Sunday Herald Sun political journalist Annika Smethurst has been named the 2017 Press Gallery Journalist of the Year by the National Press Club.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have won a Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for Excellence in Journalistic Innovation for interactive multimedia story Saving the Reef. Written by Adam Morton with images by Jason South, Saving the Reef highlights the challenge the Great Barrier Reef faces daily and offers possible solutions to restore it to its former glory. The final package integrates text, images, graphs and video into six digital chapters.