06/22/2026
Congrats to CNA journalism alums Marykate O'Neill, Bailey Howard, and Cameron Kilfoy for bringing home the gold.
Breaking News
● Gold - Nicole Sullivan - Cape Breton Post, NS, 'I felt sick'; Cape Breton police investigating swastikas across from Jewish cemetery
● Silver - Tara Bradbury - The Telegram, NL, Gander man arrested after DNA cracks Toronto cold case
● Bronze - James Reid - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Auditor General Uncovers Wasted Funds On Travel Nursing Agencies
🎉 Magazine Covers
● Gold - Dru Kennedy - Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Atlantic Salmon Journal’s Winter Cover
● Silver - Glen Strickey and Roxanna Boers - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Chasing the aurora borealis
● Bronze - Heather Fegan and Gwen North - Atlantic Books Today, NS, Natalie MacMaster Has a Story to Tell
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Derek Montague and Justin Brake - The Independent, NL, Labrador gynecologist accused of malpractice
● Silver - Lindsay Jones and Greg Mercer - Globe and Mail, NS, Jack and Lilly Sullivan
● Bronze - Josh Lewis - Eastern Graphic, PEI, Health PEI Series
🎉 Features
● Gold - Lindsay Jones - Globe and Mail, NS, MSC Baltic III
● Silver - Aaron Beswick - The Chronicle Herald, NS, 'He was a legend, one of the best': North Atlantic claims two N.S. fishermen
● Bronze - Spoorthy Raman - Mongabay, NL, Newfoundland's puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light
🎉 Photojournalism News
● Gold - Keith Gosse - The Telegram, NL, Senior Saviours
● Silver - Greg Locke - Globe and Mail, NL, Newfoundland Wildfires
● Bronze - Keith Gosse - The Telegram, NL, Tactical Takedown
🎉 Photojournalism Feature
● Gold - Greg Locke - Globe and Mail, NL, Ice bath therapy on Signal Hill, Newfoundland
● Silver - Jeorge Sadi - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Long-standing Africville activist says he will fight latest eviction notice
● Bronze - Kevin McBain - South Shore Bulletin, NS, AAA Atlantic championships
VIDEO
🎉 Breaking News
● Gold - Marykate O'Neill - NTV News, NL, Concern for Trepassey’s Breakwater as Powerful Storm Batters Province
● Silver - Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla - Global New Brunswick, NB, Man Charged with First-Degree Murder, Saint John, N.B.
● Bronze - Becky Daley - NTV News, NL, Badger Fire Evacuation Lifted
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Ella MacDonald - Global Halifax, NS, Unheard. Unserved; Maritime Women's Health in Crisis
● Silver - Allyson Dubé and Yves Levesque - Radio-Canada, NB, Mauvais climat de travail à la prison de Saint-Hilaire
● Bronze - Ben Cleary - NTV News, NL, Power to the People: The Upper Churchill Contract
🎉 Feature
● Gold - Bailey Howard - NTV News, NL, Ahead by a Century: 100 Years of Memorial University
● Silver - Jocelyn Elsdon and Michael Heenan - CBC News, NB, Swamp Water
● Bronze - Jodi Cooke - NTV News, NL, We the North
🎉 Newscast (television)
● Gold - Vincent Lehouillier - Radio-Canada, NB, Téléjournal Acadie
● Silver - Tracy Lightfoot - CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, CBC News: Compass, Premier Resigns
● Silver - David Squires, Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, A tribute show to Colleen Jones
🎉 Video Journalism
● Gold - Colleen Connors - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Show of work
● Silver - Becky Daley - NTV News, NL, Recovery work continues on grounded MSC Baltic III
● Bronze - Skye Bryden-Blom - Global Halifax, NS, Show of work
AUDIO
🎉 Documentary Program
● Gold - Mariam Mesbah and Lindsay Bird - CBC Atlantic Voice, NB, The Graduate
● Silver - Lindsay Bird and Caroline Hillier - CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, Looking for Eliza
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Enterprise Reporting
● Gold - Tom Ayers - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Lack of trust in the public trustee?
● Silver - VOCM News; Linda Swain and Sara Strickland - VOCM, NL, On the Ground of the CBN Wildfires
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Feature
● Gold - Sarah Keaveny Vos - CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, Kindergarten to Grade 12 - Lessons in Life
● Silver - Lindsay Bird and Sarah Keaveny Vos - CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, The Art of Life
● Bronze - Viola Pruss - CBC New Brunswick, NB, Covered Bridges
🎉 Information Program
● Gold - Christina Harnett, Erin MacInnis, Portia Clark, Katy Parsons, Jerry West, Cynthia Gatti and Phlis McGregor - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Information Morning Nova Scotia with Portia Clark
● Silver - 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Vanessa van des Nes, Dan Ahlstrand, Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef, Blake Priddle and Shelli Summers - 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, 95.7 NewsRadio 20th Anniversary Special
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Newscast (radio)
● Gold - Tara Clow - Acadia Broadcasting - Moncton CKNI The Bend, NB, New Brunswick Wildfires
● Silver - 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef and Dan Ahlstrand - 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, Susie's Lake Wildfire Aug 12th, 2025 4 pm Newscast
● Bronze - Caitlin Snow - Acadia Broadcasting - CKHY / CKHZ Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Wildfires
🎉 Podcast
● Gold - Matt Stickland - Grand Parade, NS, Grand Parade Goes to Quebec
● No Silver or Bronze awarded
ANY MEDIUM
🎉 Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Wendy Bergfeldt - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Miner's Houses, Glace Bay
● Silver - Rhea Rollmann - The Independent, NL, What the water holds
● Bronze - Kevin Yarr - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Music is the language of hope
🎉 Business Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Brian McLaughlin - The Telegraph-Journal, NB, Is Time of Day Pricing The Next Frontier for NB Power?
● Silver - Alex Bill - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Puddister Sells Pennecon To Ontario Industrial Firm
● Bronze - James Reid - allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, CoLab Drums Up US$72 million For AI Growth
🎉 Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Haley Ryan - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Tenants of Halifax mobile home park set water meter precedent across Nova Scotia
● Silver - Carole Morris-Underhill - Valley Journal-Advertiser, NS, 'A disaster waiting to happen': No winter warming centre planned for Windsor
● Bronze - Logan MacLean - The Guardian, PEI, PEI water woes
🎉 Climate Action Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cloe Logan - Canada's National Observer, ON, Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor
● Silver - Brian Owens - Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Fish Can't Walk
● Bronze - Jeremy Hull - Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Castles made of sand
🎉 Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cassidy Chisholm - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, How adding names to archival images has been healing We'koqma'q First Nation
● Silver - Heidi Atter - The Independent, NL, Innu welcome first students into Innu-aimun immersion Kindergarten
● Bronze - John Chilibeck - Brunswick News, NB, Show of work
🎉 Legal Affairs Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Tim Bousquet - Halifax Examiner, NS, The Wrongful Conviction and Ex*****on of Daniel Sampson
● Silver - Gareth Hampshire - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, N.S. abuse victims reveal lifelong trauma from father's sexual violence
● Bronze - Lindsay Jones and Tu Thanh Ha - The Globe and Mail, NS, Atlantic Registry
🎉 Social Justice Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Cameron Kilfoy - The Telegram, NL, ‘I am a Newfoundlander’: MUN residency policy stands in the way of a young woman's hope to become a physician
● Silver - Celina Aalders - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Intimate Partner Violence: show of work
● Bronze - Judith Mendiolea Lelo de Larrea - PNI Atlantic News, NS, Unfair cost and burden: how the pink tax puts women at a disadvantage
🎉 Sports Reporting and Writing
● Gold - Terry Roberts and Darryl Murphy - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Here's how a 'ragtag' Placentia team captured N.L.'s first Canadian junior softball title
● Silver - Madiha Mughees - Halifax Examiner, NS, 'Cricket is where you're able to assert a cultural identity': Going to bat for a rapidly growing sport in Halifax
● No Bronze awarded
🎉 Commentary
● Gold - Paul MacNeill - Eastern Graphic, PEI, Emails Show What's Wrong with PSB
● Silver - Ainsley Hawthorn - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, This isn't the first time American leaders have suggested annexing Canada
● Bronze - Bill McGuire - Island Farmer, PEI, Griffon Editorial: Tariffs, lemmings, curling & censorship; AVC’s decision betrays PEI’s core values
SPECIAL AWARDS
🎉 AJA Hall of Fame Award
● Stephen Kimber – Freelance Journalist and Author, NS
🎉 Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
● Gold - Giuliana Grillo De Lambarri - CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Show of work
● Silver - Yumna Iftikhar - The Independent, NL, Show of work
● Bronze - Shauna Bernard - The Telegram, NL, Show of work
🎉 Student Journalist Award
● Gold - Melissa Mbeba - NSCC Ivany Campus, NS, Mothering Within
● Silver - Marlo Ritchie - University of King's College, NS, Remand numbers in Nova Scotia’s jails could soar under new law, warn experts
● Silver - Olivia Nitti and Tedi Buffett - University of King's College, NS, Finding sanctuary
🎉 The Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award
● Gold - Ryan Cooke and Katie Breen - CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Pure Hell
● Silver - Ella MacDonald - Global Halifax, NS, The Murder of Devon Marsman
● Bronze - Tara Bradbury - The Telegram, NL, A Conversation That Never Came
