Ken Whyte of Maclean's named Canadian Newsperson of the Year

Ken Whyte, the publisher and editor of Maclean's magazine, has been named the 2008 Canadian Newsperson of the Year by the Canadian Journalism Foundation.

He handily won with 59.9% of the 1,479 votes in the online competition. Finalists were David Beers of The Tyee (21.8%), Graeme Smith of the Globe and Mail (8.9%), Chantal Hebert of the Toronto Star (5.2%), Stephanie Nolen of the Globe and Mail (3.8%) and Bernard Derome, until recently the anchor for Radio-Canada (0.5%).