2015 NPOY Multimedia Finalists
2015 NPOY Single Multimedia – Sponsored by the Toronto Star
(Listed in alphabetical order of titles)
Looking for a fight: Boxer Jelena Mrdjenovich
Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal
Six-time world boxing champion Jelena Mrdjenovich can’t find anyone to fight her.
Poundmaker Pow Wow
Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal
First Nations dancers from across Alberta were represented at the annual pow wow held at Poundmaker’s Lodge in St. Albert, Alberta, on August 2, 2015.
Saving Bonavista’s architectural treasures
Andrew Tolson / Maclean’s
Bonavista is one of Newfoundland’s grand old towns, situated near the end of a peninsula extending 85 km from Newfoundland’s northeast coast. Thanks to John Norman of Bonavista Living, the community’s gorgeous architecture is being restored one building at a time.
The amazing repair of Charlie’s tiny heart
Marta Iwanek / Toronto Star
The repair of Charlie’s tiny heart. A surgeon’s life-saving skills repair the deformed organ of one infant twin.
2015 NPOY Team Multimedia – Sponsored by Vistek
(Listed in alphabetical order of titles)
83-Year-Old Mississippi Bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch
Director, Cinematographer, and Editor: Brent Foster / Foster Visuals
Audio, Color, and Additional Cinematography: Nick Brokalakis
Two years ago, no one outside of Bruce, Mississippi, knew Leo “Bud” Welch. Today, he’s recognized as one of the last remaining Mississippi Delta bluesman. Born in 1932, Leo began playing guitar at the age of 13. He played for family, friends and churches while making a living in the logging industry and on the farm for more than 35 years. This year, at the age of 83, Leo released his first-ever blues C.D. titled “I Don’t Prefer No Blues.” The album title is a quote when Leo talked to the preacher at his church and told him he was recording a blues C.D.
Dying on the Street: Remembering Barbi Harris
Video and Photography: Leah Hennel / Calgary Herald
Second Camera and Editing Assistance: Kerianne Sproule / Calgary Herald
Homeless after years of addiction, Barbi Harris hoped to die with dignity. But not before passing on her hard-earned wisdom. Even as her 51-year-old body became riddled with cancer, she continued to push her shopping cart to Calgary’s bottle-picking hot spots; the places she and her pals called their “traplines.” Harris did not want pity. Nor did she want to be judged. She simply wanted to be treated with kindness, with respect.
Healing Waters
Cinematography: Brent Foster and Preston Kanak / Foster Visuals
Editing: Peter Schnobb
Producer: Tammy Foster
After 30 years in the navy and 10 years in private industry, Ed Nicholson was diagnosed with cancer. He was recovering in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when injured vets began coming back from Iraq. Nicholson realized there was something he could do to help them cope with their mental and physical issues. Armed with a fly fishing rod, Ed began to teach people to cast on the front lawn of the hospital and Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing was born.
Human trafficking in Ontario
Video: Melissa Renwick / Toronto Star
Editor: Kelsey Wilson / Toronto Star
Reporter: Olivia Carville / Toronto Star
Young Canadian girls are being beaten, branded, bought and sold in hotels and motels, and along highways across the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario. The victims are as young as 12, tricked into the sex trade by “Romeo” pimps who sell a dream of money, love and security. Three victims of human trafficking talk about what life is like in “The Game.”
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