The 2008 Jack Webster Awards
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2008 Jack Webster Awards winners
The Best News Reporting of the Year - Television award is presented in memory of Keith Bradbury
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Winner
Cindy Harnett, Lindsay Kines, Judith Lavoie, Rob Shaw, Richard Watts, Louise Dickson, Jack Knox, Adrian Chamberlain
The Victoria Times Colonist
Peter Lee Stories
Finalists
Lori Culbert, Chad Skelton and Larry Pynn, The Vancouver Sun: John Les and Chilliwack Land Deals
Elaine O'Connor, The Province: The Blair Wilson Files
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Winner
Curt Petrovich
CBC Radio
The Sale of MDA
Finalists
Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press: Children Killed
Laura Palmer, Kelly Connors, Terry Donnelly, CBC Radio Vancouver: The Robert Dziekanski Story
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Winner
Peter Grainger, Lisa Rossington, Jim Beatty, Shannon Paterson
CTV British Columbia
Taser Death
Finalists
Eric Rankin, Paisley Woodward, Curt Petrovich, Robert Zimmerman, CBC News Vancouver: Dirty Dollars
Eric Rankin, Melanie Nagy, Miyoung Lee, Kirk Williams, CBC News Vancouver: Taser Controversy
Best Feature Story - Print
Winner
Gary Mason
The Globe and Mail
Crisis in Guatemala
Finalists
Pamela Fayerman, The Vancouver Sun: Locked-In/Stroke
Glenda Luymes, Lena Sin, The Province: Thugs: B.C.'s Growing Menace
Best Feature Story - Radio
Winner
Allana Stuart
CBC Radio
Songs for Smithers
Finalists
Erica Johnson, CBC Radio: Baby Rescue
Jason Proctor, Jason Proctor, CBC Radio: Talk of the Devil: Talk of the Devil
Best Feature Story - Television
Winner
Rumina Daya
Global BC
Sex Tourism
Finalists
Duncan McCue, James Roberts, Michael Taylor-Noonan, Glenn Weston, Doug Trent Jim Hoffman, CBC News: Abuse of Authority
Elaine Yong, Global BC: World Class B.C.
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Winner
Gary Mason
The Globe and Mail
Prince Rupert; New Hope
Finalists
Lena Sin, The Province: Priced Out
Patrick Brown, Island Tides: Sub-prime fraud made simple; Deconstructing Tilma; Carbon tax vs. cap-&-trade; Oil prices-betting on the only sure thing
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Winners
The Sing Tao Editorial Team
Sing Tao Daily (BC Edition)
Disaster of the Century: 5 12 Sichuan Earthquake
Winnie Hwo, Spencer Gall, Shelley Huang, Ada Luk
Fairchild TV News & Current Affairs
Hong Kong Handover 10th Anniversary
Finalist
Ming Pao Reporting Team (Eric Chan, Augustine Siu, Austin Feng, CK Chau, Jeffrey Wang, Mansang Leung, Susanna Ng, Victoria Chang, Tony Au, Liang Feng), Ming Pao Daily: Downtown Plane Crash
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Winner
Michael Roberts and the South Asian Post team
The Innocent Man
Finalists
Gordon Hoekstra, Prince George Citizen: Clearing the Air
Mona Mattei, The Weekender: Fallout - Battle over Uranium Claim
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Winner
Lisa Rossington, Janet Dirks, Dag Sharman, Jina You, St.John Alexander, Kate Corcoran
CTV British Columbia
Pickton Verdict
Finalists
Peter McKnight, The Vancouver Sun: Series of columns on legal issues
Kim Bolan, The Vancouver Sun: Serious flaws in terrorist financing laws and witness protection program
Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology
Winner
Anna Gebauer
Global BC
Forensic Botany
Finalists
Gordon Hamilton, Frank Myrskog, Scott Simpson, The Vancouver Sun: B.C. 2050: What Climate Change Will Do To Our Province
Lisa Smedman, Vancouver Courier: Tapping Into the Future and Pipe Dreams
Commentator of the Year
Douglas Todd
The Vancouver Sun
Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
Steve Wyatt
