Better Farming among finalists for top journalism award

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

by BETTER FARMING STAFF

Robert Irwin, Don Stoneman and Mary Baxter’s article, “Faith in Arlan Galbraith: Ontario’s Pigeon King” was among five articles selected as finalists in the competition’s magazine category.

“I’m delighted and incredibly honoured to learn our work was included in the list of awards finalists,” says Robert Irwin, Better Farming’s managing editor. “This competition holds the country’s journalism community’s utmost respect for its efforts to recognize the best work produced in Canada each year. The honour of having our work considered alongside some of Canada’s top investigative journalists can’t be understated.”

Other finalists in the magazine category include: Jeremy Klaszus for his piece “Down the River,” which appeared in Alberta Views; Alex Roslin for “The 1,000-Mile Diet," appearing in Canadian Geographic and “Are BC’s Bee Colonies the Latest to Die Off?” in The Georgia Straight; and Terry Gould, “Fall of a Super Cop,” which appeared in Maclean’s Magazine.

The winners of the competition will be announced during the association’s annual conference in Edmonton on May 24. At that time the association will announce the winner of the Don McGillivray Award for the best overall investigative report for 2007.

CAJ is a national non-profit organization acting as a national voice for Canadian journalists from all media.

Previous winners in this category include Andrew Mitrovica for an article appearing in The Walrus and for another piece written with Susan Bourette that ran in the now-defunct Saturday Night and Marci McDonald for an article that appeared in The Walrus.

Published 10 times a year, Better Farming is Ontario’s largest circulation farm business publication. It is owned by AgMedia.