ATLANTIC JOURNALISM AWARDS CELEBRATES 2026 WINNERS AND EXCELLENCE IN ATLANTIC CANADIAN JOURNALIS
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) proudly congratulates all recipients recognized at the 2026 Atlantic Journalism Awards Gala, held Saturday, June 20 at the Halifax
Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The AJAs celebrate excellence in journalism across Atlantic Canada, recognizing the stories, investigations, visuals, audio, and reporting that informed communities, sparked conversations, and demonstrated the power of journalism over the past year.
This year’s awards brought together journalists, editors, students, freelancers, and media organizations from across the region to recognize outstanding work produced in 2025.
The Atlantic Journalism Awards Board extends sincere congratulations to all finalists and winners. The calibre of submissions this year reflected the strength, creativity, and dedication of Atlantic Canadian journalism and highlighted the essential role journalists continue to play in our communities.
A special congratulations is extended to Stephen Kimber, who was inducted into the Atlantic Journalism Awards Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding contributions to journalism and storytelling throughout his distinguished career.
The AJAs also proudly presented the Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award, created by Mark Critch in honour of his late father and celebrating exceptional local crime reporting.
In addition, the AJAs awarded three student journalism scholarships, recognizing emerging talent and supporting the next generation of journalists across Atlantic Canada.
2026 Atlantic Journalism Awards Winners:
Breaking News
Gold – Nicole Sullivan – Cape Breton Post, NS, ‘I felt sick’; Cape Breton police investigating swastikas across from Jewish cemetery
Silver – Tara Bradbury – The Telegram, NL, Gander man arrested after DNA cracks Toronto cold case
Bronze – James Reid – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Auditor General Uncovers Wasted Funds On Travel Nursing Agencies
Enterprise Reporting
Gold – Derek Montague and Justin Brake – The Independent, NL, Labrador gynecologist accused of malpractice
Silver – Lindsay Jones and Greg Mercer – Globe and Mail, NS, Jack and Lilly Sullivan
Bronze – Josh Lewis – Eastern Graphic, PEI, Health PEI Series
Features
Gold – Lindsay Jones – Globe and Mail, NS, MSC Baltic III
Silver – Aaron Beswick – The Chronicle Herald, NS, ‘He was a legend, one of the best’: North Atlantic claims two N.S. fishermen
Bronze – Spoorthy Raman – Mongabay, NL, Newfoundland’s puffins are perilously
attracted to artificial light
Photojournalism Feature
Gold – Greg Locke – Globe and Mail, NL, Ice bath therapy on Signal Hill, Newfoundland
Silver – Jeorge Sadi – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Long-standing Africville activist says he will fight latest eviction notice
Bronze – Kevin McBain – South Shore Bulletin, NS, AAA Atlantic championships
Photojournalism News
Gold – Keith Gosse – The Telegram, NL, Senior Saviours
Silver – Greg Locke – Globe and Mail, NL, Newfoundland Wildfires
Bronze – Keith Gosse – The Telegram, NL, Tactical Takedown
Magazine Covers
Gold – Dru Kennedy – Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Atlantic Salmon Journal’s Winter Cover
Silver – Glen Strickey and Roxanna Boers – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Chasing the aurora borealis
Bronze – Heather Fegan and Gwen North – Atlantic Books Today, NS, Natalie MacMaster Has a Story to Tell
Documentary Program
Gold – Mariam Mesbah and Lindsay Bird – CBC Atlantic Voice, NB, The Graduate
Silver – Lindsay Bird and Caroline Hillier – CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, Looking for Eliza
Enterprise Reporting
Gold – Tom Ayers – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Lack of trust in the public trustee?
Silver – VOCM News; Linda Swain and Sara Strickland – VOCM, NL, On the Ground of the CBN Wildfires
Feature
Gold – Sarah Keaveny Vos – CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, Kindergarten to Grade 12 – Lessons in Life
Silver – Lindsay Bird and Sarah Keaveny Vos – CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, The Art of Life
Bronze – Viola Pruss – CBC New Brunswick, NB, Covered Bridges
Information Program
Gold – Christina Harnett, Erin MacInnis, Portia Clark, Katy Parsons, Jerry West, Cynthia Gatti and Phlis McGregor – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Information Morning Nova Scotia with Portia Clark
Silver – 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Vanessa van des Nes, Dan Ahlstrand, Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef, Blake Priddle and Shelli Summers – 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, 95.7
NewsRadio 20th Anniversary Special
Newscast (radio)
Gold – Tara Clow – Acadia Broadcasting – Moncton CKNI The Bend, NB, New Brunswick Wildfires
Silver – 95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef and Dan Ahlstrand – 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, Susie’s Lake Wildfire Aug 12th, 2025 4 pm Newscast
Bronze – Caitlin Snow – Acadia Broadcasting – CKHY / CKHZ Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Wildfires
Podcast
Gold – Matt Stickland – Grand Parade, NS, Grand Parade Goes to Quebec
Newscast (television)
Gold – Vincent Lehouillier – Radio-Canada, NB, Téléjournal Acadie
Silver – Tracy Lightfoot – CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, CBC News: Compass, Premier Resigns
Silver – David Squires, Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon – CBC Nova
Scotia, NS, A tribute show to Colleen Jones
Feature
Gold – Bailey Howard – NTV News, NL, Ahead by a Century: 100 Years of MemorialUniversity
Silver – Jocelyn Elsdon and Michael Heenan – CBC News, NB, Swamp Water
Bronze – Jodi Cooke – NTV News, NL, We the North
Breaking News
Gold – Marykate O’Neill – NTV News, NL, Concern for Trepassey’s Breakwater as Powerful Storm Batters Province
Silver – Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla – Global New Brunswick, NB, Man Charged with First-Degree Murder, Saint John, N.B.
Bronze – Becky Daley – NTV News, NL, Badger Fire Evacuation Lifted
Enterprise Reporting
Gold – Ella MacDonald – Global Halifax, NS, Unheard. Unserved; Maritime Women’s Health in Crisis
Silver – Allyson Dubé and Yves Levesque – Radio-Canada, NB, Mauvais climat de travail à la prison de Saint-Hilaire
Bronze – Ben Cleary – NTV News, NL, Power to the People: The Upper Churchill Contract
Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing
Gold – Wendy Bergfeldt – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Miner’s Houses, Glace Bay
Silver – Rhea Rollmann – The Independent, NL, What the water holds
Bronze – Kevin Yarr – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Music is the language of hope
Climate Action Reporting and Writing
Gold – Cloe Logan – Canada’s National Observer, ON, Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor
Silver – Brian Owens – Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Fish Can’t Walk
Bronze – Jeremy Hull – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Castles made of sand
Business Reporting and Writing
Gold – Brian McLaughlin – The Telegraph-Journal, NB, Is Time of Day Pricing The Next Frontier for NB Power?
Silver – Alex Bill – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Puddister Sells Pennecon To Ontario Industrial Firm
Bronze – James Reid – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, CoLab Drums Up US$72 million For AI Growth
Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing
Gold – Haley Ryan – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Tenants of Halifax mobile home park set water meter precedent across Nova Scotia
Silver – Carole Morris-Underhill – Valley Journal-Advertiser, NS, ‘A disaster waiting to happen’: No winter warming centre planned for Windsor
Bronze – Logan MacLean – The Guardian, PEI, PEI water woes
Commentary
Gold – Paul MacNeill – Eastern Graphic, PEI, Emails Show What’s Wrong with PSB
Silver – Ainsley Hawthorn – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, This isn’t the first time American leaders have suggested annexing Canada
Bronze – Bill McGuire – Island Farmer, PEI, Griffon Editorial: Tariffs, lemmings, curling & censorship; AVC’s decision betrays PEI’s core values
Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
Gold – Cassidy Chisholm – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, How adding names to archival images has been healing We’koqma’q First Nation
Silver – Heidi Atter – The Independent, NL, Innu welcome first students into Innuaimun immersion Kindergarten
Bronze – John Chilibeck – Brunswick News, NB, Show of work
Video Journalism
Gold – Colleen Connors – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Show of work
Silver – Becky Daley – NTV News, NL, Recovery work continues on grounded MSC Baltic III
Bronze – Skye Bryden-Blom – Global Halifax, NS, Show of work
Legal Affairs Reporting and Writing
Gold – Tim Bousquet – Halifax Examiner, NS, The Wrongful Conviction and Execution
of Daniel Sampson
Silver – Gareth Hampshire – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, N.S. abuse victims reveal lifelong
trauma from father’s sexual violence
Bronze – Lindsay Jones and Tu Thanh Ha – The Globe and Mail, NS, Atlantic Registry
Social Justice Reporting and Writing
Gold – Cameron Kilfoy – The Telegram, NL, ‘I am a Newfoundlander’: MUN residency policy stands in the way of a young woman’s hope to become a physician
Silver – Celina Aalders – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Intimate Partner Violence: show of work
Bronze – Judith Mendiolea Lelo de Larrea – PNI Atlantic News, NS, Unfair cost and burden: how the pink tax puts women at a disadvantage
Sports Reporting and Writing
Gold – Terry Roberts and Darryl Murphy – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Here’s how a ‘ragtag’ Placentia team captured N.L.’s first Canadian junior softball title
Silver – Madiha Mughees – Halifax Examiner, NS, ‘Cricket is where you’re able to
assert a cultural identity’: Going to bat for a rapidly growing sport in Halifax
AJA Hall of Fame Award
Stephen Kimber – Freelance Journalist and Author, NS
Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
Gold – Giuliana Grillo De Lambarri – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Show of work
Silver – Yumna Iftikhar – The Independent, NL, Show of work
Bronze – Shauna Bernard – The Telegram, NL, Show of work
Student Journalist Awards
Gold – Melissa Mbeba – NSCC Ivany Campus, NS, Mothering Within
Silver – Marlo Ritchie – University of King’s College, NS, Remand numbers in Nova Scotia’s jails could soar under new law, warn experts
Silver – Olivia Nitti and Tedi Buffett – University of King’s College, NS, Finding sanctuary
The Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award
Gold – Ryan Cooke and Katie Breen – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Pure Hell
Silver – Ella MacDonald – Global Halifax, NS, The Murder of Devon Marsman
Bronze – Tara Bradbury – The Telegram, NL, A Conversation That Never Came
Contact:
www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca
morgen@impacteventsns.ca
HALIFAX, NS – The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) is proud to announce its 2026 finalists, recognizing work published in 2025. The AJAs celebrate excellence in journalism across Atlantic Canada, highlighting the stories and storytellers who have informed, challenged, and inspired audiences over the past year.
With categories spanning print, radio, television, and digital media, the awards showcase the depth of talent and dedication within the region’s journalism community.
The awards will be presented on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the Halifax Central Public Library in the Paul O’Regan Hall.
The AJAs Board of Directors is also pleased to announce that this year’s Hall of Fame Award will be presented to Stephen Kimber, freelance journalist and author based in Nova Scotia, in recognition of his outstanding and lasting contributions to journalism.
In addition, the Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award will be presented again this year. Established by Mark Critch in honour of his late father, the award recognizes excellence in local crime reporting across Atlantic Canada.
Tickets for the 2026 AJAs ceremony will be available for purchase in the coming days. Additional details will be shared soon.
The 2026 AJAs finalists are (in no particular order):
Breaking News
James Reid – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Auditor General Uncovers Wasted Funds On Travel Nursing Agencies
Nicole Sullivan – Cape Breton Post, NS, ‘I felt sick’; Cape Breton police investigating swastikas across from Jewish cemetery
Tara Bradbury – The Telegram, NL, Gander man arrested after DNA cracks Toronto cold case
Magazine Covers
Dru Kennedy – Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Atlantic Salmon Journal’s Winter Cover
Laura Spencer and Heather Fegan – Atlantic Books Today, NS, Natalie MacMaster Has a Story to Tell
Glen Strickey and Roxanne Boers – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Chasing the aurora borealis2
Enterprise Reporting
Josh Lewis – Eastern Graphic, PEI, Health PEI Series
Derek Montague and Justin Brake – The Independent, NL, Labrador gynecologist accused of malpractice
Lindsay Jones and Greg Mercer – Globe and Mail, NS, Jack and Lilly Sullivan
Features
Spoorthy Raman – Mongabay, NL, Newfoundland’s puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light
Aaron Beswick – The Chronicle Herald, NS, ‘He was a legend, one of the best’: North Atlantic claims two N.S. fishermen
Lindsay Jones – Globe and Mail, NS, MSC Baltic III
Photojournalism News
Keith Gosse – The Telegram, NL, Tactical Takedown
Greg Locke – Globe and Mail, NL, Newfoundland Wildfires
Keith Gosse – The Telegram, NL, Senior Saviours
Photojournalism Feature
Jeorge Sadi – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Long-standing Africville activist says he will fight latest eviction notice
Kevin McBain – South Shore Bulletin, NS, AAA Atlantic championships
Greg Locke – Globe and Mail, NL, Ice bath therapy on Signal Hill, Newfoundland
Breaking News
Becky Daley – NTV News, NL, Badger Fire Evacuation Lifted
Marykate O’Neill – NTV News, NL, Concern for Trepassey’s Breakwater as Powerful Storm Batters Province
Reeti Meenakshi Rohilla – Global Halifax, NS, Man Charged with First-Degree Murder, Saint John, N.B.
Enterprise Reporting
Ella MacDonald – Global Halifax, NS, Unheard. Unserved; Maritime Women’s Health in Crisis
Ben Cleary – NTV News, NL, Power to the People: The Upper Churchill Contract
Allyson Dubé – Radio-Canada, NB, Mauvais climat de travail à la prison de Saint-Hilaire
Feature
Jocelyn Elsdon and Michael Heenan – CBC News, NB, Swamp Water
Bailey Howard – NTV News, NL, Ahead by a Century: 100 Years of Memorial University
Jodi Cooke – NTV News, NL, We the North
Newscast (television)
David Squires, Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, A tribute show to Colleen Jones
Tracy Lightfoot – CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, CBC News: Compass, Premier Resigns
Vincent Lehouillier – Radio-Canada, NB, Téléjournal Acadie
Video Journalism
Colleen Connors – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Show of work
Skye Bryden-Blom – Global Halifax, NS, Show of work
Becky Daley – NTV News, NL, Recovery work continues on grounded MSC Baltic III
Documentary Program
Lindsay Bird and Caroline Hillier – CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, Looking for Eliza
Mariam Mesbah and Lindsay Bird – CBC Atlantic Voice, NB, The Graduate
Enterprise Reporting
Tom Ayers – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Lack of trust in the public trustee?
VOCM News; Linda Swain and Sara Strickland – VOCM, NL, On the Ground of the CBN Wildfires
Feature
Sarah Keaveny Vos and Lindsay Bird – CBC Prince Edward Island, PEI, Kindergarten to Grade 12 – Lessons in Life
Lindsay Bird – CBC Atlantic Voice, NL, The Art of Life
Viola Pruss – CBC New Brunswick, NB, Covered Bridges
Information Program
95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Vanessa van des Nes, Dan Ahlstrand, Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef, Blake Priddle and Shelli Summers – 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, 95.7 NewsRadio 20th Anniversary Special
Christina Harnett, Erin MacInnis, Portia Clark, Katy Parsons, Jerry West, Cynthia
Gatti and Phlis McGregor – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Information Morning Morning Nova Scotia with Portia Clark
Newscast (radio)
95.7 NewsRadio Team Halifax; Mark Hodgins, Chris Halef and Dan Ahlstrand – 95.7 NewsRadio, NS, Susie’s Lake Wildfire Aug 12th, 2025 4 pm Newscast
Caitlin Snow – Acadia Broadcasting – CKHY / CKHZ Halifax, NS, Nova Scotia Wildfires
Tara Clow – Acadia Broadcasting – Moncton CKNI The Bend, NB, New Brunswick Wildfires
Podcast
Matt Stickland – Grand Parade, NS, Grand Parade Goes to Quebec
Arts & Entertainment Reporting and Writing
Kevin Yarr – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Music is the language of hope
Wendy Bergfeldt – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Miner’s Houses, Glace Bay
Rhea Rollmann – The Independent, NL, What the water holds
Business Reporting and Writing
Alex Bill – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, Puddister Sells Pennecon To Ontario Industrial Firm
Brian McLaughlin – The Telegraph, NB, Is Time of Day Pricing The Next Frontier for NB Power?
James Reid – allNewfoundlandLabrador, NL, CoLab Drums Up US$72 million For AI Growth
Civic Affairs Reporting and Writing
Haley Ryan – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Tenants of Halifax mobile home park set water meter precedent across Nova Scotia
Logan MacLean – The Guardian, PEI, PEI water woes
Carole Morris-Underhill – Valley Journal-Advertiser, NS, ‘A disaster waiting to happen’: No winter warming centre planned for Windsor
Climate Action Reporting and Writing
Brian Owens – Atlantic Salmon Journal, NB, Fish Can’t Walk
Cloe Logan – Canada’s National Observer, ON, Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor
Jeremy Hull – Saltscapes Magazine, NS, Castles made of sand
Commentary
Paul MacNeill – Eastern Graphic, PEI, Emails Show What’s Wrong with PSB
Ainsley Hawthorn – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, This isn’t the first time American leaders have suggested annexing Canada
Bill McGuire – Island Farmer, PEI, Griffon Editorial: Tariffs, lemmings, curling & censorship; AVC’s decision betrays PEI’s core values
Indigenous Affairs Reporting and Writing
Cassidy Chisholm – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, How adding names to archival images has been healing We’koqma’q First Nation
John Chilibeck – Brunswick News, NB, Show of work
Heidi Atter – The Independent, NL, Innu welcome first students into Innu-aimun immersion Kindergarten
Legal Affairs Reporting and Writing
Gareth Hampshire – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, N.S. abuse victims reveal lifelong trauma from father’s sexual violence
Lindsay Jones and Tu Thanh Ha – The Globe and Mail, NS, Atlantic Registry Tim Bousquet – Halifax Examiner, NS, The Wrongful Conviction and Execution of
Daniel Sampson
Social Justice Reporting and Writing
Celina Aalders – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Intimate Partner Violence: show of work
Cameron Kilfoy – The Telegram, NL, ‘I am a Newfoundlander’: MUN residency policy stands in the way of a young woman’s hope to become a physician
Judith Mendiolea Lelo de Larrea – PNI Atlantic News, NS, Unfair cost and burden: how the pink tax puts women at a disadvantage
Sports Reporting and Writing
Madiha Mughees – Halifax Examiner, NS, ‘Cricket is where you’re able to assert a cultural identity’: Going to bat for a rapidly growing sport in Halifax
Terry Roberts and Darryl Murphy – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Here’s how a ‘ragtag’ Placentia team captured N.L.’s first Canadian junior softball title
AJA Hall of Fame Award
Stephen Kimber – Freelance Journalist and Author, NS
Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award
Shauna Bernard – The Telegram, NL, Show of work
Giuliana Grillo De Lambarri – CBC Nova Scotia, NS, Show of work
Yumna Iftikhar – The Independent, NL, Show of work
Student Journalist Awards
Marlo Ritchie – University of King’s College, NS, Remand numbers in Nova Scotia’s
jails could soar under new law, warn experts
Melissa Mbeba – NSCC Ivany Campus, NS, Mothering Within
Olivia Nitti – University of King’s College, NS, Finding sanctuary
The Mike Critch Excellence in Crime Reporting Award
Ella MacDonald – Global Halifax, NS, The Murder of Devon Marsman
Ryan Cooke and Katie Breen – CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, Pure Hell
Tara Bradbury – The Telegram, NL, A Conversation That Never Came
Contact:
www.ajas.ca
morgen@impacteventsns.ca
The Atlantic Journalism Awards Board of Directors would like to thank all Atlantic Canadian journalists who submitted their work this year. This awards competition would not exist without your talent, your commitment to strong local reporting, and your participation in recognizing the stories of people across the East Coast. The awards belong to all of us. We don’t just enter—we are the AJAs.
This year, the AJAs received nearly 200 entries. In a time when journalism communities are shrinking, that is something to be truly proud of.
All submissions have now been sent to our independent judging panel. Over the next month, they will deliberate and make the difficult decisions required to return a list of winners to the Board by April 30. Finalists will be announced shortly after.
For more information about the AJAs, visit www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca.
Once again, congratulations to all!
Keith Gosse – Chair
Bradley Works – Vice-chair
Pauline Dakin – Secretary
Crystal Murray
Molly MacNaughton
Trina Roache
Skye Bryden-Blom
Laurel Munroe
Evan Careen
Trevor Adams
Peter Gullage
www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca
morgen@impacteventsns.ca
ATLANTIC JOURNALISM AWARDS THANK ENTRANTS AS
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
The AJAs is excited to return to its roots with a cocktail reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, June 20, at the Halifax Central Library.
This marks the 45th year of the AJAs and offers an opportunity to showcase the outstanding work being done across our region. It’s a chance to share your stories with colleagues and audiences, and to celebrate the strength of journalism in Atlantic Canada.
Our sponsors recognize the value of local journalism and are proud to support this program, helping us highlight the important work being done in communities across the region. We also need you to participate and show your pride in the work that you do.
If you haven’t yet submitted, now is the time. Take advantage of the extension and enter your exceptional work so the AJAs can continue to highlight the stories, challenges, and triumphs
of the people who live here.
The Atlantic Journalism Awards, established in 1981, is a highly regarded annual program that recognizes journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in
Atlantic Canada.
The AJAs is a federally incorporated non-profit organization directed by a volunteer industry Board of Directors, and supported by valued partners.
In recent years, close to 400 entries have been received from Atlantic Canadian journalists across 31 print, radio, and television categories.
There are also a number of Journalism Student awards.
Entries may be submitted in English et aussi en français.
For more information about the awards, visit www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca.
www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca
morgen@impacteventsns.ca
DEADLINE EXTENSION: FINAL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
MONDAY, MARCH 23 AT MIDNIGHT ADT
Hey Atlantic Canadian journalists! Just reminding you that the entry deadline for the 2026 Atlantic Journalism Awards is March 21, only days away. It’s the 45th year for our awards and
the chance to show our colleagues and our audience the great work we did last year.
Our sponsors recognize the value of local Atlantic Canadian journalism and are proud to help us show the world what we do and how we report on Atlantic Canadian communities.
We also need you to participate and show YOUR pride in the work that you do.
The AJAs are a chance to have your stories judged and showcased so that we can all get the word out about the strong, vital community of journalists who live and work here, proudly reporting on the people of Atlantic Canada.
So sign up and enter your exceptional work so that the AJAs can continue to show Atlantic Canada, and the rest of the country, the struggles, triumphs, and stories of the people who live here.
The Atlantic Journalism Awards, established in 1981, is a highly regarded annual program that recognizes journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in Atlantic Canada.
The AJAs is a federally Incorporated non-profit organization and is directed by a volunteer industry Board of Directors. The project is financed by a number of supporters.
In recent years, close to 400 entries have been received from Atlantic Canadian journalists in the 31 print, radio and television categories.
There are also a number of Journalism Student awards.
Entries are eligible to be submitted in English et aussi en français.
For more information about the awards, visit www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca.
www.atlanticjournalismawards.ca.
morgen@impacteventsns.ca
FINAL CALL: SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT ADT ON MARCH 21, 2026
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The content must be about an Atlantic Canadian event or issue and must have been published in Atlantic Canada. Content created by journalists based outside of Atlantic Canada is not eligible.
Individuals may enter their own work, or a media organisation may enter on behalf of their journalists. Entries may be in French or English.
We’ve been able to keep the price of entries stable at $65, as they have been for many, many years, because we know money is tight, especially for the dwindling number of journalists in our industry.
See our new, updated and evolving website for details on categories and entry instructions at ajawards.org
Also, please feel free to send us questions, suggestions about our website or volunteer to be a judge. We want you to be part of us as well.
More details are coming soon on the actual date of the June awards event and location.
You can contact us at admin@ajawards.org
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