2010 Governor General's award to Lynette Fortune

From left to right, Senior Producer of the fifth estate Marie Caloz, Associate Producer Lynette Fortune, His Excellency David Johnston, the fifth estate host Hana Gartner, Mrs. Sharon Johnston, executive producer of the fifth estate Jim Williamson, and David Studer, director of Current Affairs and Investigative Programming.

Bizim Anadolu columnist Celal Ucar's wife has won the 2010 Governor General's award.

The CBC program The Fifth Estate has won the 2010 Michener Award, an annual honour recognizing meritorious public service journalism in Canada.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston presented the award for the program's two documentaries on the case of Ashley Smith, Out of Control and Behind the Wall. Each year, the Michener Award goes to a news organization that makes a significant impact on the public good and achieves identifiable results. You can watch the two documentaries at

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/out_of_control/
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2010-2011/behindthewall/

Lynette Fortune is also nominated this year for a Gemini award for the fifth estate documentary "You Should Have Stayed at Home". It tells the story of five people who were detained during the G20 summit.

July 2011