The Globe and Mail leads the National Newspaper Awards with nine wins
Freelancer Kari Medig won in the feature photo category for a picture of double amputee Oleksandr Budko and the Wild Bear Vets program, created to support veterans with PTSD.Kari Medig/The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail led the National Newspaper Awards with wins in nine categories, including for coverage on the war in Ukraine, an investigation into the culture of Canada Soccer and a series of stories diving into Canada’s housing crisis.
The Globe also received a special citation for a photojournalism summit that brought together photojournalists from across the country.
The newspaper’s wins also included work on the Vatican’s unfulfilled promises to return Indigenous artifacts; coverage of the drone-spying scandal that overshadowed the Paris Olympics; an explanatory piece about laws that criminalize non-disclosure of HIV infections; digital presentation; editorial cartooning; and a feature photograph of a double amputee enrolled in a program to support veterans with PTSD.
The awards were announced in Montreal on Friday night.
“The drive to do groundbreaking journalism never ceases. We were determined over the past year to push ourselves further,” said David Walmsley, The Globe’s editor-in-chief.
“I am so proud of the team efforts recognized at the ceremony and the range represented. War coverage, investigative muscle, accountability work, clear writing, cartooning – and the list goes on. This year we have achieved much with our visual and design work. We will build on what the judges said about needing to hold a leadership position with our photography.”
Mark MacKinnon won the International Reporting category for extensive coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine that often focused on the human toll of the conflict. The award is Mr. MacKinnon’s eighth.
Nancy Macdonald, Simon Houpt and Greg Mercer won in the sports category for their work investigating the culture problems within Canada Soccer that preceded the Canadian women’s team’s drone-spying scandal at last year’s Paris Olympics.
The Globe also won in the breaking news category for coverage of the spying scandal. The team included Robyn Doolittle, Jamie Ross, Cathal Kelly, Simon Houpt, Rachel Brady, Paul Attfield, Jason Kirby and Matt Lundy.
The Globe won in the sustained news category for a year-long project on housing, which included dozens of stories, from long reads and investigative data dives to daily coverage and analysis of policy announcements.
Tavia Grant won in the arts and entertainment category for her work on the Vatican’s unfulfilled promises to return cultural items to Indigenous communities in Canada.
Zosia Bielski won in the explanatory work category for her exploration of Canadian laws that criminalize non-disclosure of HIV, which puts Canada out of step with modern science and the rest of the developed world.
Timothy Moore won in the presentation and design category for a portfolio of work on science and sailing, breakdancing’s debut as an Olympic sport, and how to master skating later in life.
In editorial cartooning, Michael de Adder received a nomination for his work in both The Globe and the Halifax Chronicle Herald.
Freelancer Kari Medig won in the feature photo category for a picture of double amputee Oleksandr Budko and the Wild Bear Vets program, created to support veterans with PTSD.
The Globe received a special recognition citation for a two-day photojournalism summit held last June, which involved more than 40 photojournalists who gathered to learn, collaborate and celebrate each other’s work.
The NNA’s special citation recognizes journalism that doesn’t fit into traditional categories. Judges described the summit as “a model of leadership and an example of what major players in the industry should be doing.”
The Globe entered the awards with 16 nominations.
The Toronto Star had six wins, including two shared with the Investigative Journalism Bureau, while La Presse, Reuters and The Chronicle Herald won two each, including the editorial cartooning that the Chronicle Herald shared with The Globe. Other winners included: The Hamilton Spectator, the Regina Leader-Post and Sing Tao, which each had one win.
The Chronicle Herald’s Aaron Beswick won journalist of the year.