Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
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
