One of the photos from Goran Tomasevic's series on a Russian-run field hospital in Donbas, which is nominated in the National Newspaper Awards Photo Story category.GORAN TOMASEVIC/The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail tops the list of finalists for the 2025 National Newspaper Awards announced Friday with 19 nominations.
Three Globe and Mail reporters – senior international correspondent Mark MacKinnon, Calgary reporter Carrie Tait and health reporter Alanna Smith, also based in Calgary – are nominated in multiple categories.
La Presse received 13 nominations, the second-highest number. The Toronto Star has eight, The Canadian Press/La Presse Canadienne has seven, The Winnipeg Free Press has five, Le Devoir has four and The Kingston Whig-Standard and National Observer have two each.
The NNAs are among Canada’s top journalism prizes.
Mr. MacKinnon is nominated for the Norman Webster Award for International Reporting for his writing from “the new Syria” on the rapid changes unfolding in the country and the enormity of the challenges ahead.
He is also nominated, with Ms. Tait, Tom Cardoso, Stephanie Chambers and Ms. Smith, for the George Brown Award for Investigations for a series of scoops on the procurement controversy at Alberta’s health authority.
Ms. Tait also received a nomination for the John Wesley Dafoe Award for Politics for that exclusives-driven coverage.
And Ms. Smith is nominated – with international correspondent Nathan VanderKlippe, investigative reporter Grant Robertson and health reporter Kelly Grant – for the Geoffrey Stevens Awards for Sustained News Coverage for tracking how measles made a comeback in Canada.
Globe and Mail reporter Emily Donaldson is nominated in Arts and Entertainment for her profile of British nature writer Robert Macfarlane, which doubles as a profile of the landscapes he chronicled.
In the Business category, Jameson Berkow is nominated for his coverage of the rapidly growing Indigenous-led business sector and its outsized role in driving Canada’s economic growth.
Also in business, Kathryn Blaze Baum and Alexandra Posadzki are nominated for their reporting on the digital black market created by Meta’s failure to address hacked accounts and its impact on businesses.
In Digital Storytelling, Jeremy Agius is nominated for work on mapping the measles outbreak, tiny condos and housing policy, and Margaret Atwood’s Toronto.
Lindsay Jones and Patrick White are nominated in Explanatory Work for in-depth reporting on the toxic aftermath of forever chemicals in Newfoundland communities.
Meagan Hancock is nominated in the Feature Photo category for a photograph from King’s Theatre, a beloved, community venue in the Nova Scotia town of Annapolis Royal.
Dancer Maya Blackburn applies makeup as dancers crowd around prior to the production of The Power of Love at Kings Theatre in Annapolis Royal, N.S., on March 2, 2025.Meagan Hancock/The Globe and Mail
There are two Globe nominations in Illustrated Commentary. Michael de Adder is nominated for his political satire on the effect of the Donald Trump presidency, and David Parkins is nominated for a portfolio of editorial cartoons ranging from international politics to Indigenous issues.
Feature writer Shannon Proudfoot is nominated for the William Southam Award for Long Feature for her in-depth profile of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Meanwhile, Greg Locke is nominated in the News Photo category for a picture of an air tanker water-bombing summer wildfires in Newfoundland.
A water bomber aircraft drops water on a wildfire near Paddy's Pond, Paradise, N.L., on Aug. 12.Greg Locke/The Globe and Mail
And Goran Tomasevic is nominated in the Photo Story category for his series from a Russian-run field hospital in Donbas, where wounded soldiers from both sides are treated just steps from the front lines.
The Globe and Mail is nominated for the John Honderich Award for Project of the Year for Poisoned, a series of stories on the opioid crisis and its impact on communities across the country.
Nominees for the Bob Levin Award for Short Feature include Mike Hager, a reporter with The Globe’s B.C. bureau in Vancouver, for a story on the colourful characters who continue to sell waterbeds to the devoted.
And Jana G. Pruden is nominated in Sports for stories of three professional athletes that examine issues of human resilience, courage and identity.
In the Sports Photo category Barbara Davidson is nominated for her picture showing the heartbreak of fans after the Blue Jays’ 18th-inning loss.
The winners will be announced – and the Journalist of the Year will be named – in Toronto on April 24.
Moez Kassam from Toronto is dejected in a sea of celebrating Dodgers fans after the Jays lost to the Dodgers during Game 3 of the World Series on Oct. 27.Barbara Davidson/The Globe and Mail