Diversity, labour reporting awards
a hit
among student journalists
Two new student journalism awards sponsored
by CWA Canada were a big hit at the annual conference of
the Canadian University Press.
The contests for diversity and labour reporting drew a large
number of entries, says Michael D'Souza, director of human
rights at the CBC branch of the Canadian Media Guild, the
national union's largest Local.
He was on hand at the gathering in Edmonton on the weekend
to present the $500 prizes to the two winners (runners up
got magazine subscriptions).
Tim Mitchell took first place in
diversity reporting for "Black
rights advocate refuses to quit," published in the Dalhousie
Gazette. (Dalhousie University, Halifax NS)
In the labour category, runners up
were Maia Britt Odegaard ("Diary
of a Beekeeper" / Peak / Simon Fraser University,
BC) and Renata Valz ("Walk
a mile in CUPE 3903's shoes" /
Excalibur / York University, Toronto).
Judges were Lara Bradley of the Sudbury
Star, Jan Wong of
Toronto and D'Souza, the diversity member-at-large on the
CWA Canada executive.