2019 NPOY Multimedia Finalists
2019 NPOY Single Multimedia – Sponsored by Vistek
(Listed in alphabetical order of title)
Homegrown Hate
Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
An investigative reporter posed as a white nationalist to gain inside access to a neo-Nazi paramilitary group attempting to gain a foothold in Winnipeg and across the country. This is how he did it.
Sugar Beet Farming in North Dakota
Mikaela Mackenzie / Winnipeg Free Press
Sugar beet farmer Jay Gudajtes speaks about the hardships of farming, especially in a time where extreme weather is becoming more and more common, while checking his waterlogged fields near Drayton, North Dakota, October 24, 2019. After fighting drought all summer long, farmers are now contending with flooded fields at harvest time.
‘It’s a Good Disease’: Marymount Man’s Love for Music Yields Far-Reaching Record Collection
Matt Smith / Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Dave Doolittle and Kevin Mitchell both have the bug for collecting vinyl. The two had a chance to walk through their record collections and show off favourite albums and artwork while discussing the nature of the obsession.
Baby Francesca’s Singing is Music to Her Mother’s Ears
Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail
Francesca Jones received cochlear implants when she was just five months old, one of the youngest in Ontario. At six months, the implants were “turned on.” The video of baby Francesca reacting to her mother’s voice for the first time went viral. We visited the family one year later to see how Francesca is doing.
2019 NPOY Team Multimedia – Sponsored by Thomson Reuters
(Listed in alphabetical order of title)
Black Hole Discovery: How Scientists Imaged an Event Horizon
Reporter: Ivan Semeniuk / The Globe and Mail
Location videographer and sound: Patrick Dell / The Globe and Mail
Studio videographer: Deborah Baic / The Globe and Mail
Editor: Patrick Dell / The Globe and Mail
An international team of scientists completed the task of creating an image of the event horizon of a black hole for the first time in early 2019. The Globe and Mail had exclusive early access to this breakthrough via science reporter Ivan Semeniuk which saw him and photographer Patrick Dell visit the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, to speak with one of the Canadian astrophysicists whose work contributed to the discovery. With his interview and Semeniuk’s deep knowledge of the topic, we created this video to present the science behind the discovery in an accessible manner.
Bronco Unbroken: From Tragedy to Tenacity, The Straz Strong Journey
Videographers: Leah Hennel and Kerianne Sproule / Calgary Herald / Postmedia
Editor: Leah Hennel / Calgary Herald / Postmedia
It’s been a year since Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the chest down after the team’s bus collided with a semi-truck on April 6, 2018, killing 16 people.
The Husband and Wife with Thousands of Tumors
Videographer: Ryan Jackson / Independent / Full Circle Visuals
Production Assistant: Bryn Lipinski / Independent / Full Circle Visuals
Producer: Danny Baggott / Barcroft TV
Producer: Ruby Coote / Barcroft TV
Editor: Beth Angus / Barcroft TV
Fifty-eight-year-old Gail Appelgren inherited a severe form of neurofibromatosis from her mother at birth. Over the years, Gail has been accused of being contagious and has been banned from public swimming pools because of the way she looks. However her luck began to change in August 2010 when she met her now husband, Tim Golumbia, a fellow sufferer of the condition.
The Tailor Project
Director of Photography – Tyler Anderson
Videographer – Johan Hallberg-Campbell
Videographer – Alex Cassels
Editor – Anne-Marie Jackson
The Tailor Project tells the story of approximately 2,500 tailors and their families who immigrated to Canada between 1948 and 1949 through the Garment Workers Scheme after surviving the holocaust. The Garment Workers Scheme was the first time in history that Canada opened its doors to a large number of Jewish people.
With employment and freedom, people were able to rebuild their lives after years of persecution and displacement.
Through storytelling, the Tailor Project weaves together their experiences and follows the lives of the second generation living in Canada today. Their lessons are invaluable.
The list of all 2019 NPOY nominees.
