Dee Hon has been named a finalist for a prestigious Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology for his two-part series on Attention Deficit Disorder, published in The Tyee. Hon, who was diagnosed ADD as an adult, mixed personal storytelling and science reporting in his articles "Attention Deficit Disorder, a Personal Investigation" and "My ADD: Curse or Gift?".

Hon combined an account of his own childhood and work history with reporting on the latest genetic research on the possible origins of the ADD gene, and why the gene may have been of positive adaptive value to humans - thus it's survival to this day.

Hon is a regular contributor to The Tyee who broke a major story during the provincial election this spring, revealing the BC Liberal party had improperly taken donations from municipalities seeking access, including officials in Kitimat who said they were misled. The story was taken up by and expanded upon by other media and came to be called 'Donategate.'

Hon also wrote an expose of the taser related death of a man in custody of the Vancouver Police Department, which preceded by weeks coverage of the issue by other BC media.

Other finalists for the Jack Webster Award for Science and Technology are:

Ed Watson, Sophie Lui, Dana Hutchings, Murray Langdon, Jonathan Bartlett, Kim Emerson, Bruce Kirkpatrick of CH News, for "Magnitude 9."

David Wiwchar, Michael Tymchuk of Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper and CBC Radio for "The Bad Blood Returns, Nuu-chah-nulth Blood Returns to West Coast."

The winners will be announced on October 20 at the Jack Webster Awards dinner. The Jack Webster Awards, named for the noted late broadcaster, recognize excellence in British Columbia journalism.

David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.