CBC feature on missing and murdered indigenous women a Michener Award finalist
CBC News | Posted: April 29, 2016 8:00 PM | Last Updated: April 29, 2016
Joint project between CBC News, CBC Aboriginal recognized for interactive MMIW database — again
CBC has been recognized once again for its investigative feature on Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW).
Missing & Murdered, an interactive database by CBC Aboriginal and CBC News, is among six finalists announced Friday for the 2015 Michener Award.
- MMIW investigation by CBC wins Gabriel Award
- MMIW investigations by CBC, Radio-Canada win Hillman Prize
- Canadian Screen Awards 2016: CBC wins in 15 categories
- CBC journalists net 18 CAJ award nominations
The award, founded by Roland Michener, was first handed out in 1970. It honours "excellence in public-service journalism."
CBC News, the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star have all been recognized for their collective efforts investigating the MMIW crisis in Canada.
"From an interactive database of unsolved cases to a thorough examination of national homicide and long-term missing person cases, their combined coverage reinforced the ongoing demands and need for accountability and action in these cases," the Michener Awards Foundation said in a statement.
Radio-Canada's Enquête, The Telegraph Journal and the Canadian Press have also been shortlisted for the award.
The investigative reporting program on Radio-Canada talked to Algonquin and Cree women from Val d'Or and nearby communities in northwestern Quebec, who claimed they faced a range of abuse by Sûreté du Québec officers.
The finalist announcement comes on the heels of four wins for CBC on the MMIW project, including a Gabriel Award, a Hillman Prize, a Canadian Screen Award and a Digi Award. CBC was also nominated for a Canadian Journalism Foundation award.
Winners of the Michener Awards will be announced June 17.