The Jack Webster Foundation - recognizing outstanding journalism in British Columbia for over 25 years

We gratefully acknowledge our sponosors of the 2019 Jack Webster Awards:

The 2014 Jack Webster Awards Winners and Finalists

Photos by Dave Thomson

Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

Winner
Frances Bula
The Globe and Mail
PHS

Finalists

Louise Dickson, Lindsay Kines, Rob Shaw, Mike Devlin, Jeff Bell, Sarah Petrescu, Jack Knox, Les Leyne, Richard Watts, Cindy Harnett, Carla Wilson, Iain Hunter – Times Colonist – Canada Day Terror Plot

James Keller – The Canadian Press – Highway of Tears

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

Winner
Curt Petrovich
CBC National Radio News
Typhoon Haiyan

Finalists

Bob Keating – CBC Radio – Green Rush

Curt Petrovich – CBC National Radio News – Killer Slide

Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury

Winner
Kathy Tomlinson, Enza Uda, Robb Douglas
CBC News Vancouver
McJobs

Finalists

Natalie Clancy, Paisley Woodward, Robb Douglas – CBC News Vancouver – Code White

Kendall Hanson, Dean Stoltz, Garry Frang, Glenn Olsen, Jim Beatty, Mary Griffin, Dana Hutchings, Rob Germain and team – CHEK News – Sawmill Shooting

Best Feature Story - Print

Winner
Lori Culbert, Tracy Sherlock
The Vancouver Sun
From Care to Where?

Finalists

Cheryl Chan, Sam Cooper, Susan Lazaruk, Elaine O'Connor, Cassidy Olivier, Jason Payne, Arlen Redekop, Jon Ferry, J.J. Adams, Ros Guggi, Katie Mercer, Carolyn Soltau – The Province – Racism in Paradise

Barry Link, Michael Kissinger, Naoibh O'Connor, Dan Toulgoet, Megan Stewart, Cheryl Rossi, Mike Howell, Sandra Thomas, Fiona Hughes, Andrew Fleming, Rebecca Blissett, Jennifer Thuncher, Adrian Cunningham – Vancouver Courier – Vancouver Special

Best Feature Story - Radio

Winner
Mark Leiren-Young, Yvonne Gall
CBC Radio
Moby Doll: The Whale That Changed the World

Finalists

Margaret Gallagher – CBC Radio, The Early Edition – At Home At Last

Stephen Quinn, Theresa Duvall, Jodie Martinson, Jennifer Chen, Matthew Lazin-Ryder, Lisa Christiansen – CBC Radio – Gay and Grey

Best Feature Story - Television

Winner
Allan Hopkins, Pieter Romer, Winston Xin
CTV Vancouver - First Story
Residential School Lost and Found

Finalists

Duncan McCue, James Roberts, Michelle Billman, Doug Trent – CBC The National – Residential Schools and Hockey

Chris Brown, Brett Hyde, Brian Dutkewich – CBC The National – Tearing It Up: Big White's Paralympic Snowboarders

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Digital Journalism

Winner
Shannon Miller, Erik Rolfsen, Jennifer Saltman, Ben Ngai, Rafe Arnott, David Rigler, Ginger Sedlarova
The Province
Homicide, Surrey Edition

Finalists

Chad Skelton, Kevin Griffin – The Vancouver Sun – Auto Crime and Bike Theft

Ana Komnenic – MINING.com – TIMELINE: Pascua Lama - from $1.5 billion to $8.5 billion to suspension

Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier

Winner
Frances Bula
Vancouver Magazine
The Modern Drive-Through

Finalists

Matt O'Grady – BCBusiness – High Hopes

Brent Jang, Iain Marlow – The Globe and Mail – LNG Boom

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

Winner
James Fung, Wai Man Ip and team
Sing Tao Daily (BC Edition)
BC Government's Apology to Chinese Community - The Inside Story

Finalists

Johann Chang and Travena Lee – Fairchild Radio – Chinese-only Signs

Otto Tang, Tina Song, Karen So, Guo Ding, Bowen Zhang, Doug Cheng – Omni TV – Road to the BC Chinese Apology

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

Winner
Rob Wipond
Focus Magazine
Coup de Police

Finalists

Tyler Olsen – Chilliwack Times – A Family's Fate

Tamara Cunningham – Nanaimo News Bulletin – A Journey with ALS

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia

Winner
Duncan McCue
CBC The National
Last Right

Finalists

Natalie Clancy, Paisley Woodward, Alan Stewart – CBC News Vancouver – Deadbeat Tenants

Bal Brach, Bob Keating, Enza Uda, Brett Hyde – CBC News – Tim Hortons Temporary Foreign Workers Abuse

Jack Webster Award for Science, Technology, Health & Environment
Sponsored by Genome British Columbia

Winner
Dan Fumano
The Province
Our Water Series

Finalists

Lori Culbert – The Vancouver Sun – Drug Watchdog vs Big Pharma

Duncan McCue, James Roberts, Doug Trent, Michelle Billman – CBC The National – Imagine the Fire

City Mike Award (Commentator of the Year)
Presented in memory of Linda Webster

Winner
Allen Garr
Vancouver Courier

Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner
Brian Coxford
Global BC

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Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award

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