The 2007 Jack Webster Awards Winners and Finalists
Photos by Dave Thomson
2007 Jack Webster Awards winners
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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Finalists
- Lori Culbert, Neal Hall and Janet Steffenhagen – The Vancouver Sun – Former Teacher Faces Sex Charges
- Kim Bolan – The Vancouver Sun – The Murder of Manjit Panghali
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Finalists
- 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 – Fraser Valley Van Crash: The Safety of BC's Farmworkers
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury
Finalists
- 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
Finalists
- Gerry Bellett – The Vancouver Sun – Death by Graduation
- Jonathan McDonald, Peter Clough, Cristina Montgomery, Matthew Ramsey and Ginger Sedlarova – The Province – Under the Gun
Best Feature Story - Radio
Finalists
- Curt Petrovich and Yvonne Gall – CBC Radio – Children of the Missing Women
- Yvonne Gall, Salma Nurmohamed, Duncan McCue, Kathryn Gretsinger, Pamela Post and Margaret Gallagher – CBC Radio – Sacred Spaces
Best Feature Story - Television
Finalists
- 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
Finalists
- Don Cayo and Doug Todd – The Vancouver Sun – Deconstructing Taxes
- Shannon Paterson, Jim Beatty, Dag Sharman and Peter Grainger – CTV British Columbia – Riverbend
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Winnie Hwo, Todd Ye, Karen Cho, Philip Yong, Fairchild TV News and Current Affairs Team
Fairchild TV
BC's China Policy

Fairchild TV
BC's China Policy

Finalists
- Ada Luk and Fairchild Current Affairs Team – Fairchild TV – Ah Han's Story - How Asian Inmates are Changing Correction Canada's Services
- Tony Liaw – CHMB AM1320 – Dual Citizenship
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
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

Kamloops Daily News & CFJC TV 7
Seeing Red: The Pine Beetle Epidemic

Finalists
- 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
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
Finalists
- Robert Koopmans – Kamloops Daily News – Court Notes
- Lisa Rossington, Janet Dirks, Keri Adams, Kate Corcoran and Brent Gilbert – CTV British Columbia – The Pickton Trial
Jack Webster Award for Science & Technology
Finalists
- Scott Simpson – The Vancouver Sun – Climate Change
- Ed Watson, Julie Nolin, Dana Hutchings, Jennifer Crosby and Mary Griffin – CH Vancouver Island – Climate Change
City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award