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John Olding, 1942-2007

A Scot by birth, John Sinclair Olding began his newspaper career at The Vancouver Sun in 1958, at age 16, when he was hired as a copy runner. He remained at the paper until his retirement in January 2007, his tenure interrupted only by a three-year stint at CHQM radio.

In a career that spanned more than 48 years, John progressed through the ranks, working as a general assignment reporter, and covering the city hall, church and police beats. He was night city editor, assistant city editor and senior assistant city editor.

Generations of reporters and editors learned from John, and deeply respected him. Even the most confident of journalists will say that John had terrified them, but that had less to do with his legendary gruff manner than it did with his dedication to perfection and with their reluctant knowledge that whatever they wrote, John could always improve it.

John Olding passed away suddenly on February 15, 2007 and is remembered fondly, and with profound thanks, by all of his friends at The Vancouver Sun.

Valerie Casselton, The Vancouver Sun
One of the 2008 JWF's Poynter Institute Fellowships will be presented in memory of John Olding and will be specifically for an editor.

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In 2008, the Jack Webster Award for Best News Reporting of the Year - Television, will be presented in memory of Keith Bradbury. Keith was a pioneering news director with BCTV, now Global BC. He received the foundation's Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 for his outstanding leadership at BCTV and his contributions to the success of BCTV News Hour as the preeminent news program in Canada. Keith also participated as a member of the Foundation's jury panel, lending his expertise to the selection of annual Webster award winners.

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In 1994, Jean Cormier endowed the Jack Webster Award for Business, Industry and Economics. Jean was one of the founders of the Jack Webster Foundation and subsequently, the first Chair of the Jack Webster Foundation. As President of Cormier Communicators, one of Vancouver's leading public relations firms, Jean had a strong interest in excellence in business reporting believing that the public is best served by business journalism which displays a high level of objectivity, thoroughness, accuracy and integrity.

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The Law Society of British Columbia is the regulatory body for the BC legal profession, which ensures the protection of the public interest in the administration of justice. The Benchers govern the work of Law Society in accordance with the Legal Profession Act. The Law Society of B.C. has had a long-standing connection with Jack Webster. In 1988, Jack Webster was appointed the first Lay Bencher of the Law Society of B.C., and served in that role for more than eight years. In 2000, the Law Society endowed a legal award in Jack's name in honour of his contribution to its governance. The Law Society award honours a journalist or team of journalists for a story about legal issues, the administration of justice or the legal profession in B.C.

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Linda Webster was Jack's daughter and died of cancer in 2003 at age fifty-nine. She obtained Bachelors and Masters of Arts degrees in EnglishLiterature and a Bachelor of Library Science degree from the University of British Columbia. She was a senior librarian in the Provincial Archives in Victoria. Linda was a profoundly intelligent, gentle soul with, as Jack often said, a backbone of iron. The City Mike Award is handed down in her memory.

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