Thursday, December 19, 2013

Star reporter Jennifer Quinn wins Amnesty International media award


Toronto Star reporter Jennifer Quinn is the winner of one of three Amnesty International Canada media awards for outstanding coverage of human rights issues.
Quinn traveled to Jamaica for the print feature “A dangerous place to be gay,” which ran in August. In it, personal stories illustrate the devastating discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Jamaicans, including evictions, violence, substandard healthcare and police abuses. The story also details the ongoing legal battle waged by activists against Jamaica’s archaic laws.
The three Amnesty International Canada media awards were announced Thursday. The CBC radio show As It Happens won in the video/audio category for a broadcast documentary on Syria’s civil war, and Victoria Times Colonist reporter Katie DeRosa won in the local/alternative print category for a series of newspaper articles on human smuggling in Southeast Asia and Australia.

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