Awards
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Patti Sonntag
Patti Sonntag
Investigative journalist, Global News

Patti Sonntag is an investigative journalist for Global News, currently focusing on government procurement. The projects she has designed and led have won nearly two dozen regional, national and international awards and changed laws and policies from coast to coast, including “Tainted Water,” “The Price of Oil,” “Clean Water, Broken Promises” and others. Previously the founder and director of the Institute for Investigative Journalism, she returned to Canada in 2018, after serving as managing editor in The New York Times’ news services division for 10 years.

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Jeff Semple
Jeff Semple
Senior digital broadcast journalist, Global National News

Jeff Semple is a senior correspondent with Global National News based in Toronto. He’s one of Canada’s most experienced international journalists, having reported from more than 40 countries across five continents, including numerous conflict zones. From the first days of the pandemic, Jeff reported from inside overwhelmed hospital emergency rooms and Intensive Care Units in both Canada and the United States.