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Graeme Smith and The Globe and Mail won for Talking to the Taliban, a series of video interviews with Taliban foot soldiers. Earlier this month, the project won a pretigious international Editor and Publisher award.The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail took home six National Newspaper Awards last night, the most of any newspaper in Canada.

The awards, celebrating their 60th year, are a top industry honour and were handed out at a gala in Montreal last night. The Globe won the categories of international reporting, business writing, arts and entertainment writing, multimedia feature, explanatory work, special projects.

The heralded Talking to the Taliban series, which has collected several awards, won for best multimedia feature. Graeme Smith, the Globe reporter who spearheaded the project, also won for international reporting.

Jennifer Wells won the arts and entertainment category, for a profile of the head of CBC's English radio and TV services.

Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie won in business, for an analysis of the causes and consequences of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.

Carolyn Abraham won the explanatory work category for a piece about the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children.

Finally, the Globe's Mental Health series won as the year's top special project.

Last night's wins secured The Globe's position as the news organization with the most NNA wins overall, at 118, since the awards were founded in 1949. The Toronto Star has won 115 awards to date.

The Star had the second most awards last night, with four. Montreal's La Presse and The Hamilton Spectator won two each.

The awards each come with a $1,000 prize, and are handed out by the Canadian Newspaper Association.

Globe winners

The Globe and Mail team won for Breakdown, a multifaceted series about mental-health issues in Canada that included a number of profiles, explanatory articles and multimedia features. The project has earned a number of awards in the health care industry.

The Globe also won for Talking to the Taliban, a series of video interviews with Taliban foot soldiers. Earlier this month, the project won a prestigious international Editor & Publisher award.

Graeme Smith

The Globe's Afghanistan correspondent won for best international reporting for his work, including an investigative piece on the ambush of French soldiers last August, and the Taliban's growing control of Kabul.

Sinclair Stewart and Paul Waldie
won in the business category for their analysis of the causes and consequences of the subprime mortgage crisis. The Globe won the category last year.

Jennifer Wells won in the arts and entertainment category for her profile of CBC chief Richard Stursberg and his vision for innovating the public broadcaster.

Carolyn Abraham won in the explanatory work category for her story on the debate surrounding prescribing powerful drugs to children diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Ms. Abraham was a runner-up in the Long Features category last year.

Full list of winners and runners-up • Multimedia Feature Winner: The Globe and Mail for its Talking to the Taliban multimedia project Runners-up: La Presse in Montreal for a podcast of Saint-Laurent Boulevard that featured a self-guided tour and galleries of music, pictures and text; the Ottawa Citizen for marking the 70th anniversary of Superman's debut with a multi-media presentation.

• News Feature Photography Winner: Lucas Oleniuk of the Toronto Star for a photo of a young female at a refugee camp in Kenya during morning prayers Runners-up: Bernard Brault of La Presse in Montreal for a snowstorm photo; Chris Wattie of Reuters for a photo of former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion staring at Prime Minister Harper.

• Beat Reporting Winner: Michelle Lang, Calgary Herald, for health and medicine coverage Runners-up: Rob Shaw, Victoria Times-Colonist, for reporting on policing issues; Jane Sims, London Free Press, for justice coverage.

• Explanatory Work Winner: Carolyn Abraham, The Globe and Mail, on diagnosing bipolar disorder in children Runners-up: Martin Mittelstaedt, The Globe and Mail, for a scientific look at the Vitamin D phenomenon; and Catherine Porter, Toronto Star, on defacing coal country to keep electricity flowing.

• Politics Winner: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press, for stories about the listeriosis crisis Runners-up: Linda Diebel, Toronto Star, for political insider stories, including power politics; Jeffrey Simpson, Brian Laghi, The Globe and Mail, for a study of Prime Minister Harper .

• Short Features Winner: Kenneth Kidd, Toronto Star, for a story on a magical Toronto park. Runners-up: Fabienne Couturier, La Presse, Montréal, for an intimate feature on the sights and sounds of a street in Bruges, Belgium; Linda Gyulai, The Gazette in Montreal, for an amusing story on road cones.

• Local Reporting Winner: Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer, for stories about the Ontario government's Home Owner Employee Relocation plan that led to changes Runners-up: Gordon Hoekstra, Prince George Citizen, for stories about the state of the forest industry in B.C.; North Bay Nugget team for coverage of an e-coli outbreak at a local hamburger fast food outlet.

• Presentation Winner: Julien Chung, Philippe Tardif, La Presse, Montréal Runners-up: France Dupont, La Presse, Montréal; Catherine Farley, Sharis Shahmiryan, Toronto Star.

• Special Project: Winner The Globe and Mail for a series about mental health issues in Canada Runners-up: The Hamilton Spectator for following a pig from birth to a meal to illustrate agriculture, economic and environmental problems facing farmers; Toronto Star for the financial and social costs associated with tougher penalties on crime.

• Sports Photography Winner: Derek Ruttan, London Free Press, for a close-up shot of a high school football player fumbling the ball. Runners-up: Tony Bock, Toronto Star, for a photo of a Canadian women's soccer player giving the one-finger salute to a Brazilian opponent in a friendly soccer match; J.T. McVeigh, The Barrie Examiner, for an amusing shot of a defender holding onto an opponent's undergear in a high school football game.

• Business Winner: Sinclair Stewart, Paul Waldie, The Globe and Mail, for an analysis of the causes and consequences of the sub-prime mortgage crisis Runners-up: Sophie Cousineau, La Presse, Montreal, for a story about how residents in an isolated Quebec community are dealing with layoffs in the forest industry; The Record of Waterloo Region for a probe into a pyramid scheme that involved raising pigeons for profit.

• Columns Winner: Christopher Hume, Toronto Star Runners-up: Eric Reguly, The Globe and Mail; Doug Speirs, Winnipeg Free Press.

• Investigations Winner: David Bruser, Moira Welsh and Andrew Bailey of the Toronto Star for a probe into workplace safety and the role of the WCB Runners-up: Sue Bailey and Jim Bronskill of The Canadian Press for an investigation, with the CBC, into the increasing use of tasers by police forces; David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen, for insight into a helicopter crash that killed three and injured four others.

• Arts and Entertainment Winner: Jennifer Wells, The Globe and Mail, for a portrait of the head of CBC's English radio and TV services Runners-up: Marty Klinkenberg, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, for profiles on two of Canada's last living war artists, the Fredericton-based Bruno Bobak and Molly Lamb Bobak; Elizabeth Withey, Edmonton Journal, for stories of three Canadian artists, two in music and one author.

• Sports Winner: Red Fisher of The Gazette in Montreal for a critical feature on former Canadiens great goaltender Patrick Roy who had his number retired by the Canadiens Runners-up: Steve Milton of The Hamilton Spectator for a story on the near-fatal hockey incident when Florida Panthers' Richard Zednik's throat was slashed by a skate blade; Randy Turner, Winnipeg Free Press, for a study of the premature deaths and long-term injuries of professional football players.

• Feature Photography Winner: Ian Martens, Lethbridge Herald, for a shot of a full moon providing a backdrop for a wedding photograph being taken by another photographer Runners-up: John Lehmann, The Globe and Mail, for a photo of naked members of a skinny dipping club bowling; Steve Russell, Toronto Star, for a photo of the reflection caused by balloons after a rainstorm during Toronto's Luminato Festival.

• International Reporting Winner: Graeme Smith, The Globe and Mail, for investigations from Afghanistan, including the Taliban's growing grip on Kabul Runners-up: Stephanie Nolen, The Globe and Mail, for coverage of Kenya's disputed elections ; Michèle Ouimet. La Presse, Montreal, for stories from the dangerous Peshawar region of Pakistan.

• Editorials Winner: André Pratte, La Presse, Montreal Runners-up: Phil Tank, Brantford Expositor; John Geiger, Adam Radwanski, Edward Greenspon, The Globe and Mail .

• Editorial Cartooning Winner : Cameron Cardow, Ottawa Citizen Runners-up : Brian Gable, The Globe and Mail; John B. Larter, Calgary Herald.

• Long Features Winner: Jon Wells, The Hamilton Spectator, for an account of the rich life and tragic death of a good man Runners-up: Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen, for his feature of a sad one-sided love affair between a disabled man and a female swindler; Denise Ryan, Vancouver Sun, for the tale of a first nation's treasure that finds its way home.

• News Photography Winner: Dave Abel, The Toronto Sun, for a photo of a takedown of a young bank robber by an off-duty officer and heavily-armed ETF Runners-up: Dan Janisse, The Windsor Star, for a photo of firefighters cutting the roof off a car to rescue a man and woman trapped in the car; Ted Rhodes, Calgary Herald, for a photo of a distraught woman who has just learned her son was the victim of a murder.

• Breaking News Winner: Hamilton Spectator's team for coverage of the C difficile outbreaks in Ontario Runners-up: Calgary Herald team's coverage of the Lall family murders; Chris Morris of The Canadian Press for stories of a New Brunswick minibus crash that killed seven high school basketball players.

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