The 2026 Webster Awards, recognizing excellence in B.C. journalism, were handed out Monday evening in Vancouver at a gala featuring retired CBS News foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer, and hosted by CBC-TV host Dan Burritt, and CBC Victoria radio host Jason D’Souza.
The Globe and Mail led this year’s award winners with four, including Best News Reporting of the Year – Print/Digital, Excellence in Feature Reporting Print/Digital, Excellence in Legal Journalism, and Excellence in Innovative Journalism.
The Narwhal secured three awards, including a joint award with the Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) for Excellence in Business Reporting. CBC News and IndigiNews picked up two awards apiece.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best News Reporting of the Year – TV/Video
Presented by Earnscliffe
– Regan Hasegawa, The Death of Chase De Balinhard, CTV Vancouver
Best News Reporting of the Year – Print/Digital
Presented by Kidsbooks
– Nathan VanderKlippe, Mike Hager, Andrea Woo, Justine Hunter, Jana Pruden, Tu Thanh Ha, Patrick White, Tumbler Ridge horror, The Globe and Mail
Commentator of the Year/City Mic Award
Presented in Memory of Linda Webster
– Crawford Kilian, The Tyee
Excellence in Community Reporting
Presented by the Al Roadburg Foundation
– Amy Romer, Reclaiming child welfare jurisdiction in B.C.’s Gitanmaax Band, IndigiNews
Photo of the Year
Presented by Sony Canada
– Paige Taylor White, ‘Nature needs a rest’: One of B.C.’s best-loved parks takes a vacation, The Narwhal
Excellence in Feature Reporting – Radio/Audio/Podcast
– Georgina Smyth, Joan Webber, Common Ground, CBC News
Excellence in Feature Reporting – Print/Digital
Webster Awards winner Justine Hunter of the @globeandmail for her outstanding, beautifully-written feature on Strathcona Park…all hail #WebsterAwards #bcpoli https://t.co/afsfuUD5A3
— Rod Mickleburgh (@rodmickleburgh) November 3, 2026
– Justine Hunter, A hike into history: The founding of Strathcona Park, The Globe and Mail
Excellence in Feature Reporting – TV/Video
– Jason Pires, Joan Marshall, Allan Coen, Luca Sgaetti, Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy, Global BC
Excellence in Legal Journalism
Presented by the Law Society of B.C.
– David Ebner, The Reality of Bail Reform, The Globe and Mail
Excellence in Arts and Culture Reporting
– Abby Francis, Dionne Phillips, Crystal Greene, Inside a growing movement to return Indigenous belongings, IndigiNews
Excellence in Multilingual Journalism
– Sarbraj Singh Kahlon, Allan Chek, Kristin Johnson, Sonia Kalra, Vancouver Builders’ Extortion Fears Leads to Policy Change, OMNI Television (Punjabi)
Excellence in Health Reporting
Presented by London Drugs
– Jody Paterson, A Health Crisis in Plain Sight, The Victoria Times Colonist
Excellence in Innovative Journalism
– Justine Hunter, Jeremy Agius, The Perilous Waters of Hecate Strait, The Globe and Mail
Excellence in Business Reporting
Endowed by Jean Cormier
– Zak Vescera (IJF), Matt Simmons (Narwhal), Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from TC Energy, The Investigative Journalism Foundation & The Narwhal
Excellence in Environment Reporting
Presented by the Pacific Salmon Foundation
– Daniel J. Pierce, Trouble in the Headwaters: The Hidden Impacts of Clear-cut Logging in B.C., The Narwhal
Excellence in Investigative & Enterprise Journalism
Presented by the B.C. Crown Counsel Association
– Jason Proctor, Inside an extortion deportation case: The arsons, auto frauds and shootings linking crime across Canada, CBC.
Three special Webster Awards were also presented: the 2026 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Surrey Now-Leader reporter and columnist Tom Zytaruk; the 2026 Bill Good Award, presented to Iran International host and former Global BC producer Negar Mojtahedi; and the 2026 Shelley Fralic Award, presented to CBC Radio producer Anne Penman.
The work of this year’s winners and finalists can be found on the Jack Webster Foundation website here.
