André Picard, health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN, are receiving the CJF Tribute for their national and international contributions by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF).
The tribute recognizes the impact that health journalists have had in providing accurate and important data during the pandemic.
The virtual ceremony will be held on June 9 at 7 p.m. ET.
Picard has been at the Globe since 1987 and is the author of five bestselling books. His upcoming book is “Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic.”
He is also a recipient of the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism and has won numerous honors, including being named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association and a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health.
Dr. Gupta is a multiple Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN and a practicing neurosurgeon. He plays a key role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news and regularly contributes to CNN.com.
He is also an associate professor of neurosurgery at Emory University Hospital and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and the author of four books.
CJF president Natalie Turvey says:
“Our 2021 virtual gala celebrates journalists as essential champions of truth. At a time when accuracy and trust are so critical to overcoming monumental challenges throughout Canada and beyond, fact-based reporting and quality information deserve wide support and broad recognition that journalism matters.”
