Winner:
Brian Coxford: Flood of the Century, BCTV

Finalists:
Kevin Evans: Beyond Tables and Chairs, CBC Broadcast One
Mi-Jung Lee: Native Foster Girl, BCTV

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

Winner:
Cecilia Walters: Alkali Lake, CBC Radio

Finalists:
Carma Livingstone: Downtown Nursing, CBC Radio
CKOV 63 News Team: Kelowna General Hospital Baby Kidnapping, CKOV 63

Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

Winner:
Kim Westad/Gerard Young/Susan Danard/Judy Lavoie/Dirk Meissner: Children in Care, Victoria Times Colonist

Finalists:
Stewart Bell: Self-Styled Lawyer, Vancouver Sun
Stan Oziewicz: Ice Queen, The Globe and Mail
Ann Rees/Barbara McLintock/Tom Hawthorn/Les Bazso: Kids Behind Bars, The Province

Best Reporting in a Feature Story

Winner:
Mike Killeen: School Colours, Global News

Finalists:
Shawn Blore: Treaty, Tradition and the Devilfish, Georgia Straight
Mark Hume/David Baines: The Cost of Dreaming, Vancouver Sun

Jack Webster Award of Distinction

Winner:
Susan Lundy: Mill Farm Saga, Gulf Islands Driftwood

Finalists:
Greg Felton: False Claims, Vancouver Courier
Maureen Gulyas: Special Report, Delta Optimist, Garden Manor

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winner:
Ming Pao Reporting Team: Gambling Expansion: A Controversy Never Solved, Ming Pao Daily

Finalists:
Denny Fong: The Changing Face of Vancouver Chinatown, Sing Tao Daily
Simon Kwok: Three Canadian Chinese Environmentalists: A Report, Sing Tao Daily

Jean Cormier Business, Industry & Economics Award

Winner:
Brent Mudry: Veronika's Fall, Canada Stockwatch

Finalists:
Dave Barry: The Fibre of Russia, PGTV
Jon Ferry: The Other Black, BC Business

Barry Lando Science and Technology Award

Winner:
Terry Glavin: Red Herrings, Georgia Straight

Finalists:
Margaret Munro: The Microbe Revolution, Vancouver Sun
Daniel Wood: The Sky is Falling, Georgia Straight

1997 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner:
Denny Boyd