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Vancouver Sun
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Vancouver Sun
Postmedia's Kim Bolan one of three honoured for courageous reporting by Canadian Association of Journalists
Postmedia News reporter Kim Bolan was one of three Canadian journalists recognized at an awards ceremony in Calgary this weekend for their contributions to the craft. The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) announced that Bolan, Daniel Renaud and David Pugliese won the prestigious Charles Bury President's Award. 'Kim, Daniel and David have all exhibited incredible levels of courage and determination to persevere through unprecedented challenges to tell stories that matter,' said CAJ president Brent Jolly. 'They are living proof that even in today's fragmented age, journalism matters. The power of the pen to tell the truth and expose wrongdoing is an endeavour that is so vital to the proper functioning of our society.' Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Bolan has reported for the Vancouver Sun since 1984. She has reported on wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Afghanistan, covered the Air India terrorist attack and its aftermath, and spent much of her career 'shining a spotlight on a long list of minority, women's, education and social service issues,' said the CAJ in a news release on Sunday. Bolan was also the first Canadian to win the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism Award in 1999. 'Despite numerous threats on her life over the past 40 years from gangs and militant groups, Bolan's commitment to the craft has been unwavering,' Jolly said. Renaud, who works for La Presse in Montreal, was honoured after reports surfaced last year that chronicled how he had been targeted for assassination for reporting on organized crime in 2021. Pugliese has been with Postmedia's Ottawa Citizen for more than 40 years and specializes in covering the ever-secretive Department of National Defence. Last year, he was accused of being a paid KGB agent in the 1980s by a former federal cabinet minister testifying at a House of Commons committee meeting on Russian political interference. Jolly called the allegations, which have never been repeated outside Parliament, 'nothing more than a McCarthy-esque smear job.' The Charles Bury Award was presented last year to the Committee to Protect Journalists for their commitment to ensuring the safety and security of journalists who work in some of the most dangerous environments around the world. The annual award recognizes both organizations and individual journalists for contributing to a free press. jruttle@
Winnipeg Free Press
20 hours ago
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Free Press journalists nationally recognized for child-care investigation
Their investigative series on Manitoba's child-care system has earned two Free Press journalists top honours. Reporters Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke received national recognition at the Canadian Association of Journalists awards this weekend, taking home this year's McGillivray Award for investigative journalism as well as gold in the written news category. They were chosen as winners by a panel of current and former journalists out of a record number of entries — 540 — from news publications and broadcast stations across the country for work produced in 2024. 'The McGillivray jury concluded that Hamilton and Clarke's exposé of the many cracks in Manitoba's child-care system bore all the hallmarks of excellent investigative work — it brought clarity to complex subjects and used vivid personal examples to convey systemic flaws,' the Canadian Association of Journalists stated in a news release Sunday. Clarke and Hamilton worked on the six-part series for months. It highlighted opportunities for change at the provincial level to make Manitoba's child-care system more accessible, transparent and safe. Wednesdays A weekly look towards a post-pandemic future. 'The Free Press greatly appreciates the national recognition for Jeff and Katrina's journalism and our commitment to investigative reporting,' Free Press Editor Paul Samyn said. See the full list of Canadian Association of Journalists award winners here.
Cision Canada
7 days ago
- Health
- Cision Canada
Canada's news industry launches peer support program to boost journalist mental health Français
TORONTO, May 26, 2025 /CNW/ - Journalists and news professionals across Canada today are launching an industry-wide mental health support program to combat stress, burnout and trauma exposure. Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the Canadian Association of Journalists. "Canadian journalists are experiencing unprecedented levels of pressure in their service of the public's right to know, whether it's because of online harassment, deadline pressures, vicarious trauma," said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ "The peer support program will offer colleagues a way to reach out, contact helping peers, and get help to work out problems, talk confidentially, and heal." Formal peer support programs are being adopted by major news organizations around the globe, from Reuters, to BBC, to NPR and CBC, to combat work stress. CNIPS is a first-of-its-kind program in North America that brings together journalists and news professionals from across the industry. The first cohort of peer supporters, along with their contact emails are available at The CNIPS program will hold an official launch celebration on Friday May 30 at 2 PM (MT) at the CAJ annual conference in Calgary. "There's really nothing like a peer for understanding what you're going through, right?" said volunteer peer supporter Nasuna Stuart-Ulin, a freelance photojournalist from Montreal. "Being able to talk to people who understand a shared context is really invaluable and kind of rare. I'm really very excited to be part of - hopefully - creating a healthier industry." CNIPS peer supporters include reporters, editors, producers, a podcaster, photojournalists, freelancers, host/anchor, from across the country who are available to assist any news industry professional. The program plans to expand to 100 trained volunteers by the end of 2026 to meet demand. "The pressures and demands journalists face are often hard for those outside the industry to understand. We hope a peer support network – that importantly includes freelancers – will prove to be a valuable resource for those working in Canadian media," said Melissa Stasiuk, Head of Newsroom Development at the Globe and Mail which is one of the program's founding sponsors. Dave Seglins, a CNIPS advisor who established a peer support network inside CBC/Radio-Canada in 2023 says there's a strong business case for the project. "Peer support is a proven strategy used in other stressful industries such as policing, fire and emergency services used to debrief and talk through difficult job stressors," Seglins said. "It helps to reduce absenteeism and conflict, and improves people's happiness, productivity and creativity in a news industry that so often is focused on tragedy and suffering." said Seglins. Peer supporters are not clinicians. They are experienced colleagues trained to listen, have confidential conversations, and connect people to professional services where needed. CNIPS FOUNDING SPONSORS INCLUDE: The Globe and Mail CBC/Radio-Canada Unifor Canadian Media Guild The Canadian Press Canadian Mental Health Association / BC Division Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication SOURCE Canadian Association of Journalists
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Canada's news industry launches peer support program to boost journalist mental health
TORONTO, May 26, 2025 /CNW/ - Journalists and news professionals across Canada today are launching an industry-wide mental health support program to combat stress, burnout and trauma exposure. Twenty volunteers were trained this month and are now officially open for business to offer confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the Canadian Association of Journalists. "Canadian journalists are experiencing unprecedented levels of pressure in their service of the public's right to know, whether it's because of online harassment, deadline pressures, vicarious trauma," said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ "The peer support program will offer colleagues a way to reach out, contact helping peers, and get help to work out problems, talk confidentially, and heal." Formal peer support programs are being adopted by major news organizations around the globe, from Reuters, to BBC, to NPR and CBC, to combat work stress. CNIPS is a first-of-its-kind program in North America that brings together journalists and news professionals from across the industry. The first cohort of peer supporters, along with their contact emails are available at The CNIPS program will hold an official launch celebration on Friday May 30 at 2 PM (MT) at the CAJ annual conference in Calgary. "There's really nothing like a peer for understanding what you're going through, right?" said volunteer peer supporter Nasuna Stuart-Ulin, a freelance photojournalist from Montreal. "Being able to talk to people who understand a shared context is really invaluable and kind of rare. I'm really very excited to be part of - hopefully - creating a healthier industry." CNIPS peer supporters include reporters, editors, producers, a podcaster, photojournalists, freelancers, host/anchor, from across the country who are available to assist any news industry professional. The program plans to expand to 100 trained volunteers by the end of 2026 to meet demand. "The pressures and demands journalists face are often hard for those outside the industry to understand. We hope a peer support network – that importantly includes freelancers – will prove to be a valuable resource for those working in Canadian media," said Melissa Stasiuk, Head of Newsroom Development at the Globe and Mail which is one of the program's founding sponsors. Dave Seglins, a CNIPS advisor who established a peer support network inside CBC/Radio-Canada in 2023 says there's a strong business case for the project. "Peer support is a proven strategy used in other stressful industries such as policing, fire and emergency services used to debrief and talk through difficult job stressors," Seglins said. "It helps to reduce absenteeism and conflict, and improves people's happiness, productivity and creativity in a news industry that so often is focused on tragedy and suffering." said Seglins. Peer supporters are not clinicians. They are experienced colleagues trained to listen, have confidential conversations, and connect people to professional services where needed. CNIPS FOUNDING SPONSORS INCLUDE: The Globe and Mail CBC/Radio-Canada Unifor Canadian Media Guild The Canadian Press Canadian Mental Health Association / BC Division Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication SOURCE Canadian Association of Journalists View original content to download multimedia:
Cision Canada
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Cision Canada
CAJ launches fifth annual Newsroom Diversity Survey Français
TORONTO, /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Newsroom Diversity Survey is back for a fifth consecutive year. "As diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are under attack south of the border, it is more important than ever to double down on our efforts to empower journalists of all backgrounds and identities," said Brent Jolly, CAJ president. "The CAJ's Newsroom Diversity Survey is a critical data collection project that serves as a mirror to reflect how newsrooms continue to strive to better reflect the voices of the communities they serve." Previous versions of the Newsroom Diversity Survey can be found on our website: Last year's survey gathered data on 5,806 journalists working in 270 newsrooms. For some findings from our 2024 survey, please visit: The deadline for newsrooms to complete the 2025 survey is June 18. The Canadian Race Relations Foundation has generously provided six years of funding to strengthen the administration of the survey. Qlik has kindly provided data analysis and an interactive website for every year of the survey since launch. Check out the 2024 site here. This survey was also made possible through the support of numerous generous partners, including the News Leaders Association and the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec.
