Daniel Leblanc, a Globe and Mail reporter who protected a confidential source that helped uncover the sponsorship scandal, has won the Press Freedom Award.
The award is presented annually by the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom to journalists who demonstrate extraordinary courage in pursuing the news through dangerous or difficult circumstances.
Other nominees included William Marsden, of The Gazette, for his reporting of a land deal involving the husband of Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois, and Graeme Smith, of The Globe and Mail, for his reporting on Afghanistan
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