The 2004 Jack Webster Awards Winners and Finalists
Photos by Dave Thomson
2004 Jack Webster Awards winners
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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Sean Holman, Lindsay Kines, Les Leyne, Judith Lavoie, Jody Paterson and Jeff Rud
Times Colonist
Doug Walls Affair

Times Colonist
Doug Walls Affair

Finalists
- Lindsay Kines – The Vancouver Sun – Teamster's Ties to Bikers Probed
- Douglas Todd – The Vancouver Sun – Catholics Sever Ties with VanCity for Supporting Gays
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Matt Cherrille, Kim Calloway, Jasmin Doobay, Glen Morrison, Kenn Dixon and Stephanie Widzick
CKOV63 Kelowna
Kelowna Firestorm

CKOV63 Kelowna
Kelowna Firestorm

Finalists
- Doug Collins, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirriani, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Larry Read – B-100 (CKBZ) – Firestorm
- Chris Brown, David French, Steve Lus, Graham Stevens, Gary Symons, Michael Tymchuk, Myke Clark – CBC Radio News – Summer of Fire
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Finalists
- Leigh Morrow – CityTV – Charles Jamieson
- Bill O''Donovan, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirianni, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Kent Simmonds, Tom Konopski, Clayton Smailes, Cory Blum – CFJC-TV7 News Centre, Kamloops – Firestorm
Best Feature Story - Print
Finalists
- Mike Beamish – The Vancouver Sun – To Love and Lose and Live to Find Love Again
- Gail Johnson – The Georgia Straight – The Dark Crystal
Best Feature Story - Radio
Finalists
- Kathryn Gretsinger, David Jones, Marcie Gray, Phillip Ditchburn – CBC Radio One – Aids: Then and Now
- Karen Burgess, Jennifer Van Evra, Andrea Lupini, Margaret Gallagher, Cecilia Walters – CBC Radio One – Taking Care
Best Feature Story - Television
Finalists
- Brian Dutkewich, Jane King, Liz Robbins, Erick Thompson, Polly Vaughan – The New VI - CHUM Television – Crystal Meth...To Die For
- Keri Adams, Michele Brunoro, Rob Brown – CTV British Columbia – Mission Murder
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
Finalists
- Scott Simpson – The Vancouver Sun – BC Rail
- Nicole Lawson, Tracy Tjaden, Glenn Drexhage, Glen Korstrom, Peter Mitham, Timothy Renshaw – Business in Vancouver – BC's Biggest Deals of 2003
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Finalists
- Talentvision Team – Talentvision – Taiwan Presidential Election
- Deborah Zhao, Kathy Lee, Mark Huang, Bo Zhang – Global Chinese Press – The True Story of the Xinjiang Acrobats
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Finalists
- Thomas Terrio – Richmond Review – Drive-by Tickets in the Mail
- Chris Tenove – www.TheTyee.ca – Dispatches from around the Province
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
Finalists
- Chris Brown and James Roberts – CBC News: Canada Now/The National – Century of Slag
- Salim Jiwa – The Province – Caught on Video - Burns/Rafay Trial
Jack Webster Award for Science & Technology
Supported by Barry Lando
Finalists
- Paula Brook – The Vancouver Sun – High Tech Hip
- Margaret Munro – CanWest News – Drugs, Money and Ethics
City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award