Finalists named for B.C.'s Annual Journalism Awards

VANCOUVER, Sept. 9 /CNW/ - A selection of B.C.'s best journalists have been named as finalists for the 2010 Jack Webster Awards. Winners will be announced at the 24th annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on November 1st at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver.

CBC's Senior Foreign Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault is the featured speaker at the awards dinner and CTV's Tamara Taggart and Perry Solkowski take on this year's hosting duties. A special guest appearance will be made by the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer and The Province's Mike Smyth. The 2010 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to celebrated sports journalist, Jim Taylor.

FINALISTS FOR THE 2010 WEBSTER AWARDS
Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

• Shelley Fralic, The Vancouver Sun: The Torch Travels North
• Jeff Lee, Terry Bell, Jason Botchford, Gillian Shaw, Mike Beamish, Daphne Bramham, Iain MacIntyre, Cam Cole, The Vancouver Sun: A Tragic Day in Whistler
• Larry Pynn, The Vancouver Sun: Broken Wings

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

• Curt Petrovich, CBC National Radio News: The Ethics of Eyesight
• Curt Petrovich, CBC National Radio News: The Braidwood Inquiry
• Kathy Tomlinson, CBC Radio BC - The Early Edition: Home Depot Tax

Best News Reporting of the Year - Television

• John L. Daly, Global B.C.: Fraudulent Vehicle Certifications
• CBC News Team, Vancouver: The Games
• Aaron McArthur, Anne Drewa, Darlene Heidemann, Global B.C.: Boulder Mountain Avalanche

Best Feature Story - Print

• Jeff Lee, The Vancouver Sun: The Fight Against Doping
• Naoibh O'Connor, The Vancouver Courier: One Track Minds
• The Province News Team, The Province: Operation Phoenix

Best Feature Story - Radio

• Jeff Davies, CBC Radio British Columbia: The Lieutenant Governor Carves a Canoe
• Jennifer Moss, CBC - The Current: Wild Art
• Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio: The Paralympics

Best Feature Story - Television

• Stephen Andrew and Brendan Strain, /A\ Vancouver Island: Langford Goes to Haiti
• Erica Johnson, CBC News - Marketplace: Road to Rich Dad
• Duncan McCue, CBC - The National: Junior's Fight

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Online Journalism

• Elaine O'Connor, The Province: B.C. Without Borders Project
• Gloria Leung, CBC: Road to the Games
• Chad Skelton, The Vancouver Sun: B.C. Municipal Election Donations

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

• Andrew Duffy, Victoria Times Colonist: Meet the HST
• Gordon Hoekstra, Prince George Citizen: Pipeline promise? A Prince George citizen special report
• Larry Pynn, The Vancouver Sun: Pint-sized Ripoff

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

• Audrea Chan, Fairchild TV: A Tale of Two Aboriginal-Chinese
• Andy Cheung, Aiken Lau, Edward Chun, David Shum, Tony Liaw, CHMB AM 1320: HST Special
• James Shu Hung Fung, Victor Ho, Albert Tsui, Sing Tao Daily: In Search of New Chinese Identity in BC: An Ethnic Case to be Answered by the New Westminster City Government

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting:

• Tim Petruk, Kamloops This Week: East Side Stories
• Derek Spalding, Nanaimo Daily News: Outbreak Exposure
• Raffelina Sirianni, Kent Simmonds, Kylie Stanton, Curtis Allen, Geoff Hastings, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, CFJC TV Kamloops: Dirty Surgical Tools

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

• Kim Bolan, Lori Culbert, Neal Hall, Darah Hansen, The Vancouver Sun: Gang Wars: Justice in Our Times
• Hayley Cooper, CHNL Radio: The Allan Schoenborn Murder Trial
• Rob Shaw, Lindsay Kines and Louise Dickson, Times Colonist: Access Denied

Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology

• Pamela Fayerman, Amy O'Brian, Jenny Lee, Darah Hansen, The Vancouver Sun: Breast Cancer
• Duncan McCue, CBC - The National: Finding Coral
• Margaret Munro, CanWest News: Diabetes: Our Growing Epidemic
• Larry Pynn, Chris Parry, Gerry Bellett, Kelly Sinoski, Tiffany Crawford, Janet Steffenhagen, Pete McMartin, The Vancouver Sun: The Fatabase

Commentator of the Year
Presented in memory of Linda Webster
Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner

Tickets for the November 1st awards dinner at Hyatt Regency Vancouver can be ordered by calling 604-261-6184, by emailing [email protected] or by visiting www.jackwebster.com and following the dinner ticket link. Tickets are $150 per person or $1,500 for a table of 10. A portion of the dinner ticket price is tax deductible.

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 BCLC, Bell, CGA Association, CN, Labatt Breweries, HSBC Bank Canada, Teck, Terasen Gas, Port Metro Vancouver and Worksafe BC.

For further information:

Jack Webster Foundation Tel. [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.jackwebster.com