Confirmation that CBC's reporting is a well recieved public service:
CBC News - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC journalists from N.L. receive awards
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador also won the online reporting award, for the strength of its coverage and use of technology in reporting the Cougar Helicopters crash in March 2009, which killed 17 people. The award went to developer Peter Gosse, writer John Gushue and editor Kathryn King.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador also won a continuing coverage award for its ongoing reporting on the Cougar crash and its aftermath.