Magazine finalists named in Jack Webster Awards for BC journalism

Tyler Olsen has been nominated as a finalist in the 26th annual Jack Webster Awards  for community reporting for his story "Not Wanted" in This Magazine. Other magazine-related finalist nominees are:

• Frances Bula  has been nominated for best feature story -- print for the story in Vancouver Magazine  called "How I Lost My Mother".
• Rob Wipond for community reporting for his article "Hidden Surveillance; Privacy Commissioner Slams Provincial Surveillance Program"  in Focus Magazine, Victoria;  for excellence in legal journalism for his article in Focus "Kathleen's Demise: Forced Drugging of Seniors Still Increasing";  and for science, technology, health and environment for his article, also in Focus, called "Crisis Behind Closed Doors"

The Jack Webster Awards are for excellence in British Columbia journalism. Awards will be given out at a dinner on November 1 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver. Full list of nominees.