CBC News takes home 51 awards at 2018 RTDNA

​CBC News scooped up 51 awards on Saturday at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards, honouring national and regional journalism in TV, web and radio.​​
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​CBC News scooped up 51 awards on Saturday at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards, honouring national and regional journalism in TV, web and radio.​​ (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

​CBC News scooped up 51 awards on Saturday at the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards, honouring national and regional journalism in TV, web and radio.

That's up from the 44 the public broadcaster won in 2017.

This year's CBC winners are:

NETWORK AWARD WINNERS

MULTIPLATFORM

Innovation Award

DIGITAL

Breaking News — Charlie Edwards Award

Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

    CBC News won the Ron Laidlaw Award for its continuing coverage of refugees crossing the U.S. border into Canada. (Austin Grabish/CBC)

    Data Storytelling Award

      Diversity — Adrienne Clarkson Award

        News-Live Special Events — Gord Sinclair Award

          The CBC News Social Team won the social media award for From Danger to Despair: Life for Refugees on the Streets of Serbia. (Saša Petricic/CBC)

          ​Social Media Award

            Sports — Feature Reporting Award

              RADIO

              Breaking News — Charlie Edwards Award

              • CBC News, World Report, London Tube Attack

              Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

              • CBC News, The World at Six, No Home for Rohingyas

              ​Long Feature — Dave Rogers Award

              • CBC News, The World at Six, Selling Elephants

              News-Live Special Events — Gord Sinclair Award

              • CBC News, CBC Radio News Special: Vimy @ 100

              Radio Newscast — Byron MacGregor Award

              • CBC News, The World at Six, A Deadly Day

              Short Feature — Dave Rogers Award

              • CBC News, The World at Six, Toby's Apology

              Sound — Dick Smyth Award

              • CBC News, The World at Six, Trump Inauguration

              Sports — Feature Reporting Award

              • CBC News, The World This Weekend, Indigenous Sprinter

              Devin Heroux has the story of 17 year old Calvin Napope, an athlete at the North American Indigenous Games. He lives in a foster home, his mom is in jail, but competing makes him happy and gives him a purpose. 3:12

              TELEVISION

              Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

              • CBC News, The National, South Sudan Famine

              CBC's Margaret Evans reports from the world's youngest country where a devastating famine, coupled by an ongoing civil war, has left millions of people vulnerable 3:23

              Long Feature — Dave Rogers Award

              • CBC News, The National, The Ruins of Raqqa

              Within days of ISIS fleeing the Syrian city of Raqqa, Senior Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and cameraman Jean-François Bisson travel to Syria to see what ISIS left behind 10:43

              News-Live Special Events — Gord Sinclair Award

              • CBC News Special Presentation, Canada Day 2017

              TV Newscast — Bert Cannings Award

              • CBC News, The National, December 7, 2017

              Video — Hugh Haugland Award

              • CBC News, The National, Disappearing Giants

              NETWORK AWARD WINNERS

              MULTIPLATFORM

              In–depth or Investigative — Dan McArthur Award

                DIGITIAL

                Breaking News — Charlie Edwards Award

                • CBC Montreal, Evacuations Begin as Floods Strikes Montreal Area

                Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

                  Digital Media Award (Small/Medium Market)

                    Digital Media Award (Large Market)

                    • CBC Montreal, Roots Of Montreal, Leonard Cohen, Mapping History, Bad Roads, Election Results

                    Diversity — Adrienne Clarkson Award

                      News-Live Special Events — Gord Sinclair Award

                        CBC Vancouver won the Gord Sinclair Award for its live coverage of Const. John Davidson's full regimental funeral. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC)

                        Opinion and Commentary — Sam Ross Award

                          Podcast Award

                            ​Social Media Award

                              Sports — Feature Reporting Award

                              • CBC Edmonton, The Edmonton Oilers

                              RADIO

                              Breaking News — Charlie Edwards Award

                              • CBC Montreal, Montreal Declares State Of Emergency, May 7, 2017

                              Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

                              • CBC Toronto, Finding Shannon

                              Diversity — Adrienne Clarkson Award

                              • CBC Saskatchewan Morning Edition, Thom Collegiate Drummers

                              Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) — Dave Rogers Award

                              • CBC Yellowknife, I Will Remember For You

                              Long Feature (Large Market) — Dave Rogers Award

                              • CBC Edmonton, Wapiti Flight 402: The Untold Story of the Noskiye Family

                              Radio News Information Program — Peter Gzowski Award

                              • CBC Sudbury, National Aboriginal Day – Up North

                              Radio Newscast (Large Market) — Byron MacGregor Award

                              • CBC Vancouver, Oct 2, 2017: Las Vegas Shooter

                              Short Feature (Small/Medium Market) — Dave Rogers Award

                              • CBC London, Unity After Homophobic Slur, Torn By Cultural Differences: 2 Men Exchange Hugs and Roses After Homophobic Slur

                              Short Feature (Large Market) — Dave Rogers Award

                              • CBC Radio One, Bikers in the Louvre

                              Sound — Dick Smyth Award

                              • CBC Prince Edward Island, Riley's Collection

                              Sports — Feature Reporting Award

                              • CBC Calgary, World Skateboarding Day 2017: Calgary's 100% All-Girls Skate Club

                              TELEVISION

                              Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

                              • CBC Atlantic, Deep Trouble: The Perils of the Right Whale

                              Carolyn Ray goes to Provincetown, Massachusetts in Cape Cod - home to groundbreaking research on the North Atlantic Right Whale. 26:08

                              Diversity — Adrienne Clarkson Award

                              • CBC NL, Access Denied

                              Long Feature (Small/Medium Market) — Dave Rogers Award

                              • CBC Manitoba, A Syrian Girl's Road To Recovery

                              A 13-year-old refugee who fled to Canada after a bombing in Syria still has a long road to recovery and she's unsure whether she will ever see her parents again. 6:17