Jill Clark
Manager, Communications and Media Relations
Rideau Hall Foundation
Charlottetown, PEI, October 17, 2024 - Across Canada in the last 15 years, more than 500 local newsrooms have closed in nearly 350 communities. Communities are on the frontlines and at this critical time, local journalism merits special attention. Today, the Michener Award and Rideau Hall Foundations (MAF and RHF) responded to this need with a new Fellowship designed to amplify […]
Ottawa, June 14, 2024 - This evening, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, recognized the exceptional journalism of this year’s six Michener Award finalists. The Michener Award for 2023 is presented jointly to The Narwhal and The Toronto Star for their reporting on the Ontario Greenbelt Scandal. “The Toronto Star […]
Ottawa, May 21, 2024 - The Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) today announced it is awarding Chantal Hébert and Terry Mosher its prestigious Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism. The Michener-Baxter Award was established in 1983 and is presented at the discretion of the foundation’s board of directors. The award is named for Clive Baxter, who received […]
Ottawa, April 30, 2024 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2023 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. This year’s finalists are: The Canadian Press, CBC/Radio-Canada, The Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Narwhal + The Toronto Star, Radio-Canada. “We are so proud to honour the work of these newsrooms, and their profound impact […]
April 25, 2024 - OTTAWA, April 25, 2024 – The Michener Awards Foundation today announced its Michener-Deacon Fellowship has been awarded to Ève Lévesque and Marie-Christine Noël, who will lead an investigation into food security in Canada for L’Actualité. The Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship goes to Jean-Hugues Roy and Naël Shiab to create a free online course on data […]
