Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Winner:
Wayne Williams: Life Sentence: The Abby Drover Story, Broadcast One, CBC Television
Finalists:
Denelle Balfour: Get Aids, VTV Vancouver Television
Russ Froese: Truck Safety, Global Television
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Winner:
Greg Rasmussen: Hell's Angels - Crime in B.C. Ports, CBC Radio One
Finalists:
CKOV News Team: Shannon Murrin, "Go Ahead and Charge Me!, CKOV 63
Laura Lynch/Jack Sullivan: APEC Protests, CBC Radio One
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Winner:
Cam Purdy: MLA Reitsma is a Liar, And We Can Prove It, The Parksville/Qualicum Beach Morning Sun
Finalists:
Kim Bolan: Khalsa School, The Vancouver Sun
Marina Jimenez: Liam Donnelly & Sex Harassment Case, Vancouver Sun
Best Feature Story - Television
Winner:
George Browne/Elaine McKay: The Spirit of Bill Reid, BCTV
Finalists:
Brian Coxford: Vision Quest, BCTV
Tom Crighton/Tony Wade: The Last Streetfighter, The History of The Georgia Straight, VTV Vancouver Television
Best Feature Story - Radio
Winner:
David French: Evil Secrets, CBC Radio One - Nelson
Finalists:
Bill Good Show: Catherine's Story, CKNW 98
Christina Wong/Yvonne Gall: Gender Bender - Chinese Opera, CBC Radio One
Best Feature Story - Print
Winner:
Pat Johnson/Baila Lazarus/Roberta Staley: Neighborhoods, Maimonides, Kosher Feature Series, Immigrants, The Western Jewish Bulletin
Finalists:
Douglas Todd: Pope's Visit to Cuba, The Vancouver Sun
Daniel Wood: The Naked and the Dead, Vancouver Magazine
Jack Webster Award of Distinction
Winner:
Dale Steeves: Stalking Series, Kamloops This Week
Finalists:
Russ Francis: BC Politics, Monday Magazine
Michael Tymchuk: Horsefly, CBC Radio One - Prince George
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Winner:
Ming Pao Daily Newsroom: Chinese Cultural Identity & their
interpretation into Canadian Society, Ming Pao Daily
Finalists:
Mabel Wong: Vision of Life, Fairchild Television
Mary Lo/Matthew Lee/Agnes Wu: BC Economy - To Survive or To Thrive, Fairchild Radio
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Winner:
David Baines: The Eron Mortgage Swindle, Vancouver Sun
Finalists:
Shawn Blore: Betting the Farm, The Georgia Straight
Karen Tankard/Mark Forsythe: No Fish No Future, CBC Radio One
Jack Webster Science and Technology Award
Winner:
Shawn Blore: Spare Parts, BC Business Magazine
Finalists:
Linda Aylesworth: Prostate Cancer, BCTV
Margaret Munro: The Roots of a Community, Vancouver Sun
1998 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner:
Dan McLeod
