Radio / Television News

CTV Vancouver, CKNW, CBC among 2020 Webster Award winners

VANCOUVER — The Webster Awards recognizing excellence in radio, television, print and online journalism in B.C. were presented Tuesday evening during an online broadcast. The awards are presented by The Jack Webster Foundation, established in 1986 upon the retirement of its namesake, who was once Western Canada’s best-known and most influential journalist. This year, the award for best breaking news in the radio category went to the Global News team at 980 CKNW, Gord Macdonald, Janet Brown, Terry Schintz, John Copsey, Erin Ubels, Srushti Gangdev, Robyn Crawford and Emily Lazatin, for Northern B.C. Murders. The best breaking news award in...