OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2009 Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism, and the 2010 Michener-Deacon Fellowship, on Thursday, May 27, 2010,
at 6 p.m., during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
As well, a special award will be presented posthumously to Michelle Lang, a Calgary Herald reporter who was killed in Afghanistan.
The six finalists for the 2009 Michener Award are:
- CBC/Radio-Canada
- CTV Television
- The Gazette
- The Globe and Mail
- National Post
- Times Colonist
The winner of the 2010 Michener-Deacon Fellowship is:
- Julie Ireton, business and technology reporter in the CBC Parliamentary Bureau
About the Michener Awards
Launched in 1970 under the auspices of Canada’s third Canadian governor general, the late Roland Michener, the award focuses on the degree of public benefit generated by media projects, both large and small, in print and broadcast. The annual award is open to daily and weekly newspapers, news agencies, radio and television stations and networks, periodicals and online journalism. The winners are chosen on the basis of hard-hitting impact, journalistic professionalism, and the resources available for the project.
About the Michener-Deacon Fellowship
The fellowship of the Michener Awards Foundation, introduced in 1987, is known today as the Michener-Deacon Fellowship (named after the late Roland Michener and the late Paul Deacon, a senior media executive and Michener Awards Foundation president). The fellowship encourages excellence in investigative print and broadcast journalism that serves the public interest through values that benefit the community.
For more information on the Michener and the Deacon Fellowship Awards, please visit www.michenerawards.ca. Both prizes are administered by the Michener Awards Foundation.
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Media wishing to cover this event should arrive at the Princess Anne Entrance no later than 5:45 p.m.
Media information about the ceremony:
Julie Rocheleau
Rideau Hall Press Office
613-998-7280
jrocheleau@gg.ca
www.gg.ca
For more information or interviews with the finalists, please contact:
David Humphreys
President
The Michener Awards Foundation
613-230-3155
dhumphreys@hpag.ca
