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Nominate your work for an RNAO Media Award: Deadline is Feb. 28

Location
Toronto
Date
Feb. 13, 2023

Time is running out to submit an entry to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) annual Media Awards competition that honours journalists who cover nursing and health care.

RNAO has introduced two new categories – podcast and multicultural. This is in addition to the other categories: community newspaper, daily newspaper, radio, television and online. 

A committee of reporters and nurses selected by RNAO – the professional association that shapes health and nursing policy – will judge stories published or broadcasted in Ontario in 2022.

Previous winners include journalists from Toronto Star, Global News, CBC Radio and toronto.com. Their work focused on the opioid crisis, the nursing shortage, the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care homes, as well as the racism and discrimination Black nurses experience on the job.  

Nominations for the Media Awards must be received via the online submission form no later than 4:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 28, 2023.

Categories for the competition include:

Community newspaper

  • Best news story
  • Best in-depth feature or series

Daily newspaper

  • Best news story
  • Best in-depth feature or series

Radio

  • Best news report
  • Best in-depth report or series

Television

  • Best news report
  • Best in-depth report or series

Online

  • Best news story
  • Best in-depth feature or series

Podcast – NEW

  • Best episode
  • Best series

Multicultural – NEW

  • Best news story
  • Best in-depth feature or series

RNAO will present the awards to this year’s winners during the association’s Annual General Meeting in June 2023. For the complete list of criteria and to fill out an entry form, visit RNAO.ca/about/awards/media-awards.

The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses’ contribution to shaping the health system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public we serve. For more information about RNAO, visit RNAO.ca or follow us on TwitterFacebook and Instagram.

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Contact info

Victoria Alarcon
Communications Officer/Writer
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)