The Canadian Farm Writers Federation has released the results of its annual competition. Long time Winnipeg Free Press regional reporter Bill Redekop won the top press feature award. Top winners of daily, weekly and monthly press reporting were, respectively: Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press, Mary MacArthur, Western Producer and Mary Baxter, Better Farming magazine. Ontario Farmer editor Peter Reschke took gold for press column and freelance writer Ray Ford took gold for technical feature.

Reporters with the Winnipeg Free Press and Ontario Farmer took home the most awards, each with five, while Western Producer reporters garnered four.

According to its news release, CFWF represents 350 English speaking agricultural journalists, broadcasters and communicators from across Canada. The awards were presented Saturday during the organization's annual conference, this year held in Winnipeg.

Here's a full list of winners, with links to their work:

Television News Reporting The Jack McPherson Award

Sponsor: Dairy Farmers of Canada

Gold: Rachel Kehrig Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Michael Smith visits a lentil farm

Silver: Joey Sabljic University of Guelph, Spark Higher oil soybeans, a bigger bottom line

Bronze: Natalie Osborne University of Guelph, Spark Sugar particles from corn

Radio News Reporting The Tom Leach Award

Sponsor: Bayer CropScience Inc.

Gold: Alice McFarlane  Flea beetles threaten canola

*Silver and bronze were not awarded

News Release The Alice Switzer Award

Sponsor: Farm Business Communications

Gold: Karli Reimer Ducks Unlimited Canada A bin full of reasons to grow winter wheat

Silver: Lilian Schaer  Apple and tender fruit growers appreciate support in wake of widespread crop damage

Bronze: Tracey Feist  Environmental contest winners implement plan

General Periodical The Felix Schmaltz Award

Sponsor: AdFarm

Gold: Owen Roberts University of Guelph Agrifood yearbook 2011-2012

Silver: Amanda Ryan Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Annual Report

Bronze: Kevin Hursh Farm Credit Canada AgriSuccess

Technical Feature The Peter Lewington Award

Sponsor: CanWEA

Gold: Ray Ford Ontario Farmer Fly Guy hunts with truck-mounted butterfly net

Silver: John Greig Ontario Farmer Post cervical insemination could cut AI boar numbers in half

Bronze: Tamara Leigh  Lean manufacturing offers competitive edge

Press Column The Frank Jacobs Award

Sponsor: MANA Crop Protection

Gold: Peter Reschke  No-win situation for the province

Silver: Ray Ford  Great forage, good for the soil.

Bronze: Kevin Hursh The Western Producer AgriInvest may be short-lived in boom times

Press Editorial The O.R. Evans Award

Sponsor: Richardson

Gold: Sheri Monk Alberta Farm Express Defending America in a cow-eat-cow world

Silver: Tom Henry Small Farm Canada What it means to be a farmer

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Bronze: Gord Gilmour  I feed myself

Press Feature The Dick Beamish Award

Sponsor: Monsanto Canada

Gold: Bill Redekop Winnipeg Free Press The man who killed the family farm

Silver: Anne Lazurko  Who is the Canadian farmer?

Silver: Lorne McClinton  Distribution central

Bronze: Kevin Hursh  Market freedom

Monthly Press Reporting The Jack Cram Award

Sponsor: Canadian Seed Growers' Association

Gold: Mary Baxter Better Farming Do crown patents protect you against government incursions on your property rights?

Silver: Steve Biggs  Their success is no secret

Bronze: Maggie Van Camp  Risk, Reward

Weekly Press Reporting The Q.H. Martinson Award

Sponsor: Ontario Farmer Publications

Gold: Mary MacArthur The Western Producer New pioneers clear the way

Silver: Barb Glen The Western Producer Grizzlies a growing concern for ranchers

Bronze: Karen Dallimore  Opposition points to economic fallout

Daily Press Reporting The C.B. Fairbairn Award

Sponsor: Western Producer

Gold: Mia Rabson Winnipeg Free Press Pivotal vote on wheat board

Silver: Larry Kusch Winnipeg Free Press Feds wrest control of Prairie agency

Bronze: Murray McNeill Winnipeg Free Press CWB a more flexible version of an old model

World Wide Website The Henry Heald Award

Sponsor: Quarry Integrated Communications

Gold: Shaun Haney RealAgriculture Real Agriculture.com

Silver: Tracey Shelton Richardson Richardson.ca

Bronze: Allison Finnamore Farm Credit Canada FCC Express

Feature Photograph The Don Baron Award

Sponsor: George Morris Centre

Gold: Glenn Lowson The Grower Pressures on water are rising

Silver: William DeKay The Western Producer Family takes a leap

Bronze: Joe Bryksa Winnipeg Free Press Sand bag

News Photograph The John Phillips Award

Sponsor: Better Farming

Gold: William DeKay The Western Producer Mud wrestlers

Silver: Joe Bryksa Winnipeg Free Press Long day

Bronze: Sharon Grose Ontario Farmer Strawberries

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On Thursday evening The New York Times' David Carr joined CBC Radio's Michael Enright in conversation at The Canadian Journalism Foundation's fall kick-off J-Talk at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto. Here's a recap of J-Source's live coverage

On Thursday evening The New York Times' David Carr joined CBC Radio's Michael Enright in conversation at The Canadian Journalism Foundation's fall kick-off J-Talk at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto. Here's a recap of J-Source's liveblog coverage:

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Note: You may notice that the video of J-Source's livestream has been removed. Due to the poor qualility of the audio in the broadcast, we felt the video did not adequately serve our users and the decision was made to remove it. Here is a full podcast of the event, courtesy of The Canadian Journalism Foundation.

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Today’s media links from Canada and beyond: Former Radio-Canada reporter gets support to run for PQ, cartoonists talk to Jian Ghomeshi, one journo writes an obit for journalism and Al-Jazeera’s The Stream’s twitter gets hacked. And today’s read: Canadian unemployment rate falls to 7.2 per cent.

In Canadian media:

Former Radio-Canada broadcaster to run for PQ

After 25 years working as a reporter for Radio-Canada, Pierre Duchesne resigned last month. His most recent work at Radio-Canada was done as chief correspondent at the legislature. He will be a Parti Québécoi candidate running in Quebec’s next provincial election. Current leader Pauline Marois defends Duchesne saying he is “a man of great integrity.”

Jian Ghomeshi, cartoonists discuss the changing state of editorial cartoons

Yesterday on CBC’s Q, Jian Ghomeshi talked to longtime Montreal Gazette editorial cartoonist Aislin and Pulitzer nominated Matt Bors from The Cartoon Movement about the state of editorial cartoons and how it’s changing.

One journo’s farewell to journalism

The opinion’s editor of McMaster University’s student paper, The Silhouette, bids adieu to journalism as we know it.

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In international media:

Al-Jazeera’s Twitter account #hacked

Al-Jazeera’s English-language show The Stream’s Twitter account was hacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The hackers tweeted links to pro-Assad material yesterday.

Today’s read:

Canadian unemployment rate falls unexpectedly in June

According to Statistics Canada, Canadian employment increased by 7,300 in June and the jobless rate fell to 7.2 per cent. Bay Street analysts predicted that it would remain at 7.3 per cent.

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The kidnapping in Kabul of CBC journalist Mellissa Fung was kept secret for four weeks. On Saturday the CBC reported her release “into the custody of Canadian officials.” …

The men

A video of CBC publisher John Cruickshank’s press conference about Fung’s release is here. (It’s in QuickTime; there are other links on the main story for those with different media players.)

An Associated Press report

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