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The 2005 Jack Webster Awards Winners
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2005 Jack Webster Awards winners
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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Finalists
- Amy O'Brian – The Vancouver Sun – Surrey Memorial Hospital
- Lindsay Kines, Les Leyne, Louise Dickson Jeff Rudd – Victoria Times Colonist – Child Deaths
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Finalists
- Lesley Pritchard – CBC Radio – Critical Condition - E.R.s in the Fraser Region
- Peter Armstrong, Paisley Woodward, Carolyn Jack, Rosa Marchitelli, Dana Bales, Stephen Lus, Vik Adhopia – CBC Radio News – Mystery in Chechnya
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Finalists
- Rumina Daya – BCTV News on Global – Sri Lanka
- Leigh Morrow – Citytv Vancouver – Welfare Rental Slumlord
Best Feature Story - Print
Finalists
- Tom Hawthorn – Western Living – Wave Goodbye
- Jack Knox, Debra Brash – Victoria Times Colonist – The Last Man on Earth to Speak Nuchatlaht
Best Feature Story - Radio
Finalists
- Eileen Power – CBC Radio – Katie's Story
- Yvonne Gall, Marie Clements – CBC Radio – Hours of Water
Best Feature Story - Television
Finalists
- Terry Milewski – CBC News – Ray of Light
- Leigh Morrow – Citytv Vancouver – Pandemic Countdown
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
Finalists
- Ben Parfitt – The Georgia Straight – Killing Fields
- Frank O'Brien – BC Business Magazine – The Hundred Million Dollar Spread
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Finalists
- Ada Luk – Fairchild TV – One Woman Fight
- Tony Liaw – CHMB AM1320 – Aftermath of 911
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Finalists
- Russ Francis – Monday Magazine – High Hazards at Care Homes
- Noel Hulsman – BC Business Magazine – The Outsider
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
Finalists
- Jennifer Hourihan – Cowichan Valley News Leader – Evelyn Marten Trial
- Dana Bales – CBC Radio – Security for Sale
Jack Webster Award for Science & Technology
Supported by Barry Lando
Finalists
- Dee Hon – The Tyee – Attention Deficit Disorder: A Personal Investigation; My ADD: Curse or Gift?
- David Wiwchar, Michael Tymchuk – CBC Radio – The Bad Blood Returns, Nuu-chah-nulth Blood Returns to West Coast Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
