Reporters for The Globe and Mail have taken two of the three top honours in the 2020 Mindset Awards for Workplace Mental Health Reporting, announced during the CAJ virtual awards gala on May 29.
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Erin Andersson took the top Mindset prize for her feature article published in January 2020, titled: Half of Canadians have too few local psychiatrists, or none at all. How can we mend the mental-health gap? With extensive data and interviews with more than two dozen psychiatrists across Canada, it showed how working conditions and practices contribute to a shortage of mental health services for Canadians who need them most.
Zosia Bielski, also with the Globe, was awarded an Honourable Mention for her piece published in August 2020, titled: In sickness and in health: COVID-19 pandemic stress tests marriages of health care workers on the front lines. Doctors, nurses and personal support workers bring home fear, stress, guilt and helplessness after traumatizing shifts.
A further Honourable Mention was awarded to reporter Samantha Beattie and editor Eva Lam for their data-based investigation published last July by HuffPost Canada, titled: Police crisis teams are in short supply as mental health calls multiply in Canada. The journalists contacted police forces across the country to piece together a national survey that showed most wellness checks are still carried out by officers trained only to respond to crimes, rather than by specialized teams trained to act more appropriately.
The winners are interviewed about their work in this video by Forum president Cliff Lonsdale: