2012 Jack Webster Awards Winners

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2012 Jack Webster Awards Winners
November 1, 2012


Fourteen Webster Awards were presented tonight at the 26th annual Jack Webster Awards in Vancouver.

Best Reporting of the Year - Print
Jeff Lee, Larry Pynn, Tara Carman, Mike Hager, Evan Duggan, Andrea Woo, Gordon Hoekstra, The Vancouver Sun: YVR Plane Crash series

Best Reporting of the Year - Radio
Bob Keating, CBC Radio: Finding Kienan

Best Reporting of the Year - Television
Presented in memory of Keith Bradbury
Natalie Clancy, Manjula Dufresne, CBC: Broken Mounties

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Rob Wipond, Focus Magazine: Hidden Surveillance

Jack Webster Award for Science, Technology Health & Environment
Alison Taylor, Pique Newsmagazine: Healing Hands

Best Reporting Chinese Language
Bowen Zhang, Nelson Wong, Dylan Baker, Guo Ding, OMNI BC Mandarin Edition: Heroes of Chinatown

Best Feature - Print
Ros Guggi, John Fuller, Erik Rolfsen, Sam Cooper, Cheryl Chan, Jen Saltman, Elaine O'Connor, Jon Ferry, Ginger Sedlarova, Arlen Redekop, Ric Ernst, Adam Foster, Dharm Makwana, The Province: Boomerangst

Best Feature - Radio
Shiral Tobin, Rick Cluff, Lee Rosevere, The Early Edition, CBC Radio One: Security9/11: The New Normal

Best Feature - Television
Jas Johal, Mike Timbrell, Ron Tupper, Global BC: The Odd Couple: The Premier and the Billionaire

Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award
Endowed by Jean Cormier
Paul Luke, Lina Toyoda, The Province: MoneyWise: A Guide to Financial Literacy

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism
Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia
Peter McKnight, The Vancouver Sun: Stanley Cup Riots

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Multimedia Journalism
Mark Yuen, Chris Parry, Andrea Woo, Brad Frenette, The Vancouver Sun: The Gastown Project

City Mike Award for Commentator of the Year
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
Pete McMartin, The Vancouver Sun

2012 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
Patricia Graham


The Jack Webster Foundation was established in 1986 to recognize excellence in journalism in British Columbia. The work of the Foundation is made possible by the generous sponsorship of BCGEU , Certified General Accountants Association, CN, Labatt Breweries, FortisBC, HSBC Bank Canada, Teck, Port Metro Vancouver TELUS and WorksafeBC.

For more information, please contact the Jack Webster Foundation at 604-618-6949 or info@jackwebster.com.


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