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
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
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
