Canadian Association of Journalists

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) or L'Association Canadienne des Journalistes in French is a Canadian organization of professional journalists created to promote excellence in journalism and encourage investigative journalism. The CAJ acts as a national voice for Canadian journalists.

Awards

The CAJ holds an annual conference during which it presents various awards including a Computer-Assisted Reporting award. In addition to awards for professional excellence, the CAJ presents a Code of Silence Award to celebrate "Canada's rich bureaucratic culture of secrecy."

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CAJ's most recent conference, Muck Rake 2004, was held in Vancouver starting May 7, 2004. Health Canada, the department of health of the Canadian federal government, won its third Code of Silence award.

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