CJF and CP announce 2021 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award winner
TORONTO, March 24, 2021 /CNW/ -Evan Buhler, the photojournalist at the Rocky Mountain Outlook, a community weekly in Canmore, Alberta, is the winner of the 2021 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award , presented by The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and The Canadian Press (CP).
- TORONTO, March 24, 2021 /CNW/ -Evan Buhler, the photojournalist at the Rocky Mountain Outlook, a community weekly in Canmore, Alberta, is the winner of the 2021 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award , presented by The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and The Canadian Press (CP).
- The coveted annual award was established in memory of the late, prize-winning CP photographer Tom Hanson to allow an early-career photojournalist to work at CP's Toronto head office for a six-week internship.
- Catherine Hanson, spouse of the late Tom Hanson;
Megan Leach, director, planning and packaging, CP News Photos and Visual Content, The Canadian Press;
Joe O'Connal, assistant editor, CP News Photos and Visual Content, The Canadian Press;
Fred Chartrand, retired national photographer and contributing freelance photographer, The Canadian Press;
Marta Iwanek, photojournalist and 2015 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award winner;
Michelle Siu, photojournalist and 2012 Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award winner; and
Scott White, editor of The Conversation Canada and an honorary governor of The Canadian Journalism Foundation. - The Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award offers a six-week paid internship at The Canadian Press head office in Toronto for a photojournalist in the early stages of his or her career.