Free Press photographer wins two national awards
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A Free Press photographer has received national recognition for her photo of Charlie Bittern, a residential and day school survivor, at Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Jessica Lee won two News Photographers Association of Canada awards over the weekend.
On Sunday, NPAC announced the winners and runners-up of its 2022 prizes. There were more than 40 nominations in total.
Lee, who began working for the Free Press full time in the fall of 2021, won the portrait and photo-of-the-year categories.
Both awards recognized a photo Lee took of Bittern on Sept. 23, 2022.
JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Charlie Bittern is photographed at the Human Rights Museum at the residential schools display on September 23, 2022. Bittern suffered a serious injury when a teacher hit him at a day school in Berens River.
Bittern suffered a serious injury when a teacher hit him at a day school in Berens River. He was struck with a yardstick on the right side of his temple because the then-10-year-old was late after lunch one day and took out the wrong textbook during a lesson.
Decades later, Bittern takes medication daily to help him with a weak eye — a product of the assault.
“I’m delighted the judges recognized the journalistic talent of Jessica with these two awards,’’ Free Press editor Paul Samyn said.
“This awards speaks to the value of a newsroom that recognizes the importance of having photojournalists on staff to help tell the stories of our city and province.”
Mikaela MacKenzie of the Free Press was also honoured by NPAC this year.
MacKenzie was a runner-up in the single multimedia category for a video she produced about Winnipeg Anishinaabe artist Jordan Stranger.
