OTTAWA, May 3, 2018 /CNW/ - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced the 2018 Michener-Deacon Fellowships will be awarded to journalists Annie Burns-Pieper and Tamara Baluja.
The Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Reporting is awarded to print journalist Annie Burns-Pieper to look into how Global Affairs Canada deals with Canadians abroad who run into trouble. The government has no legal obligation to help citizens imprisoned, in a natural disaster, or in an accident, or the families of those who die suspiciously or are murdered in another country. Burns-Pieper will examine how Global Affairs Canada uses its discretion known as Royal or Crown prerogative in deciding when, and if, to intervene in incidents.
The Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education is awarded to on-line journalist Tamara Baluja for her proposal to develop a workshop at the University of British Columbia to teach journalism students the fundamentals of the most common social media platforms, how to analyze metrics and how to create content that is appropriate for the intended goal, and the medium. Learning modules will be shared with other Canadian journalism schools as well as media agencies.
The 2018 Michener-Deacon Fellowships will be presented and the winner of the 2017 Michener Award for public service journalism will be announced during at ceremony held at a later time.
The Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Journalism Education is supported by CN, the Michener Awards Foundation and the family of the late Paul S. Deacon. It is dedicated to the advancement of the education of Canadian journalists. The winner will spend time at a Canadian university journalism school, teaching or mentoring students, and also pursue personal education interests.
The Investigative Journalism fellowship is supported by the BMO Financial Group. It allows a journalist to devote up to four months for a reporting project. Applicants are required to undertake a project that aspires to the criteria of the annual Michener Award for journalism with its emphasis on making an impact for the public good.
The Michener Award, founded in 1970 by the late Roland Michener, then governor-general, honours excellence in public-service journalism. The judges' decisions are heavily influenced by the degree of public benefit generated by the print, broadcast and online entries submitted for consideration.
Judges for the 2018 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:
Susan Mitton (chair), former Regional Director, CBC Maritimes;
Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, and former Publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star;
Donna Logan, current member of the Michener Board, former media executive of CBC, and founding Director of the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC;
Geneviève Rossier , Directrice des Communications, Relations Publiques et Visibilité Numérique à Bibliothèque et Archives National du Québec, former Directrice Communications, Marketing et Contenus Numériques, La Place des Arts; and
Romayne Smith Fullerton, Associate professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, and Ethics Editor at J-Source.
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www.michenerawards.ca
www.prixmichener.ca
SOURCE Michener Awards Foundation
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