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RNAO's annual Media Awards honours journalists for their outstanding reporting on nursing and health-care issues.
Stories published or broadcast in Ontario during 2022 are eligible. Entries are scored by an independent panel of judges consisting of nurses and journalists.
Status: Closed
In these categories, entries will be judged on news value, information and storytelling.
Category | Awards |
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Daily newspaper | Best news story
Daily newspaper - Best news story
Entries must be from an established media outlet that publishes at least five times a week. Limited to one story that is 2,000 words or less.
Best in-depth feature or series
Daily newspaper - Best in-depth feature or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet that publishes at least five times a week and consists of one story that is more than 2,000 words or a series of stories that clearly mentions the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Community newspaper |
Best news story
Community newspaper – Best news story
Entries must be from an established media outlet that publishes at least once or twice a week. Limited to one story that is 2,000 words or less.
Best in-depth feature or series
Community newspaper – Best in-depth feature or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet that publishes at least once or twice a week and consists of one story that is more than 2,000 words or a series of stories that clearly mention the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Radio |
Best news report
Radio – Best news report
Entries must be from an established media outlet. Limited to one radio report.
Best in-depth report or series
Radio – Best in-depth report or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet. Limited to one radio documentary or a series that clearly mention the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Television |
Best news report
Television – Best news report
Entries must be from an established media outlet. Limited to one television report.
Best in-depth report or series
Television – Best in-depth report or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet. Limited to one television documentary or a series that clearly mention the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Online | Best news story
Online – Best news story
Entries must be from an established media outlet website. Limited to one story that is 2,000 words or less.
Best in-depth feature or series
Online – Best in-depth feature or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet website that consists of one story that is more than 2,000 words or a series of stories that clearly mention the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Podcast - NEW |
Best episode
Podcast - Best episode
Entres must be from an established media outlet. Limited to one episode on a single topic that is one hour or less.
Best series
Podcast - Best series
Entries must be from an established media outlet. Limited to a series of episodes on a single topic that clearly mentions the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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Multicultural - NEW |
Best news story
Multicultural - Best news story
Entries must be from an established media outlet website and in a language other than English. Limited to one story that is 2,000 words or less.
Best in-depth feature or series
Multicultural - Best in-depth feature or series
Entries must be from an established media outlet website and in a language other than English that consists of one story that is more than 2,000 words or a series of stories that clearly mention the sequence/order (maximum five parts).
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How to apply
For print entries, please send PDF scans of the original article. Please also include a link if the story appears online.
For broadcast submissions, links and/or electronic audio or video files are preferred.
Contact us
Winners are announced in the spring, and the awards are handed out at RNAO's Annual General Meeting in June 2023.
For more information, contact Victoria Alarcon at 1-800-268-7199 ext. 211 and Marion Zych at 1-800-268-7199 ext. 209.
Helen Tran is a part-time professor of communications at Niagara College and a freelance journalist. She is also a poet and novelist who has had poetry, flash fiction and short fiction published in literary magazines and anthologies throughout Canada. Her work has appeared in The Antigonish Review, Augur Magazine, Carousel Magazine, and Ricepaper Magazine’s Currents anthology, among others.
Robert Cribb is founder and director of the Investigative Journalism Bureau and an investigative reporter at the Toronto Star.
Declan Keogh is an award-winning journalist and the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s senior reporter. His work seeks to enlighten the public on important issues — ranging from tainted drinking water, to the devastating overdose crisis, to the state of youth mental health.
Mashal Butt is a Vancouver-based journalist currently with The Walrus as an editorial fellow. Driven by forwarding equality, equity and social justice, Mashal focuses on the intersection between gender, race and sexuality, while centering the human experiences of those she reports on. She has previously worked with the Investigative Journalism Bureau, the Global Reporting Centre and The Tyee.
Steve McKinley is the Atlantic Canada correspondent for the Toronto Star.
Carolyn Jarvis is Global News’ chief investigative correspondent. Carolyn was awarded the 2018 Canadian Screen Award for a series that exposed shortcomings in Ontario’s probation system.
Andrew Russell is a national investigative journalist with Global News. He got his start in journalism in 2013 with an internship at Global after completing degrees at the University of Toronto and Humber College. His reporting has tackled issues like Canada’s COVID-19 response, problems in the long-term care industry, First Nations’ lack of access to safe drinking water, financial crimes and the opioid crisis.
Emanuela Campanella is a video journalist on the investigative team at Global News. Her work has garnered a Radio Television Digital News Association Award and several Canadian Digital Publishing Awards.
Jigar Patel is a former journalist at Global News. He joined Global in the summer of 2019, after graduating from Seneca College. Jigar is passionate about digital investigations and telling stories that matter to everyday people. Throughout the pandemic he has worked on stories ranging from investigations to daily reporting. He left Global News in 2022 and is currently based in Toronto.
Joanna Lavoie is a Toronto-based bilingual, award-winning journalist with more than a decade of diverse experience. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s (formerly Ryerson University) journalism program, she was a long-time breaking news/social justice reporter for toronto.com. As of May 2022, Joanna began a new role as a digital journalist with CP24's web team.
Imani Walker is a Toronto-based journalist with CBC Radio and CBC News. From cultural stories to politics, sports and health reporting, Imani's coverage focuses on Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities.
Caryn Lieberman shares her love of news with viewers as a senior reporter for Global News Toronto. A Concordia University journalism and communications graduate, who furthered her studies at the prestigious Poynter Institute, Caryn first joined the Global News team in Montreal before moving to CTV National.