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Webster Awards: Vancouver Solar columnist Daphne Braham wins commentator of the yr


Bramham was amongst winners in 14 classes at this yr’s Webster Awards, which had been handed out at a reside occasion on Tuesday night time

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Veteran Vancouver Solar columnist Daphne Bramham was named commentator of the yr on the 2023 Webster Awards, B.C.’s largest journalism honours.

Bramham was amongst winners in 14 classes at this yr’s Websters, together with 4 new classes for greatest information reporting, excellence in investigative journalism, excellence in arts and tradition reporting and excellence in characteristic reporting.

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The Webster Awards had been handed out at a reside occasion Tuesday night time, hosted by Paul Haysom of CHEK TV and Gloria Macarenko of CBC Radio. Macarenko additionally hosted a fireplace chat with famend anchor and journalist Lisa LaFlamme.

Dozens of submissions got here in from print, radio and podcast, TV and on-line media sources overlaying a wide selection of subjects and points. The winners’ work might be seen at jackwebster.com.

Right here is the whole listing of winners and the work for which they had been honoured:

Greatest Information Reporting of the Yr, Offered in Reminiscence of Keith Bradbury: Sarah MacDonald, Clayton Little, International B.C. for Failed in Life and Demise: The Story of Noelle O’Soup

Excellence in Investigative Journalism: Nancy Macdonald, Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail for The Blue Wall of Police Accountability

Excellence in Arts and Tradition Reporting: Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail for Arts within the Crosshairs

Excellence in Characteristic Reporting: J.B. MacKinnon, Hakai Institute for The Demon River

Excellence in Well being Reporting: Paul Johnson, Cody Chaban, International B.C. for Diversion of Medicine

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Excellence in Expertise Reporting: Kate Wilson, Vancouver Tech Journal for Microsoft president Brad Smith is main the imaginative and prescient of a linked Cascadia

Excellence in Authorized Journalism: Francesca Fionda, The Narwhal for This Courtroom Case Might Change the Way forward for Mining in B.C.

Excellence in Atmosphere Reporting: Ainslie Cruickshank, The Narwhal for The worst home visitors: European inexperienced crabs are invading B.C. waters

Excellence in Reporting in a Language aside from English: Harjinder Thind, Pooja Sekhon, Gurvinder Hanjra, RedFM for Surrey Well being Care in Disaster — An In Depth Report

Excellence in Variety and Inclusion Reporting: Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee for 70 Years after the Flood: Cheslatta’s Combat to Reclaim Its Territory

Excellence in Neighborhood Reporting, Offered by the Al Roadburg Basis: Anna McKenzie, Shalu Mehta, IndigiNews for Two-part sequence: Neighborhood rallies for Carsyn Seaweed

Excellence in Multimedia Journalism: Matt Simmons, The Narwhal for The difficult fact about pipelines crossing Moist’suwet’en territory

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Commentator of the Yr — Metropolis Mike Award, Offered in reminiscence of Linda Webster: Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Solar

Excellence in Enterprise, Trade & Labour Reporting, Endowed by Jean Cormier: Nicola Jones, Hakai Journal for Banking on the Seaweed Rush.

Additionally honoured this yr had been Frances Bula, winner of the 2023 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award; the International Reporting Centre, which gained the 2023 Invoice Good Award; and Sophie Lui of International B.C., who gained the 2023 Shelley Fralic Award.

The Jack Webster Basis was established in 1986 after the retirement of its namesake, who was Western Canada’s best-known and most influential reporter.


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