Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Press Freedom Awards! Press Freedom Award Winner Melissa Martin Martin is an award-winning reporter-at-large for the Winnipeg Free Press. After Russia’s 2022 invasion, Martin made a reporting trip to Ukraine. In 2023, she took a leave from the paper and returned to Ukraine to live, sharing dispatches via […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Vincent Larouche, winner of the 2023 Press Freedom Prize World Press Freedom Canada (WPFC) is delighted to announce La Presse’s Vincent Larouche as the winner of the 2023 Press Freedom Award. The award is given annually to a journalist who has overcome secrecy, legal maneuvers, political intimidation, interference, or other safety risks to produce an […]
Read MoreCongratulations to 2022 Press Freedom Award Co-Winners Fatima Syed and Tai Huynh Fatima Syed is a Mississauga-based journalist who joined The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau in the latter part of 2021. She is also host of Canadaland’s The Backbench podcast. As a local journalist with a keen eye on her city, Fatima saw the appalling toll […]
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