CBC NL scores six Atlantic Journalism Award nods

CBC Newfoundland and Labrador has received six prestigious Atlantic Journalism Award nominations, including a nod for Here and Now in the Best Television News Broadcast category. 

"Being nominated is an honour and it's great to see so many other nominations from other newsrooms in the province because it means there's an environment of quality journalism around here," said executive producer of news for Newfoundland and Labrador Peter Gullage.

CBC reporter Jeremy Eaton has been nominated for his work as a video journalist in Corner Brook. Philippe Grenier with Radio-Canada Acadie, based in St. John's, is nominated in the same category.

Amy Stoodley, Marilyn Boone and Keith Burgess are nominated for "Life After Sarah," a series on a young mother who passed away from a rare form of cancer in October. That coverage falls under the Best Featuring Writing category. 

Adam Walsh, Philippe Grenier and Paul Pickett have been nominated for a CBC Investigates' story about customers on the Avalon who say they were scammed by a crooked contractor. That nomination falls under television's Enterprise Reporting category.

Meanwhile, Chris O'Neill-Yates, Bruce Tilley, Sherry Vivian and Keith Burgess have been nominated for their breaking coverage of the Shaw Street fire. 

"Earning an Atlantic Journalism Awards is not like cracking open a Kinder Surprise and finding a trophy," said Gullage.

"This is hard work that is sometimes risky or controversial or heartbreaking. Sometimes a story leads to change or celebration which can be an award in itself."

"CBC has a long tradition of meaningful journalism and we have earned many awards at the local, regional and national level. Even with this rough patch of cutbacks we have no intention of backing away from that," said Gullage. 

The awards will be presented at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel on May 9.