Bio

Acey is a producer with CBC News Podcasts, making serialized narrative shows including Uncover: Bad Results.

She was the host, producer and story editor of The Doc Project, CBC's critically-acclaimed documentary show and podcast, and the story editor of The Salmon People—named one of Apple Canada’s Best Podcasts of 2022. Her work has also been featured on Slate Magazine’s Decoder Ring, Cited Media’s Cited, NPR, BBC, ABC, and independent podcasts. She was a founding producer of the CBC Audio Doc Unit, and the creator of Storylines, the Doc Unit’s in-house documentary podcast and national radio show.

Acey has helmed more than 350 narrative episodes and has won a small pile of awards for her efforts (see below). Her dream is to win the Skylarking Award at Third Coast, but they discontinued the category the year after she was a mere finalist and she’s never gotten over it.

Awards

WINNER: CAJ (Labour Reporting 2023, Human Rights Reporting 2022); New York Festivals (Gold - History Documentary 2022, Bronze - Editorial 2021, Silver - News Documentary 2020, Silver - Human Rights Documentary 2020, Bronze - Documentary Profile 2019, Gold - Educational 2018); RTDNA (Excellence in Sound 2022 & 2020, Diversity – Adrienne Clarkson Award 2020 & 2018); imagineNATIVE (Narrative Audio 2020); Gabriel Awards (Documentary 2019, Feature Interview 2016)

FINALIST: CAJ (Environmental Reporting 2024), Webby Awards (2023); New York Festivals (Documentary - Current Affairs 2022, Best Innovation 2020); CJF (Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism 2023, Climate Solutions Reporting 2023, Climate Solutions Reporting 2022); Webster Awards (Best Feature/Enterprise Reporting 2024, 2022 & 2019); CWA/CAJ (Labor Reporting 2020); Third Coast (Skylarking Award 2019); Hillman Prize (Investigative Journalism 2018)