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1/12 @jacksmyboy @bkives @LaraASchroeder @purdyCBC @cbcamber and I won an @RTDNA_Canada digital media award today for coverage of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike centenary last year. One of 8 Prairie awards for @CBCManitoba. https://twitter.com/RTDNA_Canada/status/1250511510566305794
2/12 V lucky to get to work alongside these bright, hard-working folks every day (at a distance these days). Usually there's an @RTDNA_Canada in-person ceremony. Not so this year bc of COVID-19. *But* if it were to happen, I'd nominate @jacksmyboy to pick up the award. Here's why
3/12 @jacksmyboy alone wrote ~20,000 words across 9 or so features. He spent weeks and weeks on research and many hours scouring the @MBGovArchives for historical photos that appear across our coverage. What a feat. He deserves 
4/12 All of @jacksmyboy features are worth checking out. Here's a few:
Winnipeg strikes: Workers' demands for rights and a living wage shook the nation over 42 days in 1919: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/winnipeg-strikes-1919
Winnipeg strikes: Workers' demands for rights and a living wage shook the nation over 42 days in 1919: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/winnipeg-strikes-1919
5/12 By @jacksmyboy: Bloody Saturday: 1919 strike turns deadly — Tumultuous crest of Winnipeg General Strike left 2 dead, dozens hurt and city under military rule: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/bloody-saturday-and-hells-alley
6/12 By @jacksmyboy: Winnipeg's 1919 strike leaders: 10 men were both applauded as labour's champions and accused of a conspiracy to bring down the government: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/winnipegs-strike-leaders-from-1919
7/12 By @jacksmyboy: The wild woman of the Winnipeg strike — Helen (Ma) Armstrong was matriarch of 1919 strike, leading with 'courage and compassion' https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/helen-armstrong-wild-woman-of-the-west
8/12 @purdyCBC helped shoot pics. Also, 360 videos that, with the help of our amazing @CBCNewsGraphics and interactive units, transport viewers back in time to some of the key 1919 strike locations around Winnipeg. Here's 1 centred on the Exchange District
9/12 Contributions from @bkives include this nuanced look at Manitoba's labour movement, how it's changed in the past 100 years and what challenges it's facing today: https://www.cbc.ca/1.5124777
10/12 @CBCamber helped produce/guide this gargantuan digital project. She worked on scripts for 360 videos, AND had a hand in pulling @petermansbridge out of retirement to do great voice over work for these timewarp videos. Hear that iconic cadence here: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/winnipeg-general-strike-vulcan-iron-works
11/12 @LaraASchroeder, one of our resident copy editors, edited thousands and thousands of words for this project. She's a hero. Copy editors are heroes.
12/12 Lastly, other reporters, producers, anchors churned out TV and radio content for the 1919 strike centenary that wasn't included in this digital media category. Including this podcast by @CBCMarcy + @kimkaschor. Deserves a listen: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/muddied-water/
