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Inside Scoop Ep 14 - How to cover sensitive stories involving children: An interview with McGillivary Prize winners Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Jeff Hamilton and Katrina Clarke of the Winnipeg Free Press won the 2024 Don McGillivray Award for their investigation into the state of child care in Manitoba. Entitled “Building blocks, crumbling foundations,” their six-part series shines a light on the state of Manitoba’s chronically understaffed and overstretched daycare centres.

Central to their piece: parents seeking accountability from a daycare centre where their child experienced horrific trauma. Hamilton and Clarke were able to tell the story of a small child’s assault through the eyes of their anonymous parents, exposing the systematic failures of Manitoban childcare along the way.

In this Inside Scoop session, Hamilton and Clarke will discuss how to cover sensitive stories involving children, including: interviewing with care, building relationships and gaining the trust of important sources, and finding information from institutions that serve minors.

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  • Jeff Hamilton, Winnipeg Free Press

  • Katrina Clarke, Winnipeg Free Press

Interviewer: Emelia Fournier, CAJ program coordinator

 
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Emelia Fournier
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