The Webster Awards, bestowed annually by the Jack Webster Foundation, recognize excellence in journalism in British Columbia.
Beginning in March, Nikiforuk, a long-time Tyee contributing editor and author of two books about pandemics, has written dozens of COVID-19 related articles for this site. They have incorporated interviews, social history, ecology, philosophy of ethics, and up-to-date findings of scientific experts.
Many have proven prescient. His “We Are in a New Danger Zone” piece of April 27 warns, for example, that despite an apparent lull, dropping our guard will invite a second surge, a reality sadly borne out in the U.S. and much of Canada.