CAJ Award winners announced

VANCOUVER, May 23 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists, Canada's only national professional organization for reporters, editors, producers and photographers, announced the winners of the annual CAJ Awards for journalism tonight at the association's Awards gala dinner held in conjunction with its annual national conference. The CAJ's top award for investigative journalism in Canada, the Don McGillivray Award for Investigative Journalism was presented to Steve Buist of the Hamilton Spectator for his entry A Pig's Tale. The CAJ awards are Canada's only recognition for the best in investigative journalism across the country.

The winners in the OPEN TELEVISION (greater than 5 minutes) category are:

Frédéric Zalac, Alex Shprintsen, Kris Fleerackers, Georges Laszuk, Sandra Bartlett, Susanne Reber
The Taser Test
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CAJ Code of Silence Award

The nominations have been announced for the Canadian Association of Journalists' Code of Silence Award, which "recognizes the most secretive government, department or agency in Canada." Among other deserving nominees is this nomination:

"The RCMP, its partner organization the Canadian Police Research Centre and police forces across Canada that refuse to divulge information about Taser use. Municipal police forces have frequently refused to release information about Taser use, and the RCMP has been uncommonly secretive since the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski. Calls to the RCMP are vetted through the communications office in Ottawa, which routinely ignores requests for information, refuses to release documents that ought to be public and forces journalists through lengthy battles to gain access to data and reports on Taser safety."

The winner will be announced Saturday at the CAJ's annual awards gala.