PUB - Media Advisory - Michener Awards mark 50th anniversary with finalists' panel

Canada NewsWire

OTTAWA, ON , June 7, 2021 /CNW/ - The Michener Awards Foundation, in partnership with the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), is presenting a special finalists' panel this month to mark the 50 ^th anniversary of Canada's most prestigious journalism award.

WHAT: Michener Award Finalists' Panel

The six lead reporters who worked on this year's Michener-nominated stories will discuss what is at the heart of a compelling and impactful story. We will hear from reporters who went the extra mile to bring us the stories that made a measurable difference in the lives of Canadians in a tumultuous year.

WHEN: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 8 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CDT

WHO:

Moderator: Madeleine Blais-Morin , Parliamentary Bureau Chief for Radio-Canada and Michener Awards Foundation board member

Panelists:

• Kenneth Jackson from APTN
• Gabrielle Duchaine from La Presse
• Aaron Derfel from the Montreal Gazette
• Ashley Burke from CBC
• Grant Robertson from the Globe and Mail
• Jeff Hamilton from the Winnipeg Free Press

Register for the Michener Finalists' Panel here.

SOURCE Michener Awards Foundation

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