2013 Atlantic Journalism Awards Finalists
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| Date Aired or Published | April 20, 2013 |
| Media outlet where first aired or published: | Herald Magazine (The Chronicle Herald) |
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| Location: | Halifax |
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Short explanation of the story and how it developed: The grim state of the rural Nova Scotian economy is leading to an exodus by able-bodied Bluenose men and women to greener pastures in the west. But many spouses and children are chosing to stay home while the breadwinner works a grinding three-weeks-on one-week-off routine far from Nova Scotia. That's causing immense pressures at home. Herald Magazine decided to tell the story of these fractured families--and the hard lives of those left behind--through a single household. We embedded a writer and photographer with the Gnatiuk-Sibley family in Sydney River for an entire week. They watched their ordinary routines--observing the sweet and painful everyday moments of a family and household in which the clock is always ticking. They were there as the tension over John Gnatiuk's departure built--and to observe the aftermath when he was gone. The end result is an important piece of magazine journalism |
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Resources of the newsroom (money and time) available to complete the story: One writer and one photographer spent an entire week embedded in the Gnatiuk-Sibley homestead. It was a major committment of time, manpower and money for Herald Magazine. We think it was worth it. |
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