Closer Look
In this new nightly feature, Village Media journalists take a deeper dive into important stories making headlines around the province
Every day, our local journalists tackle the stories that matter most: the ones that impact your day-to-day life.
In communities across the province — as well at Queen’s Park and on Parliament Hill — our on-the-ground reporters and editors chase down the answers you need to know.
In this new nightly segment — ‘Closer Look’ — Village Media’s Scott Sexsmith sits down with one of our journalists to explore an important story they are covering.
These interviews are designed to help you better understand how our reporters gather the information that lands in your local news feed.
Closer Look
CLOSER LOOK: Village Media journalist nominated for national award
Tonight on 'Closer Look': CollingwoodToday reporter Jessica Owen is being recognized for her powerful story about an Ontario woman who struggled to access basic supports after a brutal sexual assault.
In cities and towns across Ontario — and at Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill — our journalists work for you. Their mission is to dig for answers and tell you what they find.
This new feature — ‘Closer Look’ — is a chance to hear directly from those reporters and editors. These conversations go beyond the headlines, helping viewers better understand how we gather the details that land in your local news feed.
On tonight's episode: Local reporting that makes an impact.
CollingwoodToday reporter Jessica Owen has been named a finalist for a Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) award for human rights reporting.
Owen is being recognized for her powerful reporting about a woman who was sexually assaulted and then struggled to find basic supports, including having to drive more than an hour to the only hospital in Simcoe County that offers a rape kit.
Her work is nominated alongside journalists from APTN, The Toronto Star Investigative Journalism Bureau, Noovo Info and La Presse.
"Jessica's story was an eye-opening account of what some victims of sexual assault go through, not only during the assault, but afterwards if and when they ask for help," said Erika Engel, the editor of CollingwoodToday. "It absolutely is an important human rights story and it's an important local story."
SEE: Lack of support leaves victim of violent rape more 'angry, horrified'
Owen joins us tonight to talk about her nomination, and the challenges she faced in bringing such an important story to light. You can read her award-nominated coverage HERE.
Stay tuned for more episodes of ‘Closer Look’ every weeknight at 7 p.m. You can find all our previous segments HERE.
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