Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Winner:
Kathy Tomlinson: Merchants of Misery, Broadcast One, CBC Television
Finalists:
Leigh Morrow with Peter Louwe: E. I. Fraud, Global Television
Catherine Pope: Crack in the System, BCTV
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Winner:
Darlene Heidemann: Sexual Assault in Hockey, CKNW/98
Finalists:
CKOV News Team: Manufactured Risk: Improving the Safety Odds, CKOV 63
Laura Lynch/Jack Sullivan: Coverage of the Settlement in
Regina vs. O'Connor, CBC Radio News
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Winner:
Kim Bolan: Tara Singh Hayer Murder, The Vancouver Sun
Finalists:
Rick Ouston: Dr. Gabriel Yong, The Vancouver Sun
Ann Rees: King of the Road Trip, The Province
Best Feature Story - Television
Winner:
CFTK TV - Terrace: Carving the Future: The Nisga'a Story, CFTK TV News
Finalists:
Kelly McClughan: In Custody Care, Broadcast One, CBC Television
George Browne/Elaine McKay: Webster: Just a Reporter, BCTV
Best Feature Story - Radio
Winner:
Kathryn Gretsinger: A Level Playing Field, CBC Radio
Finalists:
Darlene Heidemann: Everyday Living, CKNW/98
Dr. Art Hister: Depression, CKNW/98
Best Feature Story - Print
Winner:
Rick Collins: Living with Dying, The Chilliwack Progress
Finalists:
Ian Mulgrew: The Battle for Hastings, The Vancouver Sun
Kathy Tait: Teens and Drugs, The Province
Jack Webster Award of Distinction
Winner:
Heather Persson/James Murray/Tracy Hughes: Salmon, Salmon Arm Observer
Finalists:
Alison Appelbe: Hard Drugs - Soft Rules, Vancouver Courier
Paul Scott: Wildfire 98, 580 CKXR Radio, Salmon Arm
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Winner:
Joyce Lee: The Same Battle in Two Far Different Sovereigns, Talentvision
Finalists:
David Tsou/Andrew Yang/Yuan Ho/Blair Chang: The Disciplining of Chinese Children: A 13-part Report, World Journal
Philip Yung/Penny Choi/Elly Leung: Leonid Meteroid Storm, Mainstream Broadcasting CHMB 1320
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
Winner:
David Paperny, David Paperny Films: The Dealmaker: The Life and
Times of Jimmy Pattison, CBC TV
Finalists:
Brian Coxford/Jas Johal/Bill Luxton/Stu McNish: BC in the Red, BCTV
Jon Ferry: Capitalist Junkies, BC Business Magazine
Jack Webster Science and Technology Award
Supported by Barry Lando
Winner:
Ben Parfitt: The Big Chill, The Georgia Straight
Finalists:
Linda Aylesworth: The Human Genome Project, BCTV
Ann Rees: A Day in a Drug Test, The Province
1999 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner:
Keith Bradbury and Cameron Bell
