Deadline: 12 January 2024
The Michener-Baxter Award for Exceptional Service to Canadian Journalism honours outstanding contributions to the cause of public interest journalism in Canada, by an individual who has been a working journalist and may have also served journalism in other ways.
In exceptional circumstances, the award can be conferred on persons who have made extraordinary contributions to journalism without having worked as journalists themselves, or on organizations producing or supporting journalism and/or journalists.
This award is intended to celebrate a consistent body of achievement that produced positive impacts on the world of journalism and benefited Canadian society in general. It is available to those whose influence has been felt locally, regionally or nationally, including those whose impact may not be well known beyond newsrooms. The recipient’s contributions will have principally served to help inform Canadian audiences. In some instances, the award can be bestowed posthumously.
The Michener Award is administered by the Michener Awards Foundation in partnership with the Rideau Hall Foundation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entries must be based on material from Canadian print or broadcast organizations or Canadian online news sites that adhere to the journalistic principles of accuracy and fairness.
- To be selected as a finalist, a news organization must be able to demonstrate that its entry achieved identifiable results. The results may include improvements in public policy, ethical standards, corporate governance or the lives of Canadians.
- Entries for the Michener Awards are accepted only for stories published or broadcast in the previous calendar year — January 1 to December 31.
For more information, visit Michener Awards Foundation.
