Watch live: Free Press reporter among Michener finalists in panel on investigative journalism

Posted: 2:36 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 7, 2021

Free Press reporter Jeff Hamilton will be part of a panel discussion tonight to mark the 50th anniversary of the Michener Awards.

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Free Press reporter Jeff Hamilton will be part of a panel discussion tonight to mark the 50th anniversary of the Michener Awards.

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Free Press reporter Jeff Hamilton will be part of a panel discussion tonight to mark the 50th anniversary of the Michener Awards.

Winnipeg Free Press reporter Jeff Hamilton.

Hamilton will join the other five lead reporters whose work has been nominated for the prestigious journalism award, named after former governor general Roland Michener. The panel, moderated by Radio-Canada’s Madeleine Blais-Morin, will discuss how compelling investigative stories are told.

The Free Press Michener nomination came from Hamilton’s special investigative project into the destructive legacy of junior hockey coach and sex predator Graham James.

The panel discussion starts at 7 p.m. CDT and can be viewed here:

The other Michener finalists on the panel include APTN’s Kenneth Jackson, La Presse‘s Gabrielle Duchaine, the Montreal Gazette’s Aaron Derfel, CBC’s Ashley Burke, and Grant Robertson from The Globe and Mail.