We gratefully acknowledge our sponosors of the 2020 Jack Webster Awards:
The 2008 Jack Webster Awards Winners and Finalists
Photos by Dave Thomson
2008 Jack Webster Awards winners
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Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Finalists
- Lori Culbert, Chad Skelton and Larry Pynn – The Vancouver Sun – John Les and Chilliwack Land Deals
- Elaine O'Connor – The Province – The Blair Wilson Files
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Finalists
- Terri Theodore – The Canadian Press – Children Killed
- Laura Palmer, Kelly Connors, Terry Donnelly – CBC Radio Vancouver – The Robert Dziekanski Story
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury
Finalists
- Eric Rankin, Paisley Woodward, Curt Petrovich, Robert Zimmerman – CBC News Vancouver – Dirty Dollars
- Eric Rankin, Melanie Nagy, Miyoung Lee, Kirk Williams – CBC News Vancouver – Taser Controversy
Best Feature Story - Print
Finalists
- Pamela Fayerman – The Vancouver Sun – Locked-In/Stroke
- Glenda Luymes, Lena Sin – The Province – Thugs: B.C.'s Growing Menace
Best Feature Story - Radio
Finalists
- Erica Johnson – CBC Radio – Baby Rescue
- Jason Proctor – CBC Radio – Talk of the Devil
Best Feature Story - Television
Rumina Daya
Global BC
Sex Tourism
Global BC
Sex Tourism
Finalists
- Duncan McCue, James Roberts, Michael Taylor-Noonan, Glenn Weston, Doug Trent Jim Hoffman – CBC News – Abuse of Authority
- Elaine Yong – Global BC – World Class B.C.
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
Gary Mason
The Globe and Mail
Prince Rupert; New Hope
The Globe and Mail
Prince Rupert; New Hope
Finalists
- Lena Sin – The Province – Priced Out
- Patrick Brown – Island Tides – Sub-prime fraud made simple; Deconstructing Tilma; Carbon tax vs. cap-&-trade; Oil prices-betting on the only sure thing
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
Finalists
- Ming Pao Reporting Team (Eric Chan, Augustine Siu, Austin Feng, CK Chau, Jeffrey Wang, Mansang Leung, Susanna Ng, Victoria Chang, Tony Au, Liang Feng) – Ming Pao Daily – Downtown Plane Crash
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Finalists
- Gordon Hoekstra – Prince George Citizen – Clearing the Air
- Mona Mattei – The Weekender – Fallout - Battle over Uranium Claim
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
Finalists
- Peter McKnight – The Vancouver Sun – Series of columns on legal issues
- Kim Bolan – The Vancouver Sun – Serious flaws in terrorist financing laws and witness protection program
Jack Webster Award for Science & Technology
Finalists
- Gordon Hamilton, Frank Myrskog, Scott Simpson – The Vancouver Sun – B.C. 2050: What Climate Change Will Do To Our Province
- Lisa Smedman – Vancouver Courier – Tapping Into the Future and Pipe Dreams
City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
