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Finalists named for BC's Annual Journalism Awards

A selection of BC's best journalists have been named as finalists for the 2011 Jack Webster Awards. Winners will be announced at the 25th annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on October 24th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver.

CTV's Lloyd Robertson is the featured speaker at the awards dinner and CBC's Gloria Macarenko and Tony Parsons take on this year's hosting duties. The 2011 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the Kamloops Daily News' Mel Rothenburger.

The 2011 Jack Webster Awards Finalists are:

Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
  • Katie DeRosa
    Victoria Times Colonist
    Policing the Police
  • Katie DeRosa, Lindsay Kines, Jack Knox, Judith Lavoie, Les Leyne, Rob Shaw
    Victoria Times Colonist
    Robert Pickton and BC's Patchwork Policing
  • Sandra Thomas
    Vancouver Courier
    Series on Steeves Manor


Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
  • Brett Mineer
    CKNW
    Whistler Sled Dog Killings
  • News Team
    News1130
    BC NDP Leadership Vote
  • Kim Seale
    News1130
    Double Plane Crash


Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury
  • Rumina Daya, Ted Chernecki and News Team
    Global BC
    Miracle in Nevada
  • Hudson Mack, Shachi Kurl, Stephen Andrew
    CTV Vancouver Island (formerly /A\\ Vancouver Island)
    Migrant Ship Approaches
  • Eric Rankin, Lisa Johnson, Paisley Woodward
    CBC News Vancouver
    Mystery Money


Best Feature Story - Print
  • Ian Bailey
    The Globe and Mail
    One Big Idea series
  • Ros Guggi, John Fuller, Sam Cooper, Cheryl Chan, Arlen Redekop, Bill Keay, Ginger Sedlarova, Erik Rolfsen
    The Province
    Our Growing Challenge
  • Denise Ryan
    The Vancouver Sun
    Very Few Men The Same As They Were Before


Best Feature Story - Radio
  • Dan Burritt
    News1130
    Chuck Davis Tribute
  • Yvonne Gall
    CBC Radio
    No Fixed Address
  • Pamela Post
    CBC Radio
    The Incredible Shrinking Man


Best Feature Story - Television
  • Linda Aylesworth, Sergio Magro, Darren Twiss
    Global BC
    Beyond Fair Trade: How Coffee Raised a Village
  • Curt Petrovich, Cedric Monteiro, Dennis Genereux, Michelle Billman, Bradley Stewart
    CBC
    Amanda's Story
  • Kelvin Redvers
    CTV BC - First Story
    Death of a Carver


Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Multimedia Journalism
  • Cale Cowan, Philip Wolf, Walter Cordery, Shari Cummins, Chris Koehn, Derek Spalding, Paul Walton
    Nanaimo Daily News
    Nanaimo Daily News Live Election Debates
  • News Team
    VancouverSun.com
    Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Coverage
  • Chad Skelton, Gillian Burnett
    The Vancouver Sun
    Daycare Rating Database


Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Sponsored by Jean Cormier
  • David Baines
    The Vancouver Sun
    Ontario Promoter Ruins Burnaby Woman
  • Joel McKay
    Business in Vancouver
    Chasing Prosperity
  • Daniel Wood
    The Georgia Straight
    Ye Olde Liquor Rules Still Sting


Best Reporting - Chinese Language
  • Audrea Chan, Chung En Lee
    Magazine 26 Fairchild TV
    The Forgotten Horizon
  • Audrea Chan
    Magazine 26 Fairchild TV
    Rethink Asia
  • Endora Fan, Johann Chang, Nelson Wong, Eric Lai, Joe Chan, Charles Mak
    Omni BC Television (Cantonese Edition)
    Earthquake Preparedness: Harm Reduction


Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
  • Jesse Ferreras
    Pique Newsmagazine
    Whistler Blackcomb Goes Public
  • Tyler Olsen
    Chilliwack Times
    Growing Concern
  • Jon Steinman
    Kootenay Co-op Radio CJLY
    Local Food Fraud? An Investigation


Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
  • Louise Dickson
    Times Colonist
    Crisis in BC Courts
  • Bob Keating
    CBC Radio Nelson
    Banishment
  • Roberta Staley
    The Georgia Straight
    Crime and Injustice


Jack Webster Award for Science, Technology, Health & Environment
  • Kelvin Redvers
    CTV BC - First Story
    Black Blood - Tainted Land, Dying Caribou
  • Randy Shore, Tiffany Crawford, Andrea Woo, Peter McKnight, Craig McInnes, Stephen Hume, Harvey Enchin, John Mackie, Mia Stainsby, Christina Frangou, Pamela Fayerman
    The Vancouver Sun
    Sugar Rush
  • Scott Simpson
    The Vancouver Sun
    MDA Eyes New Frontier in Space


City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
  • Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner


Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Mel Rothenburger



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