Thursday, March 11, 2010

Previous Winners

2009 Jack Webster Awards Finalists


Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
  • Kim Bolan, The Vancouver Sun: Gang Crisis in Metro Vancouver
  • Lindsay Kines, Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist: Native Housing Crisis
  • Gary Mason, The Globe and Mail: The Olympic Village Scandal


  • Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
  • Bob Keating, CBC Radio Nelson: Bladerunner
  • Steve Lus, Paisley Woodward, Jennifer Leask, CBC Radio Vancouver: Reality Check
  • Curt Petrovich, CBC Radio: Dirty Questions


  • Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
  • CHBC News: Rock Slide
  • Lisa Rossington, Jon Woodward, Julia Foy, Kent Molgat, CTV British Columbia: Gang War
  • Kathy Tomlinson, Enza Uda, Eric Rankin, Paisley Woodward, CBC News Vancouver at Six: Prescription for Profit


  • Best Feature Story - Print
  • Louise Dickson, Times Colonist: Anatomy of a Murder
  • Denise Ryan, The Vancouver Sun: The Return of a Warrior
  • Douglas Todd, The Vancouver Sun: From the Ashes


  • Best Feature Story - Radio
  • Robert Doane, Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio One-Northern BC: Last Call - Fetal Alcohol
  • Curt Petrovich, CBC National Radio: Rowing for Redemption
  • Tim Wohlberg, CKNW 980AM: No Scalpel, No Needle, No Children


  • Best Feature Story - Television
  • Priya Mann, Kent Simmonds, CFJC TV Kamloops: Remembering Afghanistan
  • Elaine Yong, Global BC: Beyond the Great Wall
  • Frédéric Zalac, Alex Shprintsen, CBC Radio - Canada: The Taser Test/Taser: Essai Choc


  • Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Online Journalism
  • The Tyee News Team, The Tyee: 2009 BC Provincial Election Issue Coverage
  • CBC News Vancouver: BC Votes 2009
  • Chad Skelton, The Vancouver Sun: Parking Tickets


  • Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
    Endowed by Jean Cormier
  • Joan Chang, Rick Cluff, Laura Palmer, CBC Radio: Going for Broke
  • Shannon Paterson, CTV British Columbia: Condo Crash
  • Cheryl Rossi, The Vancouver Courier: Final Cut


  • Best Reporting - Chinese Language
  • Claudia Lau, Winnie Hwo, Fairchild TV: Sin City North - M26
  • Travena Lee, Fairchild Radio: Child Protection and Foster Care
  • Lisa Wu, Richard Tang, Guo Ding, Channel M/Omni BC: Chinese Heritage


  • Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
  • Monte Paulsen, The Tyee: A Home for All
  • Tim Petruk, Kamloops This Week: Targeting Teens within Seconds
  • Hannah Sutherland, Peace Arch News: A Stolen Past


  • Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
    Sponsored by the Law Society of BC
  • Fabian Dawson, Ethan Baron, The Province: Meeting Mr. Big
  • Peter McKnight, The Vancouver Sun: Governing Through Crime
  • Jon Woodward, Stephen Smart, Kent Molgat, Jim Beatty, CTV British Columbia: Farmland for Sale - The John Les Investigation


  • Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology
  • Peter Grainger, CTV British Columbia: Taser Science
  • Larry Pynn, The Vancouver Sun: Shifting Seas
  • Elaine Yong, Sergio Magro, Monty Burt, Global BC: Lifestyle Challenge


  • Commentator of the Year
    Presented in memory of Linda Webster
    Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner


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