2009 Jack Webster Awards Finalists

A selection of BC's best journalists have been named as finalists for the 2009 Jack Webster Awards. Winners will be announced at the 23rd annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on October 20th at the Westin Bayshore.

CTV's Olympic broadcaster Brian Williams is the guest speaker at the awards dinner and Chris Gailus takes on hosting duties. The 2009 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to veteran broadcaster Bill Good.

Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

Gary Mason
The Globe and Mail
The Olympic Village Scandal
Kim Bolan
The Vancouver Sun
Gang Crisis in Metro Vancouver
Lindsay Kines, Judith Lavoie
Times Colonist
Native Housing Crisis

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

Steve Lus, Paisley Woodward, Jennifer Leask
CBC Radio Vancouver
Reality Check
Bob Keating
CBC Radio Nelson
Bladerunner
Curt Petrovich
CBC Radio
Dirty Questions

Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury

Kathy Tomlinson, Enza Uda, Eric Rankin, Paisley Woodward
CBC News Vancouver at Six
Prescription for Profit
CHBC News Team
CHBC News
Rock Slide
Lisa Rossington, Jon Woodward, Julia Foy, Kent Molgat
CTV British Columbia
Gang War

Best Feature Story - Print

Denise Ryan
The Vancouver Sun
The Return of a Warrior
Louise Dickson
Times Colonist
Anatomy of a Murder
Douglas Todd
The Vancouver Sun
From the Ashes

Best Feature Story - Radio

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

Best Feature Story - Television

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

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Online Journalism

CBC News Team
CBC News Vancouver
BC Votes 2009
The Tyee News Team
The Tyee
2009 BC Provincial Election Issue Coverage
Chad Skelton
The Vancouver Sun
Parking Tickets

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

Shannon Paterson
CTV British Columbia
Condo Crash
Joan Chang, Rick Cluff, Laura Palmer
CBC Radio
Going for Broke
Cheryl Rossi
The Vancouver Courier
Final Cut

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winnie Hwo, Claudia Lau
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

Tim Petruk
Kamloops This Week
Targeting Teens within Seconds
Monte Paulsen
The Tyee
A Home for All
Hannah Sutherland
Peace Arch News
A Stolen Past

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

Peter McKnight
The Vancouver Sun
Governing Through Crime
Fabian Dawson, Ethan Baron
The Province
Meeting Mr. Big
Jon Woodward, Stephen Smart, Kent Molgat, Jim Beatty
CTV British Columbia
Farmland for Sale - The John Les Investigation

Jack Webster Award for Science, Technology, Health and Environment

Larry Pynn
The Vancouver Sun
Shifting Seas
Peter Grainger
CTV British Columbia
Taser Science
Elaine Yong, Sergio Magro, Monty Burt
Global BC
Lifestyle Challenge

City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Presented in memory of Linda Webster

Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner