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The 2004 Jack Webster Awards

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2003 winners group shot
2004 Jack Webster Awards winners


Best News Reporting - Print

Winner:
Sean Holman, Lindsay Kines, Les Leyne, Judith Lavoie, Jody Paterson and Jeff Rud - Doug Walls Affair, Times Colonist

Finalists:
Lindsay Kines: Teamster's Ties to Bikers Probed, The Vancouve Sun
Douglas Todd: Catholics Sever Ties with VanCity for Supporting Gays, The Vancouve Sun


Best News Reporting - Radio

Winner:
Matt Cherrille, Kim Calloway, Jasmin Doobay, Glen Morrison, Kenn Dixon and Stephanie Widzick - Kelowna Firestorm, CKOV63 Kelowna

Finalists:
Doug Collins, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirriani, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Larry Read: Firestorm, B-100 (CKBZ)
Chris Brown, David French, Steve Lus, Graham Stevens, Gary Symons, Michael Tymchuk, Myke Clark: Summer of Fire, CBC Radio News


Best News Reporting - Television

Winner:
Terry Milewski - Air India: Terrorism Made in Canada, CBC News

Finalists:
Leigh Morrow: Charles Jamieson, CityTV
Bill O'Donovan, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirianni, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Kent Simmonds, Tom Konopski, Clayton Smailes, Cory Blum: Firestorm, CFJC-TV7 News Centre, Kamloops



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Best Feature - Print

Winner:
Lindsay Kines - The Singing Professor, The Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Mike Beamish: To Love and Lose and Live to Find Love Again, The Vancouver Sun
Gail Johnson: The Dark Crystal, The Georgia Straight


Best Feature - Radio

Winner:
CKNW News/Talk 980 Team - Crystal Meth: A Special Investigation, CKNW News - Talk 980

Finalists:
Kathryn Gretsinger, David Jones, Marcie Gray, Phillip Ditchburn: Aids: Then and Now, CBC Radio One
Karen Burgess, Jennifer Van Evra, Andrea Lupini, Margaret Gallagher, Cecilia Walters: Taking Care, CBC Radio One


Best Feature - Television

Winner:
Anna Gebauer - Baby Business, Global BC

Finalists:
Brian Dutkewich, Jane King, Liz Robbins, Erick Thompson, Polly Vaughan: Crystal Meth...To Die For, The New VI - CHUM Television
Keri Adams, Michele Brunoro, Rob Brown: Mission Murder, CTV British Columbia



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

Winner:
Myles Murchison - David Martin's Gold, BC Business Magazine

Finalists:
Scott Simpson: BC Rail, The Vancouver Sun
Nicole Lawson, Tracy Tjaden, Glenn Drexhage, Glen Korstrom, Peter Mitham, Timothy Renshaw: BC's Biggest Deals of 2003, Business in Vancouver


Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winner:
Cissy Yee - BC Forest Fire, Fairchild Television

Finalists:
Talentvision Team: Taiwan Presidential Election, Talentvision
Deborah Zhao, Kathy Lee, Mark Huang, Bo Zhang: The True Story of the Xinjiang Acrobats, Global Chinese Press


City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)

Winner:
Barbara Yaffe - The Vancouver Sun



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Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

Winner:
Trudy Beyak - Avian Flu Outbreak, The Abbotsford News

Finalists:
Thomas Terrio: Drive-by Tickets in the Mail, Richmond Review
Chris Tenove: Dispatches from around the Province, www.TheTyee.ca


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

Winner:
Harvey Oberfeld - Contempt for Court, Global BC

Finalists:
Chris Brown and James Roberts: Century of Slag, CBC News: Canada Now/The National
Salim Jiwa: Caught on Video-Burns/Rafay Trial, The Province


Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology
Supported by Barry Lando

Winner:
Douglas Todd - The Power of Purpose, The Vancouver Sun

Finalists:
Paula Brook: High Tech Hip, The Vancouver Sun
Margaret Munro: Drugs, Money and Ethics, CanWest News


Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner:
Tony Parsons



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