The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) is proud to announce its shortlist for the annual CJF Award for Climate Solutions Reporting that celebrates a working journalist or team of journalists whose work shines a spotlight on climate change and innovative solutions in Canadian print, broadcast or online news reporting.
The five finalists for this year’s award and the stories or series shortlisted are:
Joel Balsam and photojournalist Stephanie Foden for their Globe and Mail reporting on an Innu band council and regional municipality’s attempt to declare Quebec’s Magpie River a legal person – which would be a first in Canada. In practice, this would mean that the river’s human guardians could take legal action if the river is polluted by other actors.
The team of journalists behind the CBC Radio series What on Earth, which includes Manusha Janakiram, Laura Lynch, Molly Segal, Lisa Johnson, Rachel Sanders, Serena Renner and Mathias Wolfsohn, for telling stories that highlight the human and natural costs of rising emissions and what can be done about it. What on Earth won the inaugural award last year.
The Globe and Mail’s team of climate journalists, which includes Ryan MacDonald, Kathryn Blaze Baum, Jeffrey Jones and Adam Radwanski, for their narrative-shifting stories on how to reengineer the economy to adapt to and capitalize on climate change.
The team of journalists behind the CBC’s The Doc Project podcast, which includes Acey Rowe, Brad Badelt, Joan Webber, Jennifer Warren and Althea Manasan, for “Big Tree Hunt,” an episode exploring the issue of ancient tree logging in British Columbia from different perspectives.
The team of journalists behind Canada’s National Observer’s Race Against Climate Change miniseries, which includes Shaghayegh Tajvidi, Polly Leger and Linda Solomon Wood. The series shares stories on climate solutions using an intersectional lens, approachable tone and a focus on human values.
