In print for over 160 years, The Globe and Mail has been and continues to be recognized for its dedication to excellence and high journalistic standards.
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The Globe wins an Emmy!
Talking to the Taliban -- already an award-winning multimedia series produced by The Globe, earned yet another high honour on Sept. 21, 2009 -- a News and Documentary Emmy award.
This latest win is proof-positive that The Globe is moving well beyond the boundaries of traditional print media.
Our journalists, video editors and digital specialists are collaborating to present thought-provoking and compelling multi-media stories that compete strongly with the efforts of traditional broadcast news media.
National Newspaper Awards Winners Announced
The Globe and Mail has won six National Newspaper Awards (NNAs), the most of any newspaper in Canada, and the same number we won last year.
We had the most (13) nominations heading into the annual gala event in Montreal on May 22, the most of any publication. The Globe maintains its position as the news organization with the most NNA awards since the awards were founded in 1949, with a total of 118.
The Globe won in the following categories:
Arts and Entertainment Jennifer Wells, for her profile of CBC chief Richard Stursberg and his vision for CBC’s English radio and TV services.
Business Writing Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie, for an analysis of the causes and consequences of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Explanatory Work Carolyn Abraham, for her story on the debate surrounding prescribing powerful drugs to children diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
International Reporting Graeme Smith, for his work in Afghanistan, including an investigative piece on the ambush of French soldiers and the Taliban's growing control of Kabul.
Best Multimedia Feature Talking to the Taliban, led by Graeme Smith, a series of interviews with Taliban foot soldiers (which has already collected several awards).
Special Project Breakdown, The Globe's multifaceted series on Canada's mental health crisis (this series has also won numerous awards in the health care industry).
Finalists announced for National Newspaper Awards
The Globe and Mail leads the pack once again, for the tenth year in a row, receiving the most National Newspaper Awards (NNA) nominations with 13:
Multimedia Feature: “Talking to the Taliban” multimedia project.
Explanatory Work: Carolyn Abraham, on diagnosing bipolar disorder in children; and Martin Mittlestaedt, for a scientific look at the Vitamin D phenomenon.
Politics: Jeffrey Simpson and Brian Laghi, for a study of Prime Minister Harper.
Special Project: "Breakdown" series about mental health issues in Canada.
Business: Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie, for an analysis of the causes and consequences of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Columns: Eric Reguly.
Arts and Entertainment: Jennifer Wells, for a portrait of the head of CBC’s English radio and TV services.
Feature Photography: John Lehmann, for a photo of naked members of a skinny dipping club bowling.
International Reporting: Stephanie Nolen, for coverage of Kenya’s disputed elections; and Graeme Smith, for investigations from Afghanistan, including the Taliban’s growing grip on Kabul.
Editorials: John Geiger, Adam Radwanski, Edward Greenspon.
Editorial Cartooning: Brian Gable.
Michener Nomination
The Globe and Mail has been named as one of six finalists for the Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. Grant Robertson’s investigative story on the failure of Canada’s outdated 911 system, which prompted the federal telecom regulator to order a nationwide update of the country’s emergency phone system, is being recognized.
Globe's Mental health series wins awards
The Globe and Mail's series on mental health was handed a national honour yesterday, receiving the College of Family Physicians of Canada Award for excellence in print reporting.
Entitled Breakdown and beginning in July, 2008, The Globe's series examined the issues around mental health, and those it affects in Canada.
It was announced as the winner of one of the 2009 Media awards for health reporting, given jointly by the Canadian Nurses Association and the Canadian Medical Association.
"The stories go beyond statistics and policies to explore the impact on those afflicted and their families, what is being done to help and, most importantly, how we can improve services to the mentally ill," Canadian Medical Association judge Lindsay Wilson said. "This is an important story, well-told."
The series has earned a number of accolades, including a special recognition award from the Canadian Psychiatric Association.
The CNA and CMA will present the awards at a gala at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec, next month.
Additionally, The Ontario Psychological Association’s inaugural Media award “in recognition of excellence in reporting by an individual or organization in the media in the promotion and enhancement of public awareness of psychological health” has been won by The Globe and Mail for the Breakdown series.
In announcing the award, the OPA said “As psychologists, we are directly and only too aware of the impact of mental and emotional problems on the lives of individuals and their families. … We are also well aware of the ongoing stigma associated with mental illness and applaud the courage of The Globe and Mail in bringing this issue out of the shadows. … Your newspaper’s efforts in this regard have done much to highlight this important societal health problem and supports our own educational advocacy initiatives around the need for increased availability of and improved access to necessary services.”
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Globe's Gary Mason earns two awards from B.C. foundation
Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason was named a double winner of the prestigious Jack Webster Awards on November 6. The award recognizes excellence in print and broadcast journalism in British Columbia.
Gary won in both categories for which he was nominated. He won best feature story for a piece on crime in Guatemala. He also won for business, industry and economics writing for a feature chronicling the economic history of Prince Rupert, B.C.
The award is given in honour of Jack Webster, a long-time B.C. journalist and broadcaster who died in 1999, said Scott Macrae, vice-chairman of the Jack Webster Foundation and a former Vancouver Sun city editor who once hired Mr. Mason.
Lowell Thomas Awards: Another Gold for The Globe
For the second straight year, Globe Travel has won gold as the best North American newspaper travel section in its category at the 24th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, on November 1.
The contest, sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation, drew 1,356 entries in 24 categories. It was judged by faculty at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Globe Travel led its category of newspapers with circulations of 350,000 to 499,000.
The judges praised the section for "creative and descriptive writing that all travel writers should emulate." They called it "smart, well-designed and brimming with ideas for travellers to all points on the globe. ... Hard to put down, from front to back."
Globe Auto writers win big at AJAC awards
The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada handed out its 25th annual automotive journalism awards on October 23, with Globe Auto writers and editors winning four of eight categories.
Writer Jeremy Cato won in two categories: the Julie Wilkinson Motorsport journalism award, and the overall Journalist of the Year award presented by Jaguar Canada. Writer Michael Bettencourt was honoured with a Wakefield Castrol award for his coverage of technical topics.
It wasn't only the top step of these podiums that were dominated by Globe writers. Michael Bettencourt and Ted Laturnus received runner-up and second runner-up recognition respectively in the Wakefield Castrol-Chinthe writing award for test drives. Jeremy Cato also placed second for the Chinthe award for coverage of technical topics.
An investigation by The Globe and Mail and Montreal's La Presse newspapers into the treatment of Afghan detainees won Canada's top honour for public-service journalism yesterday.
Governor-General Michaëlle Jean presented The Globe and La Presse with the 2007 Michener Award in recognition of a series of articles that examined the practice of transferring detainees to Afghan prisons, where torture and corruption run rampant.
The reports "led to an inquiry and a new agreement, allowing Canadian investigators access to detainees," the Michener Foundation said. "Defence minister Gordon O'Connor was shuffled out of his position following criticism of his handling of the issue."
This is the Globe and Mail's third Michener Award in four years and its ninth over all.
The award, launched in 1970, is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious in Canadian journalism.
Editor-in-chief Edward Greenspon accepted the award on behalf of The Globe. "The detainees' stories fit all the criteria of public-service journalism," Mr. Greenspon said last night. "Canadians want to know their representatives are acting within the rule of law even in difficult times. By holding government and the military repeatedly to account and shining a bright light into the dark dungeons of Afghanistan, Graeme Smith and Paul Koring and Michčle Ouimet have reminded us what journalism looks like at its best."
The Globe also won a citation of merit jointly with the CBC for uncovering details of a financial relationship between former prime minister Brian Mulroney and German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber.
Globe investigative reporter Greg McArthur, together with a reporter from the CBC's the fifth estate, uncovered tax issues related to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of secret payments made to Mr. Mulroney by Mr. Schreiber.
There were 50 Michener entries from across the country this year, and a winner is chosen based largely on its impact on the public good.
Globe journalists honoured with six National Newspaper Awards
The Globe and Mail was recognized with six prizes at the 59th National Newspaper Awards in Toronto on May 9 – more than any other news organization in the country.
The newspaper had 15 nominations among the 21 categories heading into the annual dinner that salutes the best of Canadian print journalism – also the highest number among Canadian news organizations for the ninth year in a row.
The Globe's awards spanned the journalism continuum, from explanatory work to news features photography:
- John Lehmann won in the news feature photography category for a photo of a young mother kissing her conjoined twins in Vernon, B.C.
- Stephanie Nolen won in the explanatory work category for a story on how inexpensive vaccinations, mosquito nets and vitamins are saving the lives of children in the developing world.
- Roy MacGregor won in the short features category for a story on the funeral service for RCMP Constable Christopher Worden, who was fatally shot while responding alone to a call in Hay River, NWT.
- Graeme Smith won in the international reporting category for stories on the torture of detainees in the Afghan war.
- Ian Brown won in the long features category for a story on spring cleaning and the age of clutter.
- Boyd Erman, Jacquie McNish, Tara Perkins and Heather Scoffield won in the business category for stories on the subprime mortgage crisis, for the inside story on how a convulsion in credit markets led to a made-in-Canada crisis, triggering an unprecedented emergency rescue effort.
Globe reporter earns CAJ nomination
Globe and Mail investigative reporter Greg McArthur has received two nominations for a major award by the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Greg's nominations are for his work on two very different stories – tax issues related to secret payments to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, and how a rogue informant manipulated the RCMP.
The CAJ awards, which will be announced next month in Edmonton, recognize outstanding achievement in the field of investigative reporting.
Greg, who came to the Globe in 2005 from the Ottawa Citizen, is in the rare position of being honoured for work done at two different newspapers: His series The Secret Agent Who Conned the Mounties was written in collaboration with former Citizen colleague Gary Dimmock. This aspect of the nomination was particularly gratifying for him: "I think it's a good moment for Canadian newspapers, because they were able to put aside their individual corporate interests to do something that was important to the public interest."
Greg is assigned to The Globe's investigative unit. His previous honours include the 2006 National Newspaper Award for Investigations, and the 2004 Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize, which is given each year to an outstanding journalist under the age of 25.
Globe reporter named one of Canada’s top young journalists
The Globe and Mail’s Omar El Akkad has won the Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for his investigative and feature writing.
The award, which is given to the best journalists under the age of 25 recognized Omar's months-long probe into terrorist propaganda websites with Web domains registered in Canada as well as his story on the Muslim punk-rock scene, an exclusive interview with an imam who became one of Islam’s very public faces after the arrest of 17 Toronto-area suspects in 2006’s anti-terrorism sweep, and a feature on Unicef’s polio vaccination program he wrote on assignment in Afghanistan.
Omar, now 26, also won a National Newspaper Award last year for investigative reporting.
The Globe gets most National Newspaper Award nominations
The Globe and Mail has earned 15 nominations for National Newspaper Awards, receiving the highest number among Canadian news organizations.
There were 1,408 entries, with 22 news organizations nominated for work appearing in 2007.
The Globe and Mail's 15 nominees:
- John Lehmann has been nominated in the news feature photography category for a photo of a young mother kissing her conjoined twins in Vernon, B.C.
- Stephanie Nolen has been nominated in the explanatory work category for a story on how vaccinations, mosquito nets and vitamins are saving lives.
- Roy MacGregor has been nominated in the short features category for a story on the funeral service for a slain RCMP officer.
- Graeme Smith has been nominated in the short features category for a piece on what happens when an Afghan is found dead.
- Boyd Erman, Jacquie McNish, Tara Perkins and Heather Scoffield have been nominated in the business category for stories on the subprime mortgage crisis, for the inside story on how a convulsion in credit markets led to a made-in-Canada crisis, triggering an unprecedented emergency rescue effort.
- Eric Reguly, Boyd Erman, Sinclair Stewart and Andrew Willis have been nominated in the business category for work on the takeover of BCE Inc. The team dominated the story from the day the telco giant was put in play, through to the end of a bitter takeover fight that sealed Canada's largest deal in history.
- Margaret Wente has been nominated in the columns category.
- Lisa Rochon has been nominated for a third straight year in the arts and entertainment category for stories on architecture.
- Charla Jones has been nominated in the feature photography category for a photo of Leonard Cohen at his home in Montreal.
- Stephanie Nolen has been nominated in international reporting for a story on the quest to find and identify bodies of people killed during apartheid.
- Doug Saunders has been nominated in the international reporting category for a series on the world's middle class.
- Graeme Smith has been nominated in the international reporting category for stories on the torture of detainees in Afghanistan.
- Mary Janigan has been nominated in the editorial writing category.
- Carolyn Abraham has been nominated in the long features category for a story on the growing movement to bury the unborn.
- Ian Brown has been nominated in the long features category for a story on spring cleaning.
Globe leads News Photographers Association of Canada awards nominations
The Globe and Mail has garnered nine nominations for the annual awards, the most of any media organization.
Globe photographers dominated the multimedia category, earning four of the seven nominations for photo essays that appeared on the newspaper's website.
- Vancouver bureau photographer John Lehmann earned four nominations alone – for spot news, portrait, picture story and multimedia photography.
- Toronto-based Globe photographer Peter Power earned two nods for his photo essay on a legless teenaged wrestling champion, Johnathan Hatzis.
- Power also earned a nomination for his series on Walker Brown, a child born with a rare genetic disorder.
- The Globe's Charla Jones was nominated for her multimedia essay on a farm family.
- Freelancer J. P. Moczulski was nominated for his Globe photo of Toronto's skyscrapers swaddled in fog.
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PEN Canada/Paul Kidd Courage Prize
Stephanie Nolen has won the PEN Canada/Paul Kidd Courage Prize for her extensive coverage of AIDS epidemic in Africa
This award recognizes writers and journalists who have demonstrated exceptional courage and integrity in the interest of freedom of expression.
"Although she has often put her personal security on the line in pursuit of a story, it is her emotional courage that stands out," the jury noted.
"By staking out the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa as her beat, Nolen has put herself in the midst of unspeakable human tragedy, day after day, month after month, and year after year. By simply refusing to look away, she has forced us all to share the horror of her own experiences."
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition
Globe Travel was honoured with a gold in its category for best newspaper travel section by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
National Newspaper Awards
At the National Newspaper Awards in Winnipeg, The Globe and Mail won four awards, more than any other news organization.
The newspaper had received 13 nominations for the awards, the highest number among Canadian news organizations for the eighth year in a row.
Special Project
This is the first win for The Globe and Mail in this category.
The work of more than two dozen reporters, researchers, photographers and editors, it focused on the lives of cancer patients, the policy failures and our hopes and fears for the future.
It began with a moving portrait of cancer patients who went through the cancer-care system on a single day: June 15, 2006.
Called A Day in the Life, the first piece was written by Erin Anderssen, who spent five months in regular contact with about 100 cancer patients.
Readers will remember the brave Shelby, whose picture appeared on our front page on Nov. 18, beaming and dancing as she approached death at 3.
Business
Brent Jang and Paul Waldie teamed up on a look at the WestJet spy case.
They wrote the definitive piece on what happened behind the scenes based on dozens of high-level WestJet e-mails obtained by The Globe and Mail from court filings.
They were filed as part of a bitter, two-year legal battle over allegations WestJet used surreptitious tactics--dubbed '007 Project'--to gather confidential information about its rivals Air Canada, Jetsgo and CanJet Airlines.
Investigations
Omar El Akkad, left, and Greg McArthur worked day and night searching semi-private blogs for background information on the 17 Muslim men charged in an alleged terror plot.
Among other things, they found the wives of four of the central figures arrested were among the most active on the website, sharing, among other things, their passion for holy war, disgust at virtually every aspect of non-Muslim society and a hatred of Canada.
Arts and Entertainment
Lisa Rochon, The Globe's architecture columnist, also won the award last year for her continuing coverage on architecture.
In one article she wrote: "To my mind, cities are made up of continuities and discontinuities. Architecture tames a city. It can create order from disorder. But, without moments of civic grandeur that stand apart from the rest, a city loses itself to systems of sameness."
The Globe's other NNA nominees included:
- Stephanie Nolen was nominated in two categories: international reporting and beats. Her first was for her stories on the legacy of Robert Mugabe's brutal regime, the second for stories on the African AIDS crisis.
- Michael Valpy was a finalist in the political reporting category for an in-depth profile of Michael Ignatieff.
- Brian Gable, a four-time NNA winner for editorial cartooning, received his eighth nomination.
- Sean Fine was nominated in the editorial writing category for a fourth year in a row.
- Jacquie McNish was nominated in the business category for a behind-the-scenes look at the Inco-Falconbridge takeover battle.
- Robert Everett-Green was a finalist in the arts and entertainment category for his stories about the arts scene.
- Jan Wong earned a nomination in the long features category for her stories examining the world of the working poor by taking a job for a month as a cleaning lady.
- Cinders McLeod was nominated in the presentation category.
Globe and Mail staff photographer Louie Palu is a finalist in the photojournalism category of the Canadian Association of Journalists 2006 awards for outstanding investigative journalism in Canada--for Afghanistan: Ghosts of War.
The winners will be announced on May 26, 2007.
Cancer Series Earns Nomination
A series on the personal and public face of cancer has earned The Globe and Mail a nomination for the prestigious Michener Award.
The nomination by the Michener Awards Foundation, which seeks to recognize public service journalism in Canada, comes after The Globe was just last month nominated for 13 National Newspaper Awards, including one for the special project on cancer.
The project took an in-depth look at the impact cancer has on the lives of Canadians, revealing that many are experiencing delays in treatment and accumulating large debts to pay for care.
While the series was running, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a national cancer strategy. Ontario followed with an announcement that the province would spend more than $190-million on colorectal cancer screening.
Last year, reporter Lisa Priest won the Michener Award for The Globe with her coverage of the cancer drug Herceptin.
In 2005, reporters Daniel Leblanc and Campbell Clark won for their stories on the federal sponsorship scandal.
Globe and Mail staff photographer Louie Palu is a finalist in the photojournalism category of the Canadian Association of Journalists 2006 awards for outstanding investigative journalism in Canada--for Afghanistan: Ghosts of War. The winners will be announced on May 26, 2007.
Hyman Solomon Award
Veteran Globe and Mail columnist Eric Reguly was honoured in April, receiving the Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism.
According to the Public Policy Forum, a non-partisan volunteer group, the award will recognize "the excellence with which he informs Canadians about the relevance of public policy decisions on their social and economic well-being."
Globe Golf Columnist Elected to Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
Toronto-based Lorne Rubenstein got his first job in the mid-1970s as the curator of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, now located at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario.
Now Rubenstein is going back to the Hall as an inductee.
His career evolved into writing and he's become Canada's pre-eminent golf scribe.
A competitive player before turning to writing, he’s been associated with The Globe and Mail since 1980, when he launched a column called A Caddy's View.
He’s written or co-written nine books, and was the founding editor of ScoreGolf magazine, to which he continues to contribute.
But his column, which now appears twice a week in The Globe, morphed into a forum for his wide-ranging views on the PGA Tour, course architecture, history and the Canadian golf scene.
He's also written for almost every major golf periodical in North America, and he's won a National Magazine Award in Canada and three top prizes from the Golf Writers Association of America.
Rubenstein will be inducted on June 27.
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National Newspaper Awards
For the sixth consecutive year, The Globe topped finalists with 10 nominations for Canada's top print journalism honours.
Africa-based Stephanie Nolen won for international reporting for stories on Rwanda 10 years after it was ripped apart by genocidal warfare.
Erin Anderssen won in the explanatory-work category with a feature about "geodemographics"--a powerful marketing tool used to figure out what makes consumers tick.
Globe and Mail Named Best Media Organization in Canada
The Globe and Mail received the Canadian Journalism Foundation's annual Excellence in Journalism Award, the only national award for overall performance by a print or broadcast news organization.
The award is based on commitment to democratic citizenship, rigorous professional practice, honesty, accuracy, independence, public accountability and initiative as well as artistry, clarity of style and quality of presentation.
The jury of six independent industry experts was impressed by The Globe's outstanding coverage of major stories, unequalled commitment to foreign affairs, and the process we called "reimagination," where employees were asked to find ways to change and improve the newspaper.
The Globe's CJF Fellow #23
Editorial page editor Marcus Gee received a Canadian Journalism Foundation fellowship to study foreign affairs and Asian studies for one academic year at the University of Toronto.
He is the 23rd Globe writer to receive this honour since its inception in 1962.
The Amnesty International Media Award
The Globe and Mail's Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen won this for her story on the harsh realities child soldiers face in Uganda after escaping from forced combat.
Ms. Nolen has now won this prestigious award three times in four years: in 2004, for her reporting on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and in 2003, for another story on Uganda.
"The Amnesty award goes out of its way to recognize reporting on subjects that don't appear otherwise in our media. That's the kind of reporting I try to do," she said.
Society for News Design
The Globe and Mail won 10 awards of excellence, including one for overall use of photos--plus a prestigious silver medal.
Editorial art director David Pratt said the awards represent "an effort by The Globe to present the news in ways that respect the reader's time and make it easier to get at the facts, the emotion, the drama and significance of an event. It's a credit to the team and it's a sign of the senior editors' commitment to presentation and visuals."
University of Western Ontario's Huron College 2006 Medal of Distinction
This was won by The Globe's Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen "for passionate advocacy for the people she writes about and furthering understanding, compassion and social justice."
Two Canadian Nurses Association: Canadian Medical Association Media Awards
One award went to Africa correspondent Stephanie Nolen for her story on a Canadian-funded project to reduce child deaths in Tanzania.
The other award was won by Lisa Priest for stories documenting how patients with incurable breast cancer could obtain the breakthrough drug Herceptin, but patients with curable forms could not. Ms. Priest's stories helped push governments to extend funding for earlier-stage patients.
Best Print Colour Quality in North America
The International Newspaper Colour Quality Club, the world's most prestigious quality newspaper production association, named The Globe and Mail the top large-circulation daily in North America for print quality.
This is the fourth time since 1998 The Globe has been named a member of this elite 50-member club.
2006 Ross Munro Media Award for Defence Reporting
Globe columnist Christie Blatchford, who's reported extensively from Afghanistan, was cited for bringing to the theatre of war "her keen eye and curiosity" through "compelling, exceptionally evocative and superbly descriptive prose that conveys the experience of the Canadians' war in Afghanistan."
The award is presented annually by the Conference of Defence Associations and the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
Nolen Honoured for AIDS Story
The Globe and Mail's Africa correspondent has been recognized for excellence in health reporting for the second consecutive year. Stephanie Nolen's award from the Canadian Medical Association is in the international reporting category. It is for her profile of a sex-trade worker in Nairobi who became a medical celebrity for her apparent immunity to AIDS. The woman lives a wretched existence and seems to be the only person not benefiting from the immense sums of money used to study her.
"Ms. Nolen uses exhaustive research and a compelling narrative to ask hard questions about the conduct of researchers, many of them Canadian. The result is a gripping and complex examination of a vital issue in medical research," a CMA citation says.
The award was presented Feb. 22, 2007.
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For the seventh year in a row, The Globe and Mail received the most nominations and the most awards (10 nominations and 4 awards won).
Long Feature
Ian Brown won for a study of religion and evangelical Christians in the United States.
Columns
London-based reporter Doug Saunders won for a series of his Saturday columns.
Editorial Cartooning
This NNA was won by Brian Gable.
Arts and Entertainment
Lisa Rochon won for a series of columns on architecture.
The Globe's other NNA nominees included Sean Fine (editorials), Jeff Sallot and Simon Tuck (politics), Allan Maki (short features), Stephanie Nolen (international), Margaret Wente (columns), Tu Thanh Ha and Ingrid Peritz (breaking news).
Society for News Design: Gold! Silver! Excellence!
The Globe and Mail won a gold medal for best overall use of photography--the only gold awarded in Canada and one of six golds over all.
The Globe also won a silver medal for a picture by staff photojournalist Louie Palu of a mineshaft in a feature on hard-rock mining.
The same page received one of five awards of excellence.
2005 Heritage Toronto Award of Excellence
The Globe Real Estate section was singled out as "a passionate advocate for the preservation of heritage buildings and the architects and craftspeople who work in that special field…and the excellent writing staff deserve the gratitude of the entire heritage community."
2005 Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism: An Unusual Double Nomination
One for coverage of the federal sponsorship scandal; the other for Report on Business investigations of questionable practices in the mutual fund and insurance industries.
Photographer Wins Top Honour
The sobering sight of a forgetful man who sleeps next to a list of his personal possessions asks the question "Are these items where they belong?" won for Kevin Van Passen photo-of-the-year honours, one of 10 awards won by the paper.
Science Writing Kudos
Two Globe and Mail stories were recognized as among the best science writing published in Canada in 2005.
A lengthy article by staff reporter Carolyn Abraham described attempts to find genetic differences between ethic groups, work that could lay the groundwork for new treatments and cures.
Freelancer Peter Christie was honoured for a story looking at animal behaviour that gets to the heart of the debate about whether animals have culture.
"This Section Makes You Want to Move to Canada Just So You Can Have a Fun Travel Section to Read Each Week"
So wrote the judges of the annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition--recognized as the most prestigious contest in its field--honouring The Globe and Mail's Travel section with three awards: a bronze in the circulation category for best newspaper travel section, a silver for a series about the 10 new members of the European Union and another silver for an article by The Globe's Jan Wong about a Chinese bus tour in Canada.
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Magazine Awards
Report on Business Magazine Wins Two Gold National Magazine Awards
Trevor Cole's profile of Montana Senator Max Baucus, whose propensity for creating cross-border "international incidents" over trade and environmental issues have made him persona non grata in tiny Fernie, B.C., picked up a gold award for business writing.
In portrait photography, Clay Stang's image of former Alberta premier turned oil sands critic Peter Lougheed earned him top honours.
Report on Business magazine received honourable mentions in nine writing and visual categories, including Jennifer Wells for "Vintage Ted," Derek DeCloet for "Teachers' Bet" and John Daly for "The South Rises Again" and "That's Danny Billions to You." Seven photographers were also recognized.
Report on Business Magazine Gets 19 National Magazine Awards Nominations
Report on Business Magazine has received 19 nominations in this year’s National Magazine Awards - its best showing ever with nominations in a total of 10 categories, showing the depth of our writing and art direction.
Below are the nomination details. Winners will be named on June 5.
Best short feature
Jennifer Wells - Vintage Ted (Ted Rogers last interview)
Business
Trevor Cole - Blame Canada (Max Baucus, U.S. Senator and thorn in Canada’s side)
Derek DeCloet - Teachers’ Bet (Jim Leech)
Editorial package
Judith Pereira, Dawn Calleja and David Fielding - Ideas and Innovation
Andrew Nikiforuk, Eric Reguly, John Lorinc, Gary Salewicz and Ted Mumford - Water
One of a kind
John Daly - The South Rises Again (How the U.S. is the new centre of auto manufacturing)
Politics and public interest
John Gray - That's Danny Billions to you (Danny Williams)
John Gray - The Second Coming of Peter Lougheed
Profiles
Andy Hoffman - Renaissance Man
Timothy Taylor - The Merchant of Menace (Tony Merchant, class action king)
Science
David Fielding - Leaps of Faith (Lazardis)
Photojournalism and photo essay
Benoit Aquin - Woods War II (Logging Clayoquot)
Roger Lemoyne - The South Rises Again (How the U.S. is the new centre of auto manufacturing)
Martin Tessler - The Gate (Port of Vancouver)
Portraits
Tony Fouhse - Merchant of Menace
Liam Sharp - I just flew in from Singapore
Clay Stang - The second coming of Peter Lougheed
Lee Towndrow - Michael McCain
Still-life Photography
Massimo Bortolamiol - Water Package
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3 golds, 1 silver, 12 honourable mentions for ROB magazine
Report on Business magazine went into the 2008 National Magazine Awards competition with 16 nominations across 10 categories.
The result was three gold medals – a record for our magazine – plus one silver award.
We were awarded gold in the editorial package category for The Future of Food – featuring the work of more than 15 staff and freelance contributors; in the personal finance and businee category – for the Corporate Survival Guide; and in the words and pictures category – for War Gains.
Our silver award was for To Russia with Parts – and was awarded to writer Paul Webster.
Report on Business magazine also received 12 honourable mentions for other content in our magazine.
Report on [Small] Business magazine garnered 2 honourable mentions for spot illustration and portrait photography
Report on Business magazine's 16 National Magazine Awards nominations
The Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine has dominated the National Magazine Awards nominations in the business periodical category with 16 nominations in 10 categories – and enough to give it fourth place over all.
Report on [Small] Business magazine, started by The Globe and Mail in 2005 and published four times a year, received two nominations, one in the spot illustration category, the other in portrait photography.
Included among the individual Report on Business magazine nominees are:
- Art director Domenic Macri (four nominations in total, in three categories)
- Writers and/or photographers Derek DeCloet, John Lorinc, Chris Nuttall-Smith, Sinclair Stewart, Paul Webster, Geoffrey York, Lyle Jenish, Craig Silverman, Mark Schatzker, Sabitri Ghosh, Jesse Boles, Lisa Fielding, Sylvain Dumais, Liam Sharp, and the magazine's editor-in-chief, Gary Salewicz.
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Report on Business Magazine Wins at the National Magazine Awards
Report on Business magazine won two gold awards: in the business writing category for "On Top of the World" by Geoffrey York, and in the investigative reporting category for "Bum Steer" by Andrew Nikiforuk.
Silver awards were won in the business writing category for "A Royal Mess" by Paul Waldie, and in the humour category for "The Free Drinks Investment Strategy" by Mark Schatzker.
The magazine also received 11 honourable mentions in several writing and visual categories. The nominations include five in the business-writing category, ranging from Sinclair Stewart's piece on the best trader on Bay Street, "Live Fast and Prosper," which was also nominated in the profiles category.
Other nominees in the business category included John Daly.
Konrad Yakabuski's article "Gimme Shelter" was nominated in the business category, as well as in politics and public interest.
Meanwhile, Christopher Shulgan was nominated in arts and entertainment for "Mr. Skoll Goes to Hollywood," and in the category of magazine covers, Domenic Macri was nominated for "Prem Watsa Revealed."
Christophe Collette was nominated for "Danger Pays" in photojournalism and photo essay.
Trevor Cole was nominated for "Much Depends on Lunch" in the one of a kind category, while Martin Patriquin picked up a nod for "Scenes From a Boomtown."
In the category of editorial package, Report on Business magazine's "The Work Issue: What people will do to make a buck," was nominated.
Globe and Mail reporter Omar El Akkad, who is also up for a National Newspaper Award this year, picked up a nomination for an article in Report on Small Business.
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The National Magazine Awards
Report on Business magazine won a gold for its cover "10 Dirty Secrets of a Bay Street Temp" (Domenic Macri and Clare VanderMeersch) and a silver in the still-life category for "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Lindsay Page.
The magazine also received honourable mentions in several writing, visual and integrated categories.
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2005 National Magazine Awards
From its launch in 1984 through 2004, Report on Business magazine won 12 golds, 13 silvers, and 86 honourable mentions.
In 2005, 10 nominations were received:
Writing categories:
Trevor Cole's look at the world of high-end real estate sales; Konrad Yakabuski's portrayal of executive-suite tensions at Bombardier; Susan Bourette on divorce lawyers of the rich and famous, and her profile of Newfoundland broadcasting mogul Geoff Stirling.
Visual Categories:
Vanessa Wyse's art direction for two single magazine articles--"Inside a dynasty" and "The secrets of my success"; Rachel Ann Lindsay for illustrations accompanying "The secrets of my success."
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Digital Awards
The Globe wins an Emmy
The Globe's Talking to the Taliban series has won an Emmy award, beating out the New York Times, the Washington Post and Reuters for 30th-annual News and Documentary Emmys, held one day after the main-stream event. Talking to the Taliban won in the New Approaches to News and Documentary category. The series, which was built upon individually taped interviews with 42 Taliban foot soldiers, also won a coveted Editor & Publisher "Eppy" online journalism award, and a National Newspaper Award as the country's best multimedia feature, both announced earlier in 2009. In this series, foreign correspondent Graeme Smith work with the Globe's multimedia team, led by Jayson Taylor and Christopher Manza; foreign editor Stephen Northfield; and the Afghan journalist who helped develop the interviews.
Globeandmail.com had also been named as an Eppy finalist for Best Newspaper Affiliated Website and Breakdown: Canada's Mental Health Crisis series was a finalist in the Best Web Special Feature - Enterprise category.
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Globe's Taliban series wins online news award
The Globe and Mail's groundbreaking series Talking to the Taliban, by correspondent Graeme Smith, has received an Online Journalism Award for Best Investigative Piece, Large Site, given out in Washington by the Online News Association.
The series included individually videotaped interviews with 42 Taliban foot soldiers who were asked identical questions. Their replies served as the spine of the stories and analysis by Mr. Smith that offered insight into a conflict in Afghanistan rarely seen by Canadians, whose soldiers face increasing danger in the country each day.
Each video was translated and presented for the audience in the piece on globeandmail.com. "Talking to the Taliban was inventive and courageous in the best traditions of journalism and then made brilliant use of the new media story-telling techniques available to us. I'm pleased to see it garner international recognition," Globe editor-in-chief Edward Greenspon said. "It is a model of the direction in which The Globe and Mail is rapidly moving: original reporting delivered in the manner most relevant to our readers."
The series also received recognition in the multimedia feature category. The Online News Association is composed largely of professional online journalists.
Two Webby Award nominations
- The Globe's The Boy in the Moon video series was nominated for a Webby Award in the best online documentary series category.
The video, that was part of a multimedia feature about one family's struggle with a son's genetic disorder has earned The Globe and Mail a nomination for the leading award honouring excellence on the Internet.
Photographer Peter Power worked with Globe writer Ian Brown as he told the frank and intimate story of his 11-year-old son, Walker, who is mentally delayed and unable to speak.
The video, edited and produced by Jayson Taylor and Mr. Power, was used in a three-part series that pushed the boundaries of two media by successfully marrying the strengths of Mr. Brown's evocative prose and Mr. Power's poignant video and still images.
- Globeandmail.com was also selected as an official honoree in the newspaper category in the 12th Annual Webby Awards.
2008 World Editors Forum Award
The World Editors Forum, an organization within the World Association of Newspapers, in conjunction with a panel of newspaper design experts, has selected globeandmail.com as one of the Top 5 Newspaper Website Redesigns for 2006-2007.
The other newspapers in the top 5 were The Guardian, the Times Online (London), El Pais (Spain), and 24Sata (Croatia).
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2005 Online Journalism Award
The globeandmail.com feature on AIDS in Africa received an honourable mention for Best Use of Multiple Media (Large Sites).
2005 EPPY Awards
Coverage by globeandmail.com of the 2004 Canadian federal election received an honourable mention for Best Use of Interactive Media in this international competition sponsored by Editor & Publisher magazine.
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Marketing Awards
2009 Globe Advertising Trade Marketing Campaign Wins INMA Award
The Globe's "Hands" advertising trade marketing campaign received a prestigious gold award from the International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA). The award is for the Best Campaign for Readership/Usage of the Print Newspaper with circulation over 300,000.
“We are delighted to bring home this coveted industry award,” said Andrew Saunders, Vice President, Advertising Sales. “It’s a testament to the creative and innovative qualities core to The Globe brand. We are flattered that our industry peers responded to the bold and dramatic campaign developed by our creative agency BLACK with such accolades.”
Launched in October 2008, the Globe’s campaign is comprised of a series of striking black and white individual photographs featuring real life Globe and Mail newspaper, magazine and digital advertising clients, members of The Globe’s editorial team and The Globe’s advertising sales staff. The consistent visual element throughout the campaign is that all subjects display their bare hands printed with a key message. The visual device of hands is used to create a connection between clients’ needs and Globe team members who have a passion for their roles at The Globe and stand apart from the crowd.
The advertising creative was developed by Toronto ad agency BLACK, with photography by Curtis Lantinga Photography Ltd., media managed by Gaggi Media, and public relations by Environics Communications.
The award was presented at the gala dinner of the 79th Annual INMA World Conference in Miami. Ninety marketing campaigns from newspapers in 43 countries were selected as finalists for The INMA Awards 2009 competition. For more information on the INMA Awards Competition please visit: www.inma-awards.org
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