The photographer of The Press Olivier Jean is among the winners of the show’s prizes In the media, for one of his reports on the homelessness crisis. The Minister of Culture and Communications, Mathieu Lacombe, was named personality of the year for his involvement in the media crisis.
This is the second year that the team led by host Marie-Louise Arsenault has awarded its prizes, which are given “to highlight the work of artists and artisans from Quebec media who have stood out” in the past year.
HAS The Press, Olivier Jean is nominated for his report on the homelessness crisis “When the car becomes our only home”. The latter dealt with the fact that more and more Quebecers, pushed onto the streets by the cost of living and the price of housing, find themselves forced to live in their cars. Mr. Jean and journalist Gabrielle Duchaine then accompanied two men who have been living in their vehicle since May in their daily lives.
Furthermore, the title of “media personality” goes to the Minister of Culture and Communications, Mathieu Lacombe, “who, while the media and television production sectors are in crisis, has had to speak out on several occasions on the subject,” notes the show’s team.
Radio-Canada journalist Émilie Dubreuil deserves the prize for best field report for “The neighbors of the Travel Inn: In Maine, we don’t take care of the crazy”, which was produced shortly after the Lewiston massacre , last October. The shooting left 18 dead and around ten others injured, causing shock waves in the municipality.
At Montreal Journalthe journalists from the Bureau of Investigation Annabelle Blais and Dominique Cambron-Goulet are for their part crowned champions in matters of journalistic investigation, in order to underline “the repercussions of their investigation on the management of the expenses of the leaders of the Consultation Office public of Montreal (OCPM)”.
The prize for “media slip-up” of the year goes to “the media’s obsession with Denis Coderre”, the former mayor of Montreal who made a lot of talk recently after mentioning that he would run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ), last January.
In the “content creation” category, honors go to local and psychosocial worker Annie Archambault, aka Surleborddelaligne, who “deconstructs myths about homelessness thanks to her videos published on TikTok”.
For their contribution to covering the conflict between Hamas and Israel “from the inside”, Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian filmmaker Bisan Owda and Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad are nominated in the “international reporting” category.
The prize for best documentary series goes to Marie-Christine Bergeron and Maxime Landry for “Father of 100 Children”. Finally, it was the journalist Jean Bourbeau and the communicator Laïma A. Gérald, who both collaborate with Urbania, who won the emerging prize.
reference: www.lapresse.ca