{"id":19426,"date":"2026-04-25T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/19426\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:23:08","slug":"the-globes-carrie-tait-named-journalist-of-the-year-by-the-national-newspaper-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/19426\/","title":{"rendered":"The Globe\u2019s Carrie Tait named journalist of the year by the National Newspaper Association"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police execute search warrants at a medical building in relation to the AHS scandal in Edmonton in March. The story was reported on by The Globe’s Carrie Tait.JASON FRANSON\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n

Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait, whose dogged pursuit of a spending scandal in Alberta forced her to endure taunts by a cabinet minister<\/a> and reputational attacks by a self-described political fixer<\/a>, has been named journalist of the year by the National Newspaper Association.<\/p>\n

Ms. Tait also won in the politics category and as the lead reporter for a team entry in the investigation category.<\/p>\n

The Globe won eight categories at Friday night\u2019s National Newspaper Awards, the most in total. Stories receiving recognition included a sustained series tracking how measles has made a comeback in Canada and for reporting from Syria.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press won the second-most awards with four.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a thrilling evening and everyone at The Globe is delighted to have come out on top with a range of original and important work,\u201d Globe editor-in-chief David Walmsley said. <\/p>\n

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Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait.The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n

\u201cAwarding Carrie Tait, deservedly, as journalist of the year, the judges rightly said Ms. Tait did not retreat in the face of a campaign of intimidation and threat. That determination, that the truth will come out, is the essence of The Globe and Mail. Brave, independent journalism that stands alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

In citing Ms. Tait\u2019s work, the NNA judges noted that her coverage of Alberta politics \u201cstood apart as a model of investigative rigour and personal fortitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHer reporting did more than chronicle events: it altered the province\u2019s political landscape, triggering real consequences and forcing accountability at the highest levels of government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Tait, along with colleagues Tom Cardoso, Alanna Smith, Stephanie Chambers and others, have spent more than a year examining allegations of political interference tied to hundreds of millions of dollars\u2019 worth of contracts awarded by the Alberta government to an Edmonton businessman, Sam Mraiche.<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail leads in National Newspaper Awards nominations<\/a><\/p>\n

Premier Danielle Smith and her ministers have maintained that they did nothing wrong. The government dismissed a former health CEO, who first raised the allegations, as incompetent and suggested critics are simply opposed to health reform.<\/p>\n

The allegations have since prompted investigations by the RCMP \u2013 which executed search warrants last month, including at Mr. Mraiche\u2019s company \u2013 and the Alberta<\/a> Auditor-General.<\/p>\n

The NNA news release announcing the award winners noted that Ms. Tait \u201cwas subjected to a sustained campaign of intimidation, including a lawsuit, stalking, surveillance and harassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTait did not retreat,\u201d the judges said. \u201cShe continued to report with discipline, precision and restraint, navigating personal risk with a professionalism that has inspired colleagues across the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

A separate team won the NNA for sustained news coverage for The Globe\u2019s work tracking how measles has made a comeback in Canada. The work includes a story by Nathan VanderKlippe<\/a>, who travelled from Thailand to Texas to New Brunswick, tracing the origins of the Canadian outbreak. It also included work by Alanna Smith, who explained how falling vaccine rates got Canada to the point of losing its elimination status<\/a> for the disease.<\/p>\n

Globe international correspondent Mark MacKinnon won for his reporting on Syria<\/a> in the post-Assad era. He spoke to Syrians about their futures, their anger over the new rulers and continuing violence. Judges said the work offered \u201cimportant insights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Members of the new Syrian security forces ride their vehicle in a market in the old city of Damascus, Syria, in February, 2025.Asmaa Waguih\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n

Lindsay Jones and Patrick White won in the explanatory category for their in-depth reporting on forever chemicals<\/a> found in Newfoundland communities, but also in communities across the country. The work raised questions about why authorities hadn\u2019t done more to alert residents of the possible dangers. Judges described the piece as \u201cthe epitome of exceptional explanatory journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ottawa political columnist Shannon Proudfoot was awarded for her long feature on Mark Carney<\/a>. The profile, judges said, avoided the risks of the mundane and obvious. \u201cProudfoot\u2019s clear, evocative language and excellent analysis\u201d created a \u201cvivid\u201d portrait of the new Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

Michael de Adder was recognized in the illustrated commentary category for his political drawings depicting the impact of the Trump presidency. Judges described it as \u201ctruly memorable satire that felt fresh and provocative.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Newspaper Association said judges considered a total of 927 entries published in 2025 from 77 news organizations. <\/p>\n

The Nunatsiaq News won its first award for a section published in English and Inuktitut. The work showcased the impact of the James Bay hydroelectric project and judges said \u201cunflinchingly\u201d looked at one of the most complex Indigenous land-claim settlements in Canada.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press won project of the year for extensive coverage from the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario. A CP photographer and reporter spent months producing a sweeping, multimedia project exploring the issues, the landscape and the people.<\/p>\n

Other winners included the Toronto Star and La Presse, each with three wins. Ten other publications each had a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Police execute search warrants at a medical building in relation to the AHS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-19426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-environment","24":"tag-federal-government","25":"tag-foreign-news","26":"tag-globe-and-mail","27":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","29":"tag-government","30":"tag-life-news","31":"tag-lifestyle","32":"tag-local-news","33":"tag-manitoba","34":"tag-national-news","35":"tag-new-brunswick","36":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","37":"tag-northwest-territories","38":"tag-nova-scotia","39":"tag-nunavut","40":"tag-ontario","41":"tag-pei","42":"tag-photos","43":"tag-political-news","44":"tag-political-opinion","45":"tag-politics","46":"tag-politics-news","47":"tag-quebec","48":"tag-sports-news","49":"tag-technology","50":"tag-travel","51":"tag-trudeau","52":"tag-us-news","53":"tag-world-news","54":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}