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The 2002 Jack Webster Awards Winners

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2002 Jack Webster Awards winners
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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

Winner
Lori Culbert, Lindsay Kines and Kim Bolan
Vancouver Sun
Missing Women Series

Finalists

Louise Dickson, Cindy Harnett, Jody Paterson, Jeff Rud – Times Colonist – Father Phil

Larry Pynn – Vancouver Sun – Poachers & Polluters

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

Winner
Theresa Lalonde and Chris Brown
CBC Radio
Indo-Canadian Gangs

Finalists

CBC News Team – CBC Radio News – Vancouver's Missing Women

Chris Brown – CBC National Radio News – Ressam Revisited

Best News Reporting of the Year - Television

Winner
Margo Harper, Kate Corcoran, Lisa Rossington, Kathy Tomlinson
BC CTV
Pickton Pig Farm

Finalists

Natalie Clancy – CBC Television – Excessive Force

Darrow MacIntyre – CBC Television – Missing Women

Best Feature Story - Print

Winner
Pete McMartin
The Vancouver Sun
Helena's Story

Finalists

Fabian Dawson – The Province – The Fraser River: Tragedy of a Forbidden Love

Douglas Todd – The Vancouver Sun – The Shriners are Coming

Best Feature Story - Radio

Winner
Joan Webber
CBC Radio
Comic Relief

Finalists

Gary Symons – CBC Radio – Excessive Force

Christina Wong, Yvonne Gall – CBC Radio – Cowboy Church - Indian Style

Best Feature Story - Television

Winner
Jas Johal, Paul Rowand, David Ingram
BCTV
India: Giant on the Move

Finalists

Natalie Clancy – CBC Television – Remembering Mani

Moira McLean – CH TV – Nick Johnson

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

Winner
Damian Inwood, Frank Luba, Adrienne Tanner, Jason Proctor, Brian Lewis, Fabian Dawson, Susan Lazaruk, Ashley Ford, Mike Roberts, Suzanne Fournier and Alan Ferguson
The Province
The Province: Great Cities Project

Finalists

Reg Hampton and Brian Coxford – BCTV News on Global – Softwood Tariffs

Stephen Hume, Roger Watanabe and Chris Rose – The Vancouver Sun – An Energy Odyssey

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winner
Winnie Hwo, Ada Luk, Endora Fan, Karen So, Michael Law, Philip Young, Florence Ho
Fairchild Television
Fairchild Television for Series on the World after 9/11

Finalists

Man-Sang Leung, Jeffrey Wang, Catherine Chan, George Ho – Ming Pao Daily News – Immigration - A New Era

Ada Luk – FTV Current Affairs – Same Sex Marriage

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

Winner
Susan Lundy and Mitchell Sherrin
Gulf Islands Driftwood
Street Kids

Finalists

Rick Collins – The Chilliwack Progress – Face to Face

Ted Clarke – Prince George Citizen – Remembrance Day Tribute

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

Winner
Belle Puri, Duncan McCue, Natalie Clancy, Karen Tankard, Sara Darling, Alison Broddle, Robin Barber, Gary Symons and Jeff Davies
CBC Television/Radio
CBC Television/Radio for Referendum Series

Finalists

Jeff Lee – The Vancouver Sun – Is ICBC Using "Hired Guns" To Win Cases?

Louise Dickson – Times Colonist – The Name Act-Loophole Shields Offenders

Jack Webster Science & Technology Award
Supported by Barry Lando

Winner
Michael McCullough
The Vancouver Sun
Photo Finished/Prints Fade to Black?

Finalists

Tom Barrett – The Vancouver Sun – Using Her Brain

Douglas Todd – The Vancouver Sun – Six Commentaries

Jack Webster Award for Commentary

Winner
Stephen Hume
The Vancouver Sun

Finalists

Charles Campbell – The Vancouver Sun

Robert Koopmans – Kamloops Daily News

Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner
Allan Fotheringham

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