indongo, producer and host
Contributors: Steven Silcox, graphics and animations artist; Emiliano Bazan, videographer; Charles Contant, videographer; Joseph Rodgers, archivist; Colin Harris, text and layout editor
On Canada’s West Coast, clam gardening builds resilience among Indigenous youth
Mongabay
Writer: Robyn Huang
Contributor: Matt Reichel, videographer


Pyar is Pyar A Journey in Conservative Surrey
UBC Journalism
Writer: Chaimae Chouiekh
Contributors: Alfred Hermida, faculty editor; Uytae Lee, faculty editor
Best Online Video: Feature / Meilleure vidéo en ligne
ENQUÊTE | Le grand gaspillage de Dollarama
La Tribune
Collaborateurs : Mòrag Bélisle, Marie-Christine Bouchard, Jean Roy, Maxime Picard


Émission C+Clair // Quantique responsable : comment arrimer la recherche et l’innovation?
Magazine LES CONNECTEURS
Collaborateurs : Chloé-Anne Touma, rédactrice en chef, animatrice et co-réalisatrice ; CScience Le Lab, producteur
Être Juif et critiquer Israël
Rad
Collaborateurs : Daphnée Hacker-Bousquet, journaliste; David valiquette, monteur; Florence Pelletier, Caméraman ; Sara Barrière-Brunet, cheffe de pupitre; Laurence Beaudoin-Masse, conceptrice-rédactrice; Catherine Legault, édimestre; Carolina Cabral, coordonnatrice de projet; Gigi Huynh, stratège; Charles Fortier, chef design; Yannick Pinel, rédacteur en chef


Une invention de Coca-Cola cruciale pour l’environnement
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateurs : Marianne Desautels-Marissal, journaliste; Charlie Debons, réalisatrice; Étienne Marcoux, mixage sonore; Julien Robert, réalisateur-coordonnateur
Résilience, avec Marie-Christine Ricignuolo | L’ABC Handicaps
MAJ
Collaborateurs : Christiane Asselin, Isabelle Picard, Christine Bouchard, Isabelle Turgeon, Carmen Rachiteanu, Marie-Christine Ricignuolo, Cristelle Laflamme-Allard, Alexandre Sarkis, Eve Laguë, Félicia Latour, Charles Dagenais, Anick Bolduc


Mama Nat — How Achonwa has used mom strength to balance parenthood and basketball
Sportsnet
Contributors: Donnovan Bennett, host; Christine Mayall, producer; Heath Fashion, editor
Best Online Video: Mini-Documentary / Meilleure vidéo en ligne — mini-documentaire
She made her mark at New York Fashion Week. The world is next
CBC News Nova Scotia
Contributor: Dave Irish, visual storytelling producer


Frank Caprio: The Honourable Judge Of Character
Dolce Magazine
Contributors: Michelle Zerillo-Sosa, editor-in-chief; Fernando Zerillo, creative director; Jesse Milns, photographer; Lismery E. Loyola Pantoja, videographer-video editor; Karyssa Paez, fashion wardrobe stylist
Grandir en ligne: qu’est-ce qui se cache derrière mes réseaux sociaux?
MAJ
Collaborateurs : Christiane Asselin, Isabelle Picard, Christine Bouchard, Isabelle Turgeon, Carmen Rachiteanu, Cristelle Laflamme-Allard, Guillaume Lepage, Catherine Contant, Charles Dagenais, Anick Bolduc, Félicia Latour, Quarante Douze


Risquer sa vie pour une intervention esthétique à l’étranger
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Jasmine Legendre, Jean Balthazard, Laurence Thibault, Cédric Gagnon, Julien Forest,Guillaume Levasseur
Identité | Les derniers jours de Mélanie
Le Devoir
Collaborateurs : Jasmine Legendre, Jean Balthazard, Julien Forest


Jésus, fusils et Trump
Noovo Info
Collaborateurs : Étienne Fortin-Gauthier, Sébastien Dagenais
Six mois pour apprendre le français
Rad
Collaborateurs : Alessandra Rigano, journaliste; Mathieu Waddell, réalisateur; David Valiquette, monteur; Thomas Christopherson, Florence Pelletier, Mathieu Waddell, captation vidéo; Melanie Julien, cheffe de pupitre; Rachel Del Fante, recherchiste; Victor Kurc, motion designer; Emile Lord-Ayotte, designer; Laurence Beaudoin-Masse, conceptrice-rédactrice; Catherine Legault, édimestre; Carolina Cabral, coordonnatrice de projet; Gigi Huynh, stratège; Charles Fortier, Chef design; Yannick Pinel, rédacteur en chef


The Apache Stronghold: The fight to save Oak Flat
Ricochet Media
Contributors: Brandi Morin, Director and writer; Geordie Day, Cinematographer and video editor; Ethan Cox and Andrea Houston, Producers
The Thread with Nam Kiwanuka: International Students
TVO
Contributors: Nam Kiwanuka, host; Erica Giancola, producer; Chantale Dahmer, producer; Max Stussi, camera; Jeyan Jeganathan, reporter; Lyn Rowett, lead producer; Elizabeth St. Philip, executive producer; Shonah Affleck, editor; Diego Garcia, field producer; Ricardo Diaz, camera


Return to Gale Creek
Yellowhead Institute
Contributors: Damien Gillis, director and co-producer; Yumi Numata, co-producer; Russell Windsor, featured; Latoya Windsor, featured
Best Podcast: Current Affairs / Meilleur balado : questions d’actualité
Cabin Talks
Cabin Radio
Contributors: Ollie Williams, Simona Rosenfield, Camilla MacEachern, Sarah Erasmus


Come By Chance
CBC, Novel
Contributors: Luke Quinton, writer, producer; Jo Wheeler, producer, editor; Madeleine Parr, assistant producer; Rebecca Nolan, field producer; Daniel Kempson, sound design, score; Roshini Nair, digital coordinating producer; Adam Foran, original music; Veronica Simmonds, senior producer; Willow Smith, senior producer; Daemon Fairless, senior producer; Charlotte Wolf, production manager; Cheree Houston, production manager; Sarah Tobin, production manager; Willard Foxton, creative director of development at Novel; Valeria Rocca, fact checker; Max O’Brien, executive producer; Cesil Fernandes, executive producer; Chris Oke, executive producer; Tanya Springer, senior manager; Arif Noorani, director of CBC Podcasts
Broomgate
CBC, USG Audio, Pacific Electric, Kelly & Kelly
Contributors: John Cullen, host, executive producer; Kathleen Goldhar, showrunner; Josh Bloch, executive producer; Mike Falbo, executive producer; Ed Helms, executive producer; Brett Harris, executive producer; Chris Kelly, executive producer; Lauren Bercovitch, executive producer; Pat Kelly, executive producer; Chris Oke, executive producer; Cesil Fernandes, executive producer; Max Collins, assistant editor; Josh Laolagi, production support; Mitchell Stewart, editor; Veronica Simmonds, senior producer; Alexis Green, fact checker; Roshini Nair, digital producer; Tanya Springer, senior manager of CBC Podcasts; Arif Noorani, Director of CBC Podcasts


L’art de mentir et de s’en sortir (ou pas)
Savoir Média
Collaborateurs : Camille Lopez, animatrice, journaliste et scénariste ; Caroline de la Motte, réalisatrice et scénariste ; Groupe Fair-Play, producteurs
Paydirt
The Big Story and The Narwhal
Core team: Emma McIntosh, reporter; Stefanie Phillips, showrunner; Joe Fish, lead producer; Jordan Heath-Rawlings, executive producer
Other contributors, The Big Story: Ryan Clarke and Chris Clark, sound designers; Mary Jubran, digital editor
Other contributors, The Narwhal: Denise Balkissoon, editor; Mike De Souza, editor; Arik Ligeti, director of audience


State of Play: Summer Games
The Global Reporting Centre
Contributors: Andrea Crossan, host; Britney Dennison, executive producer; Sarah Berman, senior producer; Jesse Winter, senior producer; Sharon Nadeem, producer; Katarina Sabados, producer; Andrew Munroe, digital producer
Don’t Call Me Resilient
The Conversation Canada
Contributors: Vinita Srivastava, executive producer and host; Ateqah Khaki, associate producer; Jennifer Moroz, consulting producer; Dannielle Piper, co-producer; Latifa Abdin, assistant producer (episodes 5 & 13); Krish Dineshkumar, sound mixer; Marisa Sittheeamorn, student journalist; Husein Haveliwala, student journalist; Catherine Zhu, student journalist

Best Podcast: Arts, Culture, and Society / Meilleur balado : arts, culture, et societé
Short Sighted
CBC
Contributors: Graham Isador, creator, host; Christopher Ross-Ewart, editing, sound design; Ron Kelly, music, additional sound design; Leah-Simone Bowen, producer; Julia Wittmann, sound designer; Roshini Nair, coordinating producer; Kate Evans, senior producer; Tanya Springer, senior manager; Cesil Fernandes, executive producer; Chris Oke, executive producer; Arif Noorani, director of CBC Podcasts


Understood: Celine
CBC
Contributors: Cristal Duhaime, producer, sound design; Zoe Tennant, producer; Imogen Birchard, showrunner; Julia Wittmann, sound engineering; Thomas Leblanc, host; Roshini Nair, digital producer; Chris Oke, executive producer; Nick McCabe-Lokos, executive producer
La nuit où j’ai failli mourir
Cogeco Media
Collaborateurs : Bénédicte Lebel, idée originale, scénarisation et animation ; Jessyka Dumulong, productrice au contenu ; Sébastien Lapierre, réalisation et montage


Dérives – Les secrets de « La mafia médicale »
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Olivier Bernard, animation et réalisation; Corinne Fréchette-Lessard, chargée de projet; Camille Lopez, appui à la recherche; Annie Reeves, directrice productions internes, audionumérique; Isabel Tardif, directrice productions internes, audionumérique; Natacha Mercure, première directrice, audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale, Audio & Radio
La mort libre : 10 ans d’aide médicale à mourir
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Alain Gravel, animation; Alexandre Sheldon, réalisation et recherche; Frédéric Grenon, mixage sonore; Antoine Bédard, musique originale; Laurence Pelletier-Rousseau, archives; Corinne Fréchette-Lessard, chargée de projet; Annie Reeves, directrice productions internes, audionumérique; Natacha Mercure, première directrice, audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale, Audio & Radio


Fais un homme de toi : thérapies de conversion
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Jocelyn Lebeau, animation; Philippe Marois, réalisation; Jean-Philippe Proulx, recherche; Étienne Coppée, musique originale; Christine Beaudet, chargée de projet; Annie Reeves, directrice productions internes, audionumérique; Natacha Mercure, première directrice, audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale, Audio & Radio
Dans le trouble : Les troubles alimentaires de l’intérieur
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateurs : Geneviève Garon, animation; Martin Girard, réalisation; Marie-Claude Dufour, journaliste à la recherche; Pierre André Désautels, technicien de son


Breathless
Snack Labs
Contributors: Jeremie Saunders, narrator, producer, editor; Taylor MacGillivary, writer, editor; Brian Stever, producer, editor; Donovan Morgan, sound design
Sous les barrages : Tshishe Manikuan
Collaborateurs : Jean Luc Kanapé, co-concepteur, co-scénariste et réalisateur; Karine Lanoie-Brien, co-conceptrice, co-scénariste, conseillère à la réalisation; Justine Gagnon, chercheuse et idéatrice; Kim O’Bomsawin, productrice exécutive; Frédérique Alain, productrice


City Space Season 4
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Irene Galea, Kyle Fulton, Jay Cockburn, Kate Helmore, Alisha Sawhney
Best Podcast: True Crime / Meilleur balado : documentaire criminel
Captives | Le Balado
Collaborateurs : Annie Laurin et Michèle Ouellette, productrices, animatrices, réalisatrices; Vincent Blain, montage et habillage sonore


Someone Knows Something: The Christine Harron Case
CBC
Contributors: David Ridgen, host, writer, and producer; Cesil Fernandes, executive producer; Chris Oke, story editor; Katie Swyers, producer; Evan Kelly, audio mixer; Emilie Quesnel, digital producer; Tanya Springer, senior manager; Arif Noorani, director of CBC Podcasts; Leslie Merklinger, executive director
Sans réponses
Radio-Canada
Collaborateurs : Karine Godin, animation; Marie-Michèle Giguère, réalisation; Mélissa Thibodeau, idée originale et aide à recherche; Patrick Knup, mixage sonore; Julie Aubé, musique originale; Laurence Pelletier-Rousseau, recherche d’archives; Christine Beaudet, chargée de projet; Annie Reeves, directrice productions internes audionumériques; Natacha Mercure, première directrice audionumérique; Caroline Jamet, directrice générale Audio & Radio


Ma version des faits : le cas Dave Hilton
Radio-Canada Information
Collaborateurs : Isabelle Richer, animatrice; Dimitri Katadotis, réalisateur; Jean-François Blais, journaliste à la recherche; Pierre-André Désautels, mixage sonore
In Her Defence: 50th Street
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Jana Pruden, host and reporter; Kasia Mychajlowycz, producer and editor; David Crosbie, scoring, mix and sound design; Amber Bracken, additional field recording

Best Digital Design / Meilleure conception numérique
Discover where ancient rivers flow under Canadian cities
CBC News Labs
Designer: Andrew McManus


Guide des élections américaines 2024
Radio-Canada Information
Créatrices : Mélanie Meloche-Holubowski, journaliste; Ximena Sampson, journaliste
Collaborateurs : Louis-Philippe Bouvier, designer; Francis Lamontagne, designer; André Guimaraes, développeur; Philippe Chevalier, chef de pupitre; Sara Barrière-Brunet, chef de pupitre; Danielle Jazzar, réviseure linguistique
The Fearless
The Globe and Mail
Designer: Christopher Manza
Contributors: Mark MacKinnon, senior international correspondent; Lisan Jutras, backdesk editor; Brennan Higginbotham, assistant art director; Solana Cain, photo editor; Anton Skyba, photographer; Murat Yükselir, graphics editor


The Narwhal
Designer: Shawn Parkinson
Contributors: Arik Ligeti, director of audience; Ashley Tam, web developer; The Narwhal staff
Best Photo Storytelling / Meilleur récit photo
The labour crunch
The Globe and Mail
Photographer: Chloë Ellingson
Contributor: Carly Weeks, writer


Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction
The Local
Photographer: Nick Kozak
Contributors: Brennan Doherty; Inori Roy, editor
The fight for life downstream of Alberta’s tailings ponds — full of arsenic, mercury and lead
The Narwhal
Photographer: Amber Bracken
Contributors: Sharon J. Riley, editor; Shawn Parkinson, creative director


Devastated by Manitoba Hydro, five Cree nations are working together to conserve traditional lands
The Narwhal and The Winnipeg Free Press
Photographer: Tim Smith
Julia-Simone Rutgers, reporter; Scott Gibbons, editor, Free Press; Sharon J. Riley, editor, The Narwhal; Shawn Parkinson, creative director, The Narwhal; Mike Aporius, director of photography/multimedia, Free Press
Should the Arctic Really Brace for an Invasion from China or Russia?
The Walrus
Photographer: Pat Kane
Contributors: Samia Madwar, handling editor; Lucy Uprichard, fact checker; Siddhesh Inamdar, copy editor; Meredith Holigroski, art director

Best One-of-a-Kind Storytelling / Meilleur récit unique et hors catégorie
Discover where ancient rivers flow under Canadian cities
CBC News Labs
Contributors: Jaela Bernstien, Emily Chung, Andrew McManus, Adam Nyx, Andre Mayer, Evan Mitsui, Patrick Morrell, Ben Nelms


Visiter l’île de Sable et ne jamais vraiment en revenir
Empreintes — Radio-Canada
Collaboratrice : Caroline Lévesque, journaliste arts et musique ; Patrick Lacelle, édimestre ; Julien Robert, vidéaste ; Émilie Robert, designer ; Marie-Christine Daignault et Marylene Têtu, cheffes de projet.
Where The Rivers Run Pink
Hakai Magazine
Contributors: Jude Isabella and Kat Pyne


Adieu, Elvis
La Presse
Collaboratrice : Judith Lachapelle
Drop the beat
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Timothy Moore, visual journalist; Christopher Manza, interactive editor; Phil King, backdesk editor


e-pimohtâtamihk paskwâw mostos meskanaw
The Narwhal and IndigiNews
Contributors: Kayla MacInnis, reporter; Elder Dorothy Thunder, translator; Michelle Cyca, editor; Cara McKenna, editor
A Taste of Home
UBC Journalism
Contributors: Jasmine Ng, reporter; Alfred Hermida, faculty editor; Uytae Lee, faculty editor


Sept nuits sous les toiles
URBANIA
Collaborateurs : Jean Bourbeau, journalisme et réalisation ; Jean Bourbeau et Clément Hamelin, caméra ; Raffaella Szilagyi, gestion technique ; Karl-Ernest Lessard et Céline Rabier, montage ; Alice Desrochers-Ferland, coordination de production ; Clément Turpin, gestion de post-production ; Marc-Antoine Jacques, design graphique ; Kevin Bouchard, motion design ; Jean-Pierre Bastien, production au contenu ; Rosalie Granger, direction principale ; Raphaëlle Huysmans et Philippe Lamarre, production exécutive
Best Editorial Newsletter / Meilleure infolettre éditoriale
Best of the Week
Broadview
Contributors: Nicole Schmidt, writer; Emma Prestwich, digital editor


Infolettre de Rad
Contributors: Sara Barrière-Brunet, cheffe de pupitre; Justine Grenier, conceptrice-rédactrice; Laurence Beaudoin-Masse, conceptrice-rédactrice; Josselin Pfeuffer, designer; Emile Lord Ayotte, designer; Victor Kurc, designer; Tommy St-Yves, designer; Catherine Legault, édimestre; Carolina Cabral, coordonnatrice de projet; Gigi Huynh, stratège; Charles Fortier, chef design; Yannick Pinel, rédacteur en chef
Bookworm
Literary Review of Canada
Contributors: David Venn, assistant editor; Emily Mernin, associate editor; Kyle Wyatt, editor-in-chief; Tom Chitty, illustrator; Caroline Noël, editorial coordinator; Pamela Capraru, copy editor


Changemakers
The Green Line
Contributors: Adele Lukusa, engagement reporter, newsletters and zines; Yara El Murr, managing editor; Anita Li, editor-in-chief
The Narwhal This Week
The Narwhal
Contributors: Karan Saxena, audience engagement editor; Arik Ligeti, director of audience; Jacqueline Ronson, assistant editor


TLDR by Wealthsimple
TLDR
Contributors: Devin Friedman, editor-in-chief; Kat Angus, managing editor; Jared Sullivan, senior editor; Sarah Rieger, news writer; Stacey Woods, writer; Ben Mathis-Lilley, writer; Devin Gordon, editor; Matthew Karasz, markets editor; Ciara Rickard, copy editor; Clare Douglas, copy editor; Sara McCulloch, fact checker; Ambrose Martos, fact checker; Mohini Taylor, lifecycle marketing
Innovation in Digital Storytelling / Innovation de l’année
Think Like An Artist
CBC Arts
Contributors: Chris Hampton, producer; Michelle Villagracia, producer; Nolan Pelletier, illustrator; Jeff Hume, web design and development; Leah Collins, additional production; Chris Dart, contributor; Peter Knegt, contributor; Shuli Grosman-Gray, social media; Aaron Leaf, senior producer


Eighty Thousand Steps
CBC Arts
Contributors: Crystal Chan, creator; Stitch Media, producer; Parker Bert, sound designer
The ‘win’ in wind
The Globe and Mail
Contributors: Timothy Moore, visual journalist; Jeremy Agius, interactive editor; Cathal Kelly, columnist; Phil King, backdesk editor


The Green Line’s Cost-of-Living Calculator
The Green Line
Contributors: Hans Xu, Aloysius Wong, Anita Li
The Treaty Map
Yellowhead Institute
Contributors: Dr. Hayden King, executive producer — research and editorial; Yumi Numata, producer, site design; Kelsi-Leigh Balaban, producer, researcher; Tom Weatherburn, map maker; William Davis, map maker; Jonathan Critchley, map maker; Michelle Sound, featured artist; Richard Peters, Anishinaabemowin language consultant; Dr. Michael Borsk, researcher; Dr. Alison Norman, researcher; Autumn Schnell, researcher; Elizabeth Boyd, researcher; Mathew Lal, researcher; Jasmyn Galley, copy editor; Dennis Pierre, site design; Scott Franks, advisor; Robert Houle, advisor; Dr. Eva Jewell, advisor; Janice Makokis, advisor; Dr. Ian Mosby, advisor; Dr. Jessica Penney, advisor; Dr. Gina Starblanket, advisor; Kris Statnyk, advisor; Karihwakè:ron Tim Thompson, advisor; Dr. Vanessa Watts, advisor

Emerging Excellence Award / Prix d’excellence : talent émergent
General Excellence in Digital Publishing / Excellence générale en publication numérique
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Medium / Moyenne publication
Large / Grande publication
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