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Ms Sharon Hobson – 2004 Ross Munro Media Award Recipient
22 September 2004, Ottawa. The Conference of Defence
Associations (CDA), in concert with the Canadian Defence & Foreign
Affairs Institute, is pleased to announce that Sharon Hobson has been
selected as the recipient of the Ross Munro Media Award for 2004. From
the excellent list of nominees, the selection committee also concluded
that Chris Wattie, National Post writer, is deserving of honourable
mention.
Ms Hobson has consistently demonstrated the finest qualities of a
journalist who specializes in defence issues. The quality of her
reporting, her knowledge of the subject matter and fairness of her
accounts set a standard by which her colleagues may be measured.
Sharon Hobson has been the Canadian correspondent for Jane’s Defence
Weekly for the past 18 years, and seven years ago became the Canadian
correspondent for Jane’s Navy International, and Jane’s Defence
Upgrades. In 1996, she began writing for Jane’s International Defence
Review. She has written a monthly column on the navy for Canadian
Sailings, and has written features for the Financial Post and Canadian
Defence Quarterly. Ms Hobson co-authored, with Rear-Admiral Dusty
Miller, The Persian Excursion, a book on the Canadian navy in the
Persian Gulf War.
The Ross Munro Media Award was initiated in 2002 to recognize,
annually, one Canadian journalist who has made a significant and
outstanding contribution to the understanding by the general public of
Canadian defence and security issues. The recipient of this award has
produced outstanding work of the efforts of the Canadian Forces in
preserving Canadian democratic values.
 Previous
recipients of the Award are Stephen Thorne and Garth Pritchard.
The Ross Munro Media Award Selection Committee consisted of Dr. Jack
Granatstein, Canadian Military Historian; Mr. Peter Kent, Deputy
Editor of Global TV News, Co-host of “MoneyWise”, and president of the
Canadian Foreign Correspondents Association; Mr. Stuart Robertson, of
O’Donnell, Robertson & Sanfilippo; Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Richard
Evraire, Chairman Conference of Defence Associations; and
Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret’d) Robert Lockhart, Vice-Chairman Public
Affairs, Conference of Defence Associations.
The Award was presented at the CDA Institute’s Vimy Award Dinner, 19
November 2004, in the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of
Civilization, Gatineau, Québec.
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