NEWS RELEASE

VANCOUVER, B. C.

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

The following B. C. journalists have been named as finalists for the 2004 Jack Webster Awards. Winners will be announced at the 18th annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on October 27th.

Co-hosted by CBC’s Ian Hanomansing and Gloria Macarenko and featuringCanadian Consul General Pamela Wallin as guest speaker, the awards dinner will take place at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina in Vancouver.

FINALISTS FOR THE 2004 WEBSTER AWARDS
Best News Reporting of the Year – Print
  • Lindsay Kines: Teamster’s Ties to Bikers Probed The Vancouver Sun
  • Sean Holman, Lindsay Kines, Les Leyne, Judith Lavoie, Jody Paterson, Jeff Rud: Doug Walls Affair

Victoria Times Colonist

  • Douglas Todd: Catholics Sever Ties with VanCity for Supporting Gays The Vancouver Sun

Best News Reporting of the Year – Radio

  • Doug Collins, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirianni, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Larry Read: Firestorm B-100 (CKBZ)
  • Chris Brown, David French, Steve Lus, Graham Stevens, Gary Symons, Michael Tymchuk, Myke Clark: Summer of Fire CBC Radio News
  • Matt Cherrille, Kim Calloway, Jasmin Doobay, Glen Morrison, Kenn Dixon, Stephanie Widzick: Kelowna Firestorm CKOV63 Kelowna

Best News Reporting of the Year – Television

  • Terry Milewski: Air India: Terrorism Made in Canada CBC News: Canada Now/The National
  • Leigh Morrow:Charles Jamieson Citytv
  • Bill O’Donovan, Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Raffelina Sirianni, Cheryl Bloxham, Lorry-Ann Austin, Teena Monteleone, Kent Simmonds, Tom Konopski, Clayton Smailes, Cory Blum: Firestorm CFJC-TV7 News Centre, Kamloops

Best Feature Story – Print

  • Mike Beamish: To Love and Lose and Live to Find Love Again The Vancouver Sun
  • Gail Johnson: The Dark Crystal The Georgia Straight
  • Lindsay Kines: The Singing Professor The Vancouver Sun

Best Feature Story – Radio

  • Kathryn Gretsinger, David Jones, Marcie Gray, Phillip Ditchburn: Aids: Then and Now CBC Radio One
  • Bill Good Show – Talk 980 Team: Crystal Meth – A Special Investigation CKNW News – Talk 980
  • Karen Burgess, Jennifer Van Evra, Andrea Lupini, Margaret Gallagher, Cecilia Walters: Taking Care CBC Radio One Vancouver

Best Feature Story – Television

  • Anna Gebauer: Baby Business Global BC
  • Brian Dutkewich, Jane King, Liz Robbins, Erick Thompson, Polly Vaughan: Crystal Meth… To Die For The New VI – CHUM Television
  • Keri Adams, Michele Brunoro, Rob Brown Mission Murder CTV British Columbia

Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award

Endowed by Jean Cormier

  • Scott Simpson: BC Rail TheVancouver Sun
  • Nicole Lawson, Tracy Tjaden, Glenn Drexhage, Glen Korstrom, Peter Mitham, Timothy Renshaw: BC’s Biggest Deals of 2003 Business in Vancouver
  • Myles Murchison: David Martin’s Gold BC Business Magazine
Best Reporting - Chinese Language
  • Cissy Yee: BC Forest Fire Fairchild Television
  • Talentvision Team: Taiwan Presidential Election Talentvision
  • Deborah Zhao, Kathy Lee, Mark Huang, Bo Zhang: The True Story of the Xinjiang Acrobats

Global Chinese Press

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

  • Trudy Beyak: Avian Flu Outbreak Abbotsford News
  • Thomas Terrio: Drive-by Tickets in the Mail Richmond Review
  • Chris Tenove : Dispatches from around the Province The Tyee

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism

Sponsored by the Law Society of BC

  • Harvey Oberfeld: Contempt for Court Global BC
  • Chris Brown and James Roberts: Century of Slag CBC News: Canada Now/The National
  • Salim Jiwa: Caught on Video- Burns/Rafay Trial TheProvince

Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology

Presented in honour of Barry Lando
  • Paula Brook: High Tech Hip The Vancouver Sun
  • Margaret Munro: Drugs, Money and Ethics CanWest News
  • Douglas Todd: The Power of Purpose The Vancouver Sun

Commentator of the Year

Presented in memory of Linda Webster

Winner will be announced at the Jack Webster Awards Dinner

Tickets for the Oct. 27 awards dinner at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina can be ordered by calling 604-261-6184 or by visiting and following the dinner ticket link. Tickets are $120 per person or $1,200.00 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 BC Lottery Corporation, Bell Canada, CGA Association, CIBC, CN, Labatt Breweries of British Columbia, Terasen Inc., the Vancouver International Airport Authority, the Vancouver Port Authority and the Workers’ Compensation Board.

Jack Webster Foundation Tel. 604-261-6184Email: Website:

1