Finalists, Guest Speaker and MCs Named for B.C.'s Annual Journalism Awards
Noted & Quoted in: Canada Newswire, September 4, 2003
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Mansbridge is Chief Correspondent of CBC News and anchors its nightly news program, The National,, and all CBC News Specials.
CTV's Bill Good and Pamela Martin will co-host the Oct. 23 evening at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina where 13 awards will be presented to B.C.'s best print and broadcast journalists. Martin and Good, who also hosts a morning talk show on CKNW AM 980, are veterans of the B.C. broadcasting industry.
FINALISTS FOR THE 2003 WEBSTER AWARDS
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print
Stuart Hunter, Matt Hoekstra, Lora Grindlay, Charlie Anderson,
John Colebourn, Salim Jiwa: Tragedy at Sea The Province
Judith Lavoie, Les Leyne, Jody Paterson, Jeff Rud: Campbell's Crisis
Times Colonist
Vancouver Sun Election Team: Municipal Elections Series
The Vancouver Sun
Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio
Ted Field, Yvonne Earner, Leanne Yuzwa: New West Barge CKNW
Trevor Metz, Angelo lacobucci, Jim Harrison, Bob Price: Terror at
1210 McGill
CHNL Kamloops
Pamela Post: Desperate for a Kidney: Canada Fuels Global Trade in
Human Organs
CBC Radio News
Best News Reporting of the Year - Television
Linda Aylesworth, Brian Coxford, Ted Chernecki, Aaron McArthur,
Randene Neil: Revelstoke Avalanche Global Television
Ted Chernecki, John Daly, Aaron McArthur: New Westminster Barge
Global Television
Julia Foy, Michele Brunoro, Mike Chisholm: Alicia Jobb Kidnapping
CTV British Columbia
Best Feature Story - Print
Don Cayo: One Island, Two Worlds - Life on the Line The Vancouver Sun
Gary Mason: The Forgotten Ones The Vancouver Sun Kim Westad: Rocancourt Times Colonist
Best Feature Story - Radio
Robyn Levy and Anne Penman: Teen Dads on Father's Day
CBC Radio One
Jeff Davies: BC Parks at the Crossroads CBC Radio
Kelly Ryan, Sandra Bartlett: Lost Souls: The Missing Women's Tragedy
CBC Radio
Best Feature Story - Television
Eve Savory: Dying Wishes CBC Television
Natalie Clancy: Green Gold CBC News
Mike McCardell: New York Stories Global Television
Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award Endowed by Jean Cormier
David Baines: Sharks Circle in T. Harv Eker's Tank
The Vancouver Sun
Petti Fong: Drought The Vancouver Sun
Charlie Smith: Olympics Inc. Georgia Straight
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
AM1320 News Team: Civic Election 2002 CHMB AM1320 Ming Pao Reporting Team: Amanda Zhao's Story Ming Pao Daily News Vincent Wu: Canada's New Immigration Law: A Chinese Community Perspective World Journal
Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting
Trudy Beyak: Dad Says it was a Preventable Death Abbotsford News
Fabian Dawson and Jagdeesh Mann: "Sikh Sect Scandal Erupts at BC Temple":http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/48.html The Asian Pacific Post
Catherine Litt, John Kimantas: Picture of Poverty
Nanaimo News Bulletin
Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism Sponsored by the Law Society of BC
Kirn Bolan: Air India The Vancouver Sun
Michael McCullough: New Laws to Keep Your Private Life Private
The Vancouver Sun
Adrienne Tanner: Police Conduct The Province
Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology
Presented in honour of Barry Lando
Linda Aylesworth: Obesity Global Television
Ben Parfitt: Fish and the Forest The Georgia Straight
Kelly Ryan: The Science of the Search CBC Radio
Commentator of the Year
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner
Tickets for the Oct. 23 awards dinner at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina can be ordered by calling 604-261-6184 or by visiting
www.jackwebster.com and following the dinner ticket link. Tickets are $115 per person or $1,150.00 for a table of 10. A portion of the dinner ticket price is tax deductible. Student tickets are available at $40 per full-time student.
The Jack Webster Foundation, named after the late broadcaster who was Western Canada's best known and most influential reporter, was established in 1986 to recognize excellence in British Columbia journalism. The work of the Foundation is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the CGA Association, CIBC, CN, Ipsos-Reid, Labatt Breweries of British Columbia, Terasen Inc., the Vancouver International Airport Authority, the Vancouver Port Authority and the Workers' Compensation Board.
