CBC Atlantic journalists won five national awards at the 2022 Best Canadian Local News Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards gala in Toronto on Saturday, June 11.
And the national awards go to:
AUDIO
Feature News (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador – Dear Spy
Caroline Hillier won the feature news award for the story that ran on the St. John’s Morning Show of an Afghan interpreter who, after helping the Canadian military, received handwritten death threats from the Taliban. With the help of his former military adviser he escaped Afghanistan the day before it fell, and eventually made his way to St. John’s.
VIDEO
CBC Nova Scotia – Stronger Together
The one-year anniversary mass casualty special.
CBC Nova Scotia’s news special on the first anniversary of the April 2020 mass casualty, hosted by Portia Clark and Tom Murphy and produced by Julian Brown, explored how people and communities affected by the tragedy are moving forward.

Excellence in Video
CBC New Brunswick – We Were Here: Clyde Wray
This video by Michael Heenan and Jocelyn Elsdon was part of a larger project that brought to light Black historical figures in Saint John. After seeing so little diversity in the public’s knowledge of the city’s history, Clyde Wray, poet and playwright, penned the monologues in We Were Here.

Audio-Visual Storytelling (Small/Medium Market)
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador – How a tax refund cheque got stuck in a Subway sign
CBC N.L. also picked up this award for audio-visual storytelling, a nod to the work of Zach Goudie and Katie Rowe, who creatively illustrated the journey (of all things) of a paycheque through the streets of downtown St. John’s.
It sounds like a Mr. Bean skit, but James Murphy really did watch his income tax refund cheque blow away in the wind, then get stuck on the sign of a Subway restaurant in Mount Pearl.
MULTIPLATFORM
CBC New Brunswick – Leaving Doone
A beautifully illustrated and written story that sheds light on racist attacks on newcomers living in a low-income neighborhood of Fredericton’s north side. Written by Maria Jose Burgos, edited by Connie Camp, video by Mike Heenan.

“Congratulations to all the RTDNA Canada 2022 award winners! Once again, we saw the best of the best in journalism and storytelling from across Canada,” said RTDNA Canada President, Fiona Conway in a news release.
“Journalism is not easy, and it’s been especially challenging in the last two years. The work we have seen is impressive and important to our communities. Every nominee and winner should be so proud of their accomplishments.”
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