36th Webster Awards 2022 Winners & Finalists

EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH REPORTING

PANDEMIC: BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Cindy E Harnett, Darren Stone
THE TIMES COLONIST, GLACIER MEDIA

WINNER : A Crisis in Care: The Family Doctor Shortage in Greater Victoria

Jean Paetkau, Deborah Wilson, Kathryn Marlow, Madeline Green, Megan Thomas, Robyn Burns, Gregor Craigie, Bridgette Watson, Andrew Kurjata, Sterling Eyford and Rohit Joseph.
CBC Victoria

BC Ambulance Crisis

Jordan Armstrong, Simon Little, Jon Azpiri, Sean Boynton, Neetu Garcha, Elizabeth McSheffrey
Global BC

EXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGY REPORTING

WINNER : FOI Reveals a Problem-Plagued BC $8.9-Million Tech Project

Andrew MacLeod
The Tyee

How the technology that powers crypto is being used for more than money

Michelle Ghoussoub, Gian-Paolo Mendoza, Lily Boisson, Pierre-Olivier Bernatchez
CBC News

EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENT REPORTING

Metro's low-income households feel heat waves more than their wealthier neighbours

Nathan Griffiths
The Vancouver Sun & Province

WINNER : Electric vehicles: Will they really drive us to a better planet?

Russ Francis
Focus Magazine

The Hatchery Crutch: How We Got Here

Jude Isabella
Hakai Magazine

BEST REPORTING IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH

WINNER : Recall- The first documentary about Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen in Canada

Andy Lin, Danny Wang
LSTimes TV

Magazine 26 - Indigenous-Chinese: The Past and Present

Ada Luk
Fairchild Television

چشم‌انداز تغییر قانون «مرگ به‌دلیل قصور» در بی‌سی پس از بیش از یک سده؛ بیم‌ها و امیدها / The prospect for reform in the Wrongful Death Law in BC after over a century: Fears and hopes

Sima Ghaffarzadeh, Houman Kabiri Parvizi
Hamyaari Media

EXCELLENCE IN MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM

From babies to bridge crossings, a data dive into how COVID-19 changed B.C.

Richard Zussman, Amy Judd, Simon Little, Sally Nicholls
Global BC

Highway 8

Nancy Macdonald, Artur Gajda, Timothy Moore
The Globe and Mail

WINNER : The frontline of conservation: how Indigenous guardians are reinforcing sovereignty and science on their lands

Jimmy Thomson
The Narwhal

BEST BREAKING NEWS REPORTING - Presented in Memory of Keith Bradbury

WINNER : B.C. Floods

Glenda Luymes, Tiffany Crawford, Sarah Grochowski, David Carrigg, Cheryl Chan, Gordon Hoekstra, Joanne Lee-Young, Susan Lazaruk, Richard Lam, Francis Georgian, Jason Payne, Mike Bell
Vancouver Sun and Province

Deadly Winters Hotel Blaze

Sarah Grochowski, Lori Culbert, Susan Lazaruk, Joe Ruttle, Stephanie Ip, John Mackie, Carolyn Soltau, Mike Bell, Nick Procaylo, Arlen Redekop, Jason Payne, Francis Georgian
Vancouver Sun & Province

BC's Flooding Catastrophe

CTV News Team
CTV Vancouver

BEST FEATURE/ENTERPRISE REPORTING – PRINT/ONLINE

WINNER : The science, geography, and historical roots of a 21st Century disaster

Tyler Olsen, Grace Kennedy, Joti Grewal
Fraser Valley Current

Traevon's Legacy

Nancy Macdonald
The Globe and Mail

SRO Tenants Have Lived with Broken Windows for Years

Jen St. Denis
The Tyee

BEST FEATURE/ENTERPRISE REPORTING – RADIO / PODCAST

WINNER : Floods, fires and the future: A look at three communities after climate disasters

Sarah Penton, Christine Coulter, Courtney Dickson, Catherine Hansen
CBC Kelowna

Of Towns and Tigers

Joan Webber
CBC Radio – The Doc Project

Missing Michael: Island Crime Season 3

Laura Palmer
Rogers Frequency Podcast Network

BEST FEATURE/ENTERPRISE REPORTING – TV / VIDEO

A British Columbia welcome: Housing Ukrainian newcomers fleeing the war

Shannon Paterson
CTV Vancouver

WINNER : RCH’s COVID ICU

Belle Puri, Christian Amundson, Ethan Sawyer, Liam Britten, Fiona Hopewell-Jensen
CBC Vancouver

COVID-19 data: Fight for Vancouver hospital outbreak information

Penny Daflos
CTV Vancouver

EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY + INCLUSION REPORTING

Prosecuting Hate

Mike Hager, Ian Bailey, Chen Wang
The Globe and Mail

Can B.C.’s First Nations and churches find peace on earth?

Douglas Todd
Vancouver Sun

WINNER : Chinatown unmasked

Kristen Robinson
Global BC

EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL JOURNALISM

Sponsored by the Law Society of British Columbia

WINNER : The Hidden, Deadly Epidemic in Partner Violence

Mary Fowles
The Tyee

Do police treat organized crime murders differently?

Kim Bolan
The Vancouver Sun/Postmedia

Sexual assault survivor finds no justice with Saanich police

Jane Skrypnek
Saanich News

BEST COMMUNITY REPORTING

WINNER : Investigation: Is Vancouver's Chinatown dying?

Mike Howell
Vancouver Is Awesome/Glacier Media

Princeton recovers from devastating floods

Casey Richardson and Chelsea Powrie
Castanet News

Truth and Reconciliation

Cathy Webster, Michelle Cabana, Katherine Engqvist, Arnold Lim, Jane Skrypnek, Jake Romphf, Wolfgang Depner, Kiernan Green, Tammy Robinson, Susan Granberg, Don Descoteau, Dan Ebenal
Goldstream Gazette

EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS/INDUSTRY/LABOUR/ECONOMICS REPORTING

Endowed by Jean Cormier

WINNER : The Coming Indigenous Power Play

Zoë Yunker
The Tyee

As AbCellera plans massive expansion 'for decades to come,' Vancouver braces for impact

Aleksandra Sagan
The Logic

LNG's Fading Promise

Brent Jang
The Globe and Mail

COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR – CITY MIKE AWARD

Presented in memory of Linda Webster

WINNER : Steve Burgess

The Tyee

Pete McMartin

Vancouver Sun

James Peters

CFJC Television