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The 2003 Jack Webster Awards

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2003 Jack Webster Awards winners

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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

Winner:
Vancouver Sun Election Team: Municipal Elections Series, Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Stuart Hunter, Matt Hoekstra, Lora Grindlay, Charlie Anderson, John Colebourn, Salim Jiwa: Tragedy at Sea , The Province
Louise Dickson, Judith Lavoie, Les Leyne, Jody Paterson, Jeff Rud: Campbell's Crisis, Times Colonist


Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

Winner:
Trevor Metz, Angela Iacobucci, Jim Harrison, Bob Price: Terror at 1210 McGill, CHNL Kamloops

Finalists:
Ted Field, Yvonne Eamor, Leanne Yuzwa: New West Barge, CKNW
Pamela Post: Desperate for a Kidney: Canada Fuels Global Trade in Human Organs, CBC Radio News


Best News Reporting of the Year - Television

Winner:
Julia Foy, Michele Brunoro, Mike Chisholm: Surrey Girl Kidnapped, CTV British Columbia

Finalists:
Linda Aylesworth, Brian Coxford, Ted Chernecki, Aaron McArthur, Randene Neil: Revelstoke Avalanche, Global Television
Ted Chernecki, John Daly, Aaron McArthur: New Westminster Barge, Global Television



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Best Feature Story - Print

Winner:
Gary Mason: The Forgotten Ones, The Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Don Cayo: One Island, Two Worlds - Life on the Line, The Vancouver Sun
Kim Westad: Rocancourt, Times Colonist


Best Feature Story - Radio

Winner:
Kelly Ryan and Sandra Bartlett: Lost Souls: The Missing Women's Tragedy, CBC Radio

Finalists:
Robyn Levy and Anne Penman: Teen Dads on Father's Day, CBC Radio
Jeff Davies: BC Parks at the Crossroads, CBC Radio


Best Feature Story - Television

Winner:
Eve Savory: Dying Wishes, CBC Televison

Finalists:
Natalie Clancy: Green Gold, CBC News
Mike McCardell: New York Stories, Global Television



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Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier

Winner:
David Baines: Sharks Circle in T. Harv Eker's Tank, The Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Petti Fong: Drought, The Vancouver Sun
Charlie Smith: Olympics Inc., Georgia Straight


Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winner:
Ming Pao Reporting Team: Amanda Zhao's Story, Ming Pao Daily News

Finalists:
AM1320 News Team: Civic Election 2002, CHMB AM1320
Vincent Wu: Canada's New Immigration Law: A Chinese Community Perspective, World Journal


Commentator of the Year

Winner:
Paul Willcocks: The Vancouver Sun



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Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

Winner:
Fabian Dawson and Jangdeesh Mann: Sikh sect scandal erupts at BC Temple, The Asian Pacific Post

Finalists:
Trudy Beyak: Dad Says it was a Preventable Death, Abbotsford News
Catherine Litt, John Kimantas, Chris Bush: Picture of Poverty, Nanaimo News Bulletin


Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of BC

Winner:
Kim Bolan: Air India, The Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Michael McCullough: New Laws to Keep Your Private Life Private, The Vancouver Sun
Adrienne Tanner: Police Conduct, The Province


Jack Webster Science and Technology Award
Supported by Barry Lando

Winner:
Linda Aylesworth: Obesity, Global Television

Finalists:
Ben Parfitt: Fish and the Forest, The Georgia Straight
Kelly Ryan, Sandra Bartlett: The Science of the Search, CBC Radio


Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner:
Rafe Mair



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