Webster Finalists

[Jack Bennest]

FINALISTS FOR THE 2007 WEBSTER AWARDS

Best News Reporting of the Year - Print

- Lori Culbert, Neal Hall and Janet Steffenhagen, The Vancouver Sun:
Former Teacher Faces Sex Charges
- Chad Skelton, The Vancouver Sun: Gambling in B.C.
- Kim Bolan, The Vancouver Sun: The Murder of Manjit Panghali

Best News Reporting of the Year - Radio

- Mark Forsythe, Susan McNamee, Theresa Duvall, Brett Ballah, Renee
Filippone, Marcie Gray and Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio: BC Place Dome
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- Meera Bains, Jeff Davies and Paisley Woodward, CBC Radio AM690:
Fraser Valley Van Crash: The Safety of BC's Farmworkers
- Kelly Ryan and Paisley Woodward, CBC Radio One: The Fight for Frank
Paul

Best News Reporting of the Year - Television

- Jim Beatty, CTV British Columbia: Filthy Foster Home
- Elaine Yong, Global BC: Home Inspector Series
- Tony Parsons, Randene Neill, John Daly, Ted Chernecki, Chris Gailus,
Anne Drewa, Rob Bencze, Ted Field, Keith Baldrey and Grace Ke,
Global BC: Storm Coverage

Best Feature Story - Print

- Gerry Bellett, The Vancouver Sun: Death by Graduation
- Pete McMartin and Glenn Baglo, The Vancouver Sun: Faces of Autism
- Jonathan McDonald, Peter Clough, Cristina Montgomery, Matthew Ramsey
and Ginger Sedlarova, The Province: Under the Gun

Best Feature Story - Radio

- Curt Petrovich and Yvonne Gall, CBC Radio: Children of the Missing
Women
- Betsy Trumpener, CBC Radio: The Coffin Carver
- Yvonne Gall, Salma Nurmohamed, Duncan McCue, Kathryn Gretsinger,
Pamela Post and Margaret Gallagher, CBC Radio Vancouver: Sacred
Spaces

Best Feature Story - Television

- Erica Johnson, Litsa Sourtzis and Stephanie Kampf, CBC TV: Dirty
Doctors
- Mike McCardell, Global BC: East Hastings Series
- Duncan McCue, James Roberts and Sara Darling, CBC News: Reading,
Writing and the Rez

Jack Webster Business, Industry & Economics Award

Endowed by Jean Cormier

- Don Cayo and Doug Todd, The Vancouver Sun: Deconstructing Taxes
- Shannon Paterson, Jim Beatty, Dag Sharman and Peter Grainger,
CTV British Columbia: Riverbend
- Ross Howard, BCBusiness: The Lost City

Best Reporting - Chinese Language

- Ada Luk and Fairchild Current Affairs Team, Fairchild TV: Ah Han's
Story - How Asian Inmates are Changing Correction Canada's Services
- Winnie Hwo, Todd Ye, Karen Cho, Philip Yong, Fairchild TV News and
Current Affairs Team, Fairchild TV: BC's China Policy
- Tony Liaw, CHMB AM1320: Dual Citizenship

Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting

- Kendyl Salcito and Tom Barrett, The Tyee: BC's New War over Private
Property Rights
- Derek Spalding and Allison Cross, Nanaimo Daily News: Designing
Babies
- Sandy Heimlich-Hall, Bill O'Donovan, Doug Collins, Tim Peeling, Susan
Edgell, Kyle Donaldson, Jason Trout, Kent Simmonds, Tom Konopski,
Marcel Chelkowski, Mel Rothenburger, Susan Duncan, Mike Cornell, Cam
Fortems, Robert Koopmans, Jason Hewlett, Michelle Young, Mike Youds
and Catherine Litt, Kamloops Daily News & CFJC TV 7: Seeing Red:
The Pine Beetle Epidemic

Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism

Sponsored by the Law Society of BC

- Robert Koopmans, Kamloops Daily News: Court Notes
- Peter McKnight, Vancouver Sun: Series of columns on legal issues
- Lisa Rossington, Janet Dirks, Keri Adams, Kate Corcoran and Brent
Gilbert, CTV British Columbia: The Pickton Trial

Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology

- Scott Simpson, The Vancouver Sun: Climate Change
- Ed Watson, Julie Nolin, Dana Hutchings, Jennifer Crosby and Mary
Griffin, CH Vancouver Island: Climate of Change
- Maurice Bridge, The Vancouver Sun: Rewiring the Brain

[Mike Cleaver]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Nothing from Vancouver private radio???
Interesting!

[Glen Livingstone]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Nothing from Vancouver private radio???
Interesting!

Exactly what I was thinking Mike.

This is the first time that I can remember that 'B.C.'s News Leader' hasn't been nominated for something in at least one category.

It would be interesting to know if they even bothered to submit anything.

Sometimes keeping up the charade can be more trouble than it's worth.

[Howaboutthat]

Don't forget, being nominated, and actually having the staff to put things together, edit and submit, kinda go hand in hand these days.

[radiofan]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
Nothing from Vancouver private radio???
Interesting!

Didn't Till cover any big stories while hunkered down in a hotel room somewhere with a jug of port and roast pig on his TV table?

[segueking2]

How can you present winning news programming without a staff?

NO NEWSROOMS in Vancouver stations - including CKNW. (except 1130, of course)

They have three people trying to carry the ball - and Rutherford trying to get the most out of that.

CFUN?

The Beat?

Most of these kids can't even spell news..great for the owners, and shows that bribes and political contributions paid off.

No expenses = fatter bottom line, and to hell with the listeners..

[Jack Bennest]

Rutherford as in Doug Rutherford, Vice President of Corus Radio
(News-Talk Division) and GM of Corus Edmonton

To me the talent and the staff numbers may be there at NW and WX
but there is no focus on being the best and showing off to the world

Is there?

to quote Seque - its the money....follow the money. The money is the bottom line. More for the shareholders. If they won awards they would
have to advertise that fact or send people to a dinner. That costs money.

I am too cynical I know.