2007 Jack Webster Awards Finalists
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
• Lori Culbert, Neal Hall and Janet Steffenhagen, The Vancouver Sun: Former Teacher Faces Sex Charges
• Chad Skelton, The Vancouver Sun: Gambling in B.C.
• Kim Bolan, The Vancouver Sun: The Murder of Manjit Panghali
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
• Mark Forsythe, Susan McNamee, Theresa Duvall, Brett Ballah, Renee Filippone, Marcie Gray and Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio: BC Place Dome Collapse
• Meera Bains, Jeff Davies and Paisley Woodward, CBC Radio AM690: Fraser Valley Van Crash: The Safety of BC's Farmworkers
• Kelly Ryan and Paisley Woodward, CBC Radio One: The Fight for Frank Paul
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
• Jim Beatty, CTV British Columbia: Filthy Foster Home
• Elaine Yong, Global BC: Home Inspector Series
• Tony Parsons, Randene Neill, John Daly, Ted Chernecki, Chris Gailus, Anne Drewa, Rob Bencze, Ted Field, Keith Baldrey and Grace Ke, Global BC: Storm Coverage
Best Feature Story - Print
• Gerry Bellett, The Vancouver Sun: Death by Graduation
• Pete McMartin and Glenn Baglo, The Vancouver Sun: Faces of Autism
• Jonathan McDonald, Peter Clough, Cristina Montgomery, Matthew Ramsey and Ginger Sedlarova, The Province: Under the Gun
Best Feature Story - Radio
• Curt Petrovich and Yvonne Gall, CBC Radio: Children of the Missing Women
• Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio: The Coffin Carver
• Yvonne Gall, Salma Nurmohamed, Duncan McCue, Kathryn Gretsinger, Pamela Post and Margaret Gallagher, CBC Radio Vancouver: Sacred Spaces
Best Feature Story - Television
• Erica Johnson, Litsa Sourtzis and Stephanie Kampf, CBC TV: Dirty Doctors
• Mike McCardell. Global BC: East Hastings Series
• Duncan McCue, James Roberts and Sara Darling, CBC News: Reading, Writing and the Rez
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
• Don Cayo and Doug Todd, The Vancouver Sun: Deconstructing Taxes
• Shannon Paterson, Jim Beatty, Dag Sharman and Peter Grainger, CTV British Columbia: Riverbend
• Ross Howard, BCBusiness: The Lost City
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
• Ada Luk and Fairchild Current Affairs Team, Fairchild TV: Ah Han's Story - How Asian Inmates are Changing Correction Canada's Services
• Winnie Hwo, Todd Ye, Karen Cho, Philip Yong, Fairchild TV News and Current Affairs Team, Fairchild TV: BC's China Policy
• Tony Liaw, CHMB AM1320: Dual Citizenship
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
• Kendyl Salcito and Tom Barrett, The Tyee: BC's New War over Private Property Rights
• Derek Spalding and Allison Cross, Nanaimo Daily News: Designing Babies
• Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Bill O'Donovan, Doug Collins, Tim Peeling, Susan Edgell, Kyle Donaldson, Jason Trout, Kent Simmonds, Tom Konopski, Marcel Chelkowski, Mel Rothenburger, Susan Duncan, Mike Cornell, Cam Fortems, Robert Koopmans, Jason Hewlett, Michelle Young, Mike Youds, Catherine Litt, Murray Mitchell and Keith Anderson, Kamloops Daily News & CFJC TV 7: Seeing Red: The Pine Beetle Epidemic
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of BC
• Robert Koopmans, Kamloops Daily News: Court Notes
• Peter McKnight, The Vancouver Sun: Series of columns on legal issues
• Lisa Rossington, Janet Dirks, Keri Adams, Kate Corcoran and Brent Gilbert, CTV British Columbia: The Pickton Trial
Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology
• Scott Simpson, The Vancouver Sun: Climate Change
• Ed Watson, Julie Nolin, Dana Hutchings, Jennifer Crosby and Mary Griffin, CH Vancouver Island: Climate of Change
• Maurice Bridge, The Vancouver Sun: Rewiring the Brain
Commentator of the Year
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
• Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner
