Pique Newsmagazine has been nominated for a Jack Webster journalism award in the Excellence in Technology Reporting category.
“Hackers had ‘deep’ access to Whistler systems, docs show,” was part a series of stories on the ransomware attack on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), which was made public April 27.
Reporter Braden Dupuis investigated the breach and wrote all the stories on the cyber attack, which shut down municipal operations for months. The RMOW is still suffering the effects of the hack.
Also nominated in the category are Bryan Carney, The Tyee for “'You Have Zero Privacy' Says an Internal RCMP Presentation. Inside the Force’s Web Spying Program,” and Brent Jang, the Globe and Mail for “Ballard Power Systems.”
Read more about the finalists and their submissions here.
Global TV’s Chris Gailus and Sophie Liu take on this year’s hosting duties.
Winners will be announced at a virtual event Nov. 3 starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to watch the 35th annual gala.
The late Jack Webster is one of B.C.’s best-known journalists. From 1947 to 1987, first in print, then in open-line radio and TV, he engaged a generation of British Columbians with his hard-hitting style of journalism.
“The Jack Webster Foundation fosters and celebrates excellence in journalism to protect the public interest for British Columbians,” states the organization’s website.
“Across the globe today a struggle exists to protect and nurture a free and independent press. At home, here in B.C., the Jack Webster Foundation’s vision is to be a part of the solution by creating a community where trusted outstanding journalism thrives. We do this by holding the annual Webster Awards. The awards represent a unified voice that truth and accuracy in storytelling still matter, and that excellence in journalism is important, now more than ever.”
Former Pique reporter Alison Taylor won a 2012 Webster award for her feature article, “Healing Hands,” while reporter Jesse Ferreras was nominated for one in 2011 for “Whistler Blackcomb Goes Public.”
