Global Calgary and 770 CHQR nominated for 12 RTDNA Awards

Global News Calgary and Global News Radio 770 CHQR have together been nominated for 12 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Awards in the Prairie region.

The RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, stations and news gathering organizations in radio, television and digital journalism platforms.

The Prairie region winners are announced at the regional awards ceremony on April 6, 2019 in Saskatoon, Sask.

Below are the nine nominations for Global Calgary and 770 CHQR’s 2018 content, which recognize stories from podcasting to data journalism to technical innovation.

Digital category

Best Podcast

• Off Script Episode 13: Faces in the Crowd

Click here to visit Jill Croteau and Nate Luit’s Off Script page for the episodes above and more

Data Storytelling

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• Calgary Flood — 5 Years Later

Digital Media Award

• Calgary Olympic Vote — Decision 2026

Multiplatform category

Dejero Award for Best Technical Innovation 

• Humboldt Broncos funerals

Excellence in Innovation

• Calgary Olympic Vote — Decision 2026

Radio category

Long Feature — Dave Rovers Award (Large Market) 

• Father I Never Knew

Opinion and Commentary — Sam Ross Award

• Gold Medal Gong Show

Television category

Breaking News — Charlie Edwards Award

• Mysterious Medical Emergency

Continuing Coverage — Ron Laidlaw Award

• Hell & Back — 5 Years After the Flood

Diversity — Adrienne Clarkson Award

• Pride Without Prejudice

Excellence in Video — Hugh Haughland Award

• Sisterhood of Colour

Short Feature — Dave Rogers Award (Large Market)

• Breast Cancer Show & Tell