VANCOUVER, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - Twelve Webster Awards were presented tonight at
the 22nd annual Jack Webster Awards in Vancouver. As well, Steve Wyatt, former
Global TV news producer and executive was honoured with the Bruce Hutchison
Lifetime Achievement Award.Best Reporting of the Year - Print: Cindy Harnett, Lindsay Kines, Judith
Lavoie, Rob Shaw, Richard Watts, Louise Dickson, Jack Knox, Adrian
Chamberlain, The Victoria Times Colonist: Peter Lee Stories
Best Reporting of the Year - Radio: Curt Petrovich, CBC Radio: The Sale
of MDA
Best Reporting of the Year - Television: Peter Grainger, Lisa Rossington,
Jim Beatty, Shannon Paterson, CTV British Columbia: Taser Death
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting: Michael Roberts and the South
Asian Post team: The Innocent Man
Jack Webster Award for Science & Technology: Anna Gebauer, Global BC:
Forensic Botany
Best Reporting Chinese Language: Winnie Hwo, Spencer Gall, Shelley Huang,
Ada Luk, Fairchild TV News & Current Affairs: Hong Kong Handover 10th
Anniversary and The Sing Tao Editorial Team, Sing Tao Daily (BC Edition):
Disaster of the Century: 5 12 Sichuan Earthquake
Best Feature - Print: Gary Mason, The Globe and Mail: Crisis in Guatemala
Best Feature - Radio: Allana Stuart, CBC Radio: Songs for Smithers
Best Feature - Television: Rumina Daya, Global BC: Sex Tourism
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award: Gary Mason, The Globe
and Mail: Prince Rupert; New Hope
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism: Lisa Rossington,
Janet Dirks, Dag Sharman, Jina You, St. John Alexander, Kate Corcoran,
CTV British Columbia: Pickton Verdict
City Mike Award for Commentator of the Year: Douglas Todd: The Vancouver
Sun
2008 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve WyattThe 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 Accenture, BC Lottery
Corporation, Bell Canada, Certified General Accountants, CN, HSBC Canada,
Labatt Breweries, Terasen Gas, the Vancouver International Airport, Port Metro
Vancouver, and WorkSafeBC.
For further information: The Jack Webster Foundation at (604) 261-6184
or info@jackwebster.com
