CTV News Atlantic has been awarded six Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Awards in the East Region. The annual awards recognize the best in radio, television and digital journalism. Media outlets came together to celebrate during an event in Halifax Thursday night. Recipients included a former but familiar face from CTV, longtime journalist Joanne Clancy, who won a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. She said it’s an honour to follow in the footsteps of journalists like Bruce Frisko, who won the award in 2025. “I’m deeply, deeply touched and very, very appreciative to receive this recognition from my fellow journalists, it means a lot to me,” she said. “I think the work that our journalists, our people, are doing today in local newsrooms are extremely important because if they don’t tell our stories, who’s going to tell our stories?” Along with the honour, the CTV News Atlantic team received the following RTDNA Awards: Digital awards Breaking News (Small/Medium Market) Bayers Lake Wildfire: Business Park Evacuated Feature News (Small/Medium Market) Photographer Retraces Steps of Nova Scotian Cyclist Audio-Visual Storytelling Don’t Laugh, It’s Paid For: Maritimer Drives Car Over a Million Kilometers Breaking News (Small/Medium Market) Susies Lake Fire Prompts Evacuation Feature News (Small/Medium Market) ‘I Can Build Something Out of That’: Jurassic Parts Come to Life Opinion Murphy’s Logic: Hacks The regional winners now move on as finalists at the RTDNA’s Best Canadian Local News Awards, which will be announced at the National Awards Gala in Toronto on Nov. 7. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
