Editing W5 (TV program) (section)

=== Transition to CTV News unit ===
In February 2024, as part of cuts by [[Bell Media]], it was announced that ''W5'' would conclude as a regular television series, with its final episode airing in March 2024. Plans were announced for W5 to be relaunched as an investigative journalism unit of CTV News, which will produce [[Long-form journalism|long-form]] and documentary features across its platforms (such as the ''[[CTV National News]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-02-08 |title=Bell to reduce workforce by 4,800, divest 45 radio stations |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/bell-to-reduce-workforce-by-4800-divest-45-radio-stations/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-02-08 |title=Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/most-noon-local-ctv-newscasts-cancelled-as-part-of-cuts-at-bell-media/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref> The new W5 unit launched in September 2024, with ''W5'' host [[Avery Haines]] named managing editor and senior correspondent, Jon Woodward as an investigative correspondent, and [[The Sports Network|TSN]] writer Rick Westhead serving as a senior correspondent. Its first production, ''Narco Jungle: The Death Train'' (a five-part report on the [[Darién Gap]]), began airing on the ''CTV National News'' on September 30, 2024. The unit will also be producing a series of one-hour documentaries for CTV under the title ''W5: Avery Haines Investigates'', with a series premiere on the Darién Gap airing on October 5, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 26, 2024 |title=CTV launches new W5 investigative unit |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/ctv-launches-new-w5-investigative-unit/ |access-date=September 27, 2024 |work=Broadcast Dialogue}}</ref>