Journalism awards

###2016 Kennedy Award Winners

[Kennedy Awards: Adele Ferguson honoured for Four Corners 7-Eleven, CommInsure investigations] (Kennedy Awards: Adele Ferguson honoured for Four Corners 7-Eleven, CommInsure investigations - ABC News)

Adele Ferguson named Journalist of the Year as Fairfax sweeps Kennedy Awards

2016 Coca–Cola Journalist of the Year – Adele Ferguson (Fairfax/Four Corners)

Adele Ferguson has won Journalist of the Year at the annual NRMA Kennedy Awards for journalism, honoured for her work as part of a joint ABC-Fairfax Four Corners crew that exposed wage fraud at 7-Eleven stores and unscrupulous tactics used by CommInsure.

Les Kennedy Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting – Dan Box (The Australian)

Paul Lockyer Award for Outstanding Regional Broadcast Reporting – Joanna Woodburn (ABC TV)

Chris Watson Award for Outstanding Regional Newspaper Reporting – Andrew Pearson (Illawarra Mercury)

Rod Allen Award for Racing Writer of the Year – Ray Thomas (Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Turf Reporting – Andrew Webster (Sydney Morning Herald)

Sean Flannery Award for Outstanding Radio Reporting – Giselle Wakatama (ABC)

Outstanding Radio Current Affairs Reporting and Audio Blog – Dan Box Eric George (The Australian)

Outstanding News Photo Rohan Kelly (Sunday Telegraph)

Outstanding Portrait Alex Ellinghausen (Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Sport Photo – Brett Costello (Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Online Video – Bill Code (BBC Online)

People’s Choice Photo – Gordon McKomiskie, (Daily telegraph)

Cliff Neville Award – Outstanding Team Player – Phil Kwok

Peter Frilingos Award for Outstanding Sports Reporting – Nick Tabakoff (Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Travel Writing –Joe Aston (Australian Financial Review)

2016 Young Journalist of the Year Eryk Bagshaw (Sydney Morning Herald)

John Newfong Award for Outstanding Indigenous Affairs Reporting –Ben Hills (SBS)

Lifetime Achievement Award – John Smith (The Daily Telegraph)

Gary Ticehurst Award Outstanding TV News Camera Coverage Cameron Wallis (7 News)

Harry Potter Award for Outstanding Television News Reporting – Robert Ovadia and Chris Maher (7 News)

Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting (long form, over 30 minutes) – Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Clay Hichens, Mario Christodoulou (Four Corners ABC TV)

Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting (short form) Rebecca Le Tourneau, Allison Langdon (60 Minutes)

Outstanding Finance Reporting – Adele Ferguson, Mario Christodoulou, Klaus Toft Fairfax/Four Corners;

Outstanding Court Reporting – Candace Sutton (Daily Mail)

Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting Sarah Dingle, Joel Tozer, Jaya Balendra (Four Corners ABC TV)

Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist – Jacqueline Maley (Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Online News Breaking Ava Benny Morrison, Lisa Visentin, Nick Ralston (Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Reporting on the Environment – Peter Hannam (Sydney Morning Herald)

2016 Scoop of the Year Dan Nolan (A Current Affair)

2016 Vince O’Farrell Award: Outstanding Illustration – John Shakespeare (Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Investigative Reporting – Adele Ferguson, Klaus Toft, Sarah Danckert (Fairfax/ABC TV)

2016 Jim Oram Award: Outstanding Feature Writing – Trent Dalton (The Australian)

Outstanding Political Reporting David Speers (SKY News)