Winners for 2024 Webster Awards Announced
Featuring Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations: Bob Rae
VANCOUVER, B.C., Oct. 28, 2024 /CNW/ - The winners of the 2024 Webster Awards, Western Canada's preeminent journalism awards, were announced this evening at a gala dinner/awards event at the Hyatt Regency, Vancouver. The awards recognize excellence in journalism in B.C. and the event also featured an address by featured guest Bob Rae, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations. The evening was also hosted by Chris Gailus, co-anchor of Global's News at 6 and Clement Tang, news anchor at Fairchild TV.
The 2024 winners were chosen by the Webster Awards jury, all members who are independent of the Jack Webster Foundation and its board. Submissions were encouraged from print, radio/podcasts, television and online media sources across B.C. that cover news, sports, the arts, business, community issues, and more.
2024 Webster Awards Winners
Best News Reporting of the Year – Print/Digital
-Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun/The Province for More than just driver error? Why trucks keep hitting B.C. overpasses
Best News Reporting of the Year – TV/Video
Presented by the Bradbury Family - In Memory of Keith Bradbury
-Cassidy Mosconi, Richard Zussman, Troy Charles, Elissa Carpenter, Pat Bell, Mike Timbrell, Justin Okines, Tony Clark, Derek Brade, Chris Allard, Kim Magi Global BC for Interior Fires
Commentator of the Year/City Mic Award
Presented in Memory of Linda Webster
-Eden Fineday, IndigiNews
Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting
-Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail for The VAG Comes Clean
Excellence in Business Reporting
Endowed by Jean Cormier
-Tyler Olsen, Fraser Valley Current for How an Ohio Newspaper Sank a B.C. Publishing Empire
Excellence in Community Reporting
Presented by the Al Roadburg Foundation
-Stacy Ross, Dean Stoltz, Skye Ryan, Kendall Hanson, Rob Shaw, April Lawrence, Keith Vass, Kevin Youngblut, CHEK News for Summer Wildfire Closes Critical Highway on Vancouver Island
Excellence in Environment Reporting
Presented by the Pacific Salmon Foundation
-Justine Hunter, The Globe and Mail for Trapped in Ice: A Glacial Reveal
Excellence in Feature Reporting – Print/Digital
-Nancy Macdonald, The Globe and Mail for Gold Diggers in a Cold Sea
Excellence in Feature Reporting – Radio/Audio
-Cathy Browne, Jennifer Wilson, CBC Vancouver for Better Late
Excellence in Feature Reporting – TV/Video
-Alissa Thibault, Sergio Magro, Sharron Bates, Brian Dutkewich, Soren Jensen, Global BC for Stanley Park Resident
Excellence in Health Reporting
-Penny Daflos, CTV News Vancouver for Healthcare Crisis Concealed from the Public
Excellence in Innovative Journalism
-Stephanie Kwetásel'wet Wood, Michelle Cyca, Lindsay Sample, Karan Saxena, Ainslie Cruickshank, Matt Simmons, Shawn Parkinson, Karlene Harvey, Jesse Winter, Marty Clemens, Jennifer Gauthier, The Narwhal for Nourish: How First Nations are Bringing Food Sovereignty Back to the Table
Excellence in Investigative & Enterprise Journalism
Presented by the B.C. Crown Counsel Association
-Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun/The Province for How the Tragic Overdose Death of a UVIC Student Sparked Change in B.C.
Excellence in Legal Journalism
Presented by the Law Society of B.C.
-Rumina Daya, Richard Zussman, Luca Sgaetti, Terry MacIsaac, Global BC for Child Killer Name Change
Excellence in Reporting in a Language other than English
-Pooja Sekhon, Harjinder Thind, Gurvinder Hanjra, CKYE 93.1 & 89.1 RED FM for Has LMIA Program Become a Necessary Evil?
You can read, listen to/watch all finalist and winning submissions by clicking here.
Also at the 2024 Webster Awards event, the 2024 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Belle Puri, the 2024 Bill Good Award was presented to the Cathy Browne, and the 2024 Shelley Fralic Award was presented to Isabelle Southcott.
This year's Webster Awards were made possible by Presenting Sponsors: BCGEU, Concord Pacific, FortisBC, Global Container Terminals Inc., LNG Canada, Port of Vancouver, Resource Works, Rogers, the Urban Development Institute, Pacific Region and West Coast Reduction. Supporting Sponsors: Angus Reid, Beedie, Brian Jessel Magazine, Hanson/Kohan Lawyers, KPU, Langara, Ledcor Group, Pattison Media, RBC, RedFM, Rennie, Seaspan, Teck Resources, Vancouver Island University and YVR. Webster Award partners are Oh Boy Productions, Glacier Media, and the Vancouver Sun and Province. Cision is the exclusive distribution partner of the Jack Webster Foundation.
The Jack Webster Foundation was established in 1986, upon the retirement of its namesake, who was Western Canada's best-known and most influential reporter, in order to foster and celebrate excellence in journalism, protect the public interest for British Columbian's, and create a community where trusted outstanding journalism thrives.
SOURCE Jack Webster Foundation
For more information, contact: Janet Mitchell, Executive Director, Jack Webster Foundation, T 604-603-4218, E [email protected]; W www.jackwebster.com
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