Audio

12-BREAKING NEWS – These awards, display the most skill in reporting a breaking news event. Two separate entries per entrant may be submitted. An entry consists of the initial breaking news item. Each entry must be accompanied by a short explanation of the story and how it developed. Details should include the story’s chronology and circumstances affecting its gathering and presentation as well as the resources (money/time) available to complete the story.

13-DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM – These awards display overall excellence in the content and presentation of a broadcast or documentary program which are not regular information programs or daily newscasts. The entry must be a maximum 30-minute, unedited segment of an actual broadcast or podcast documentary. Two separate entries per entrant — including short explanations to enable judges to place them in context — may be submitted.

14-ENTERPRISE REPORTING – These awards display initiative and show enterprise in journalism. Investigative journalism stories are welcome in this category. Continuing coverage of a breaking news event may also be entered here. Judges will look for enterprising journalism that goes beyond the obvious, the ordinary, the expected, and the regular. They will look for journalism that puts issues in context and in perspective and thereby makes those issues make sense. Two separate entries per audio journalist may be submitted. Each entry must be accompanied by a short explanation of the story and how it developed. Details should include the chronology and circumstances affecting its gathering and presentation as well as the resources (money/time) available to complete.

15-FEATURE – These awards display excellence and creativity in the presentation of feature or human interest stories with journalistic merit. Two separate entries per entrant may be submitted. The entry can be the original item plus not more than three items, if a series. Each entry should be accompanied by a short explanation of the story and how it developed. Details should include the story’s chronology and circumstances affecting its gathering and presentation as well as the resources (money/time) available to complete the story.

16-INFORMATION PROGRAM – These awards display overall excellence in the content and presentation of a regularly broadcast news information program, talk radio program, or podcast, which is not a daily newscast. The entry must be a maximum 30-minute, unedited segment of an actual broadcast. This award recognizes excellent development of characters, use of sound and audio interview clips, and contextual storytelling. Two separate entries per entrant – including short explanations to enable judges to place them in context – may be submitted.

17-NEWSCAST (Radio) – These awards display overall excellence in the content and presentation of a regularly scheduled radio newscast aired on an Atlantic Canada radio station. Judges will look for the newscasts that have the best journalistic merit and which combine spot news, continuing coverage, feature, enterprise reporting, and weather reporting into an informative newscast. One entry per station may be submitted as originally broadcast in Atlantic Canada. The broadcast date is selected by the radio station. Include a short explanation of the entry.

18-PODCAST – These awards display overall excellence in the content and presentation of a podcast program which are not regular information programs or daily news casts. To be eligible the podcast must have three episodes released in the preceding year and be affiliated with a recognized media outlet. The entry must be an unedited segment of an actual podcast. Two separate entries per entrant- including short explanations to enable judges to place them in context-may be submitted. Podcast with video are eligible. Each entry can be one episode or a several episodes to a maximum of 45 minutes.