Journalism awards

TV.Cynic · November 22, 2021, 1:45am

The winners of the 2021 Amnesty International Media Awards were announced this evening in an online ceremony hosted by media personality Julia Zemiro.

The awards recognise the best work by Australian media professionals in highlighting human rights abuses.

“In Australia we pride ourselves on the role of the free press in our society, indeed some of the most significant social and political events this year have been precipitated by the reporting of Australian journalists,” Amnesty International Australia National Director, Sam Klintworth, said.

“Tonight has been an opportunity for us to acknowledge and recognise the work of journalists in Australia to uncover human rights issues, which again they have done in remarkable ways throughout 2021.”

Cartoon

Winner: ‘They Don’t Understand the Fear We Have’: Badiucao, Human Rights Watch .

Indigenous Issues Reporting

Winner: ‘Taken – Living Black’: Karla Grant, Julie Nimmo, Mark Bannerman & Susan Bell, NITV.

Print/Online/Multimedia

Winner: ‘The $5 Forest’: 101 East, Al Jazeera .

Radio

Winner: ‘The Wait’: Mozhgan Moarefizadeh, Nicole Curby, Michael Green, Bec Fary & Miles Martignoni , The Guardian – Full Story.

Television:

Winner: ‘The Australian-born Children the Government Wants to Deport Because They Have a Disability’: Jessica Longbottom, ABC.

JohnsonTV · November 22, 2021, 1:49am

Gabriella Marchant wins Gold at the SA Press Club Awards

ABC journalist Gabriella Marchant has won three prizes including top honour the Gold Award at at the SA Press Club Awards.

Marchant was recognised for her coverage of voluntary assisted dying and the death of terminally ill SA teenager Rhys Habermann.

Says SA News Editor Claire Mackay: “These stories across platforms were important stories, profoundly moving and beautifully told.”

Marchant also won two other categories, for Best Long Form TV Report and Best Feature in Print or Digital.

Camera operator Lincoln Rothall and VJ Evelyn Leckie shared two awards, Best Camera News Coverage and Best Regional Report in Any Medium, for their cross-platform stories “A line in the sand“, about the west coast town of Fowlers Bay being swallowed by sand dunes.

Isabel Dayman won Best Broadcaster, Television, Radio & Online and Stacey Lee won Best Finance or Business Reporting in any Medium for her story GFC Legal Woes.

JohnsonTV · November 23, 2021, 9:43am

“An explosion of COVID on our doorstep” - ABC’s PNG Correspondent, Natalie Whiting, wins ACFID Media Award for her coverage of the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in PNG

Natalie Whiting, the ABC’s Papua New Guinea Correspondent, has won this year’s Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) media award for her coverage of the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea in March and April this year.

Throughout her multi-platform coverage of the situation in Papua New Guinea, Natalie was able to provide the Australian audience with in-depth perspective on the outbreak. The judges commended her level of sensitivity to the plight of PNG communities and portrayal of the human impact of the outbreak.

Presenting the award, President of ACFID, Susan Pascoe, said:

“Natalie’s reporting was an excellent example of ethical development and humanitarian reporting. It highlighted the repercussions of the crisis whilst upholding the dignity of her subjects and gave voice to their experience. It was achieved with great sensitivity and respect.

“Natalie’s series not only expanded the knowledge of the Australian public, but also influenced the direction of the Australian Government’s decisions to deploy AusMat teams and supply vaccines.

“She worked effectively alongside her colleagues in the press gallery in Canberra to connect what was happening on the ground and the Australian Government’s response. Natalie’s coverage was also essential reading for ACFID and its NGO members to gain a clearer picture of the situation. We continue to follow her work closely as PNG faces the latest Delta surge in cases.”

Responding to her win, Natalie said:

“I feel very honoured to receive this award from ACFID. As the only foreign correspondent working in PNG during the pandemic, I felt a great weight of responsibility to tell the story sensitively, accurately and thoroughly to the Australian audience. It is always heartening to see coverage of PNG being recognised and valued in Australia.

“As Australia and many other developed countries move forward with reopening and managing COVID-19, it’s important we don’t lose sight of other countries that aren’t coping as well. Currently PNG has only vaccinated around 4% of its eligible population. It has a long way to go with strengthening its health systems, battling misinformation and guarding against future outbreaks and new strains of the virus. I hope Australians continue to take an interest in their nearest neighbour; the beautiful nation of PNG is just four kilometres from Australia at its closest point.

“I owe a huge vote of thanks to the ABC team, both in PNG and in Australia, and also to the other PNG journalists I work alongside. I have been proud to be a member of PNG’s press pack during the pandemic. There have been so many good journalists who have been covering the story relentlessly, in very difficult conditions. The even more difficult job, however, belongs to the health workers who have been on the frontline for almost two years. I am very grateful for the doctors and nurses who have taken time to speak to me amidst everything else. Finally, I am in awe of the families impacted by the pandemic who have had the strength to speak out, in a bid to try to improve the situation for others.”

About the Award

The annual ACFID Media Award aims to promote and recognise journalists delivering informed and studied media items about international development and/or humanitarian issues.

The Award is presented to a journalist or journalistic team that has produced a single piece or series that:

Profiles with sensitivity and respect the issues and lives of people experiencing poverty and injustice;

Shows an understanding of the complexity of humanitarian and/or development issues; and

Is judged to have the potential to help expand the knowledge of the Australian public in relation to humanitarian and/or international development issues.

Previous winners of this award include Matt Wade and Louise Kennerley (2019) Sydney Morning Herald, and Amanda Hodge (2018) The Australian.

JohnsonTV · November 26, 2021, 9:15am

The Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Journalist of the Year 2021 and Wallace Brown Young Journalist of the Year 2021 were announced in Canberra on Friday night.

TV.Cynic · January 13, 2022, 9:18am

TV.Cynic · February 25, 2022, 10:46am

Tonight’s Walkley Awards

The winner of Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, supported by News Corp, is the frank and fearless George Negus + tribute video

Full tribute

TV.Cynic · February 25, 2022, 11:24am

Winners list including nominees

PRINT/TEXT NEWS REPORT

Natassia Chrysanthos , The Sydney Morning Herald , “Hundreds of Sydney students claim they were sexually assaulted”, “‘Pretty dark culture’: Sydney boys’ school heads express regret over rape claims” and “Rape culture reckoning as wave of sexual assault claims unleashed”
Kate McClymont , The Sydney Morning Herald , “Con Artist of the Century”, “Vanished without a trace: Caddick, the toy boy and the missing millions” and “The Lady Vanishes”
Ellen Whinnett, Lillian Saleh, Kelvin Healey and Valerie White , The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser , “The AN0M Files”

PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM

Avani Dias, Ali Russell, Ange McCormack and Laura McAuliffe , Four Corners , ABC TV and triple j Hack , ABC Radio, “Tinder: A Predators’ Playground”, “Federal Government meets with Tinder after ABC investigation” and “Tinder changes safety policies after Hack investigation”
Lisa Wilkinson and The Project Team , The Project , Ten, “Brittany Higgins”, “Lisa Wilkinson editorial” and “Canberra March4Justice”
Naaman Zhou , Guardian Australia, “Australia’s delivery deaths: the riders who never made it and the families left behind”, “’They don’t have brakes, the tyres are gone’: food delivery companies accused of bike safety failures” and “Uber Eats riders earning as little as $5 for deliveries crossing multiple NSW suburbs”

INNOVATION

Kylie Boltin, Ella Rubeli, Ravi Vasavan and Emma Anderson , SBS , “Ravi and Emma”
Matilda Boseley , Guardian Australia , “Guardian Australia TikTok”
Emma Morris, Samuel Tate, Genelle Weule, Nathan Bazley and the Mt Resilience Team , ABC , “Mt Resilience”

HEADLINE, CAPTION OR HOOK

Duska Sulicich , The Age , “Michael rolled, the vote assured, Hallelujah!”, “It’s all a bit cray-cray” and “The Art of the Steal”
Chris Tinkler , Herald Sun , “SCORN IN THE USA”, “NIGHTMARE ON FLINDERS ST” and “WASTE GATE TUNNEL”
Cameron Wilson , Crikey , “Where Prince and Tiësto meet Hillsong and Tay-Tay: what we can learn from Scott Morrison’s public Spotify account”, “Australians buy animal wormer ivermectin on Facebook and Telegram to treat COVID” and “How Australia’s tattoo community is taking on a law it says could kill the industry”

FEATURE WRITING LONG (OVER 4000 WORDS)

Tim Elliott , Good Weekend , Nine, “Knives Out”
Melissa Fyfe , Good Weekend , Nine, “The death of Ashleigh Petrie”
Andrew Quilty , The Monthly , “The Worst Form of Defence: New revelations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan”

FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4000 WORDS)

Megan Lehmann , The Australian, “The Aftermath”
Karen Middleton , The Saturday Paper , “Exit Afghanistan: Fear and retribution as Taliban takes control”
Tom Patterson , The Australian , “Searching for a lost soul”

COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Stefan Armbruster, SBS World News , “Second round vaccinations in Torres Strait”, “Anger in the Torres Strait over Scott Morrison’s undelivered COVID-19 vaccine announcement” and “Australia spent $13 million on this security post in the Torres Strait. A year on, it’s still empty”
Karla Grant, Julie Nimmo, Michael Carey, Mark Bannerman and the Living Black Team , Living Black, NITV, “Taken”, “Missing Pieces” and “Heritage Victory”
Laura Murphy-Oates, Lorena Allam, David Maurice Smith and Jeremy Worrall , Guardian Australia , “Australia’s anguish: the Indigenous kids trapped behind bars”, “The WA cops rounding up Indigenous kids: a ‘toxic and racist environment‘” and “‘Hell scared’: how a terrified homeless boy found himself locked up alone in the ‘hole‘”

COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY OR REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Andrew Messenger , Northern Daily Leader , “‘You feel so powerless’: little room for kids in rural mental health”, “Banksia Mental Health Unit: children’s services ruled not ‘economies of scale’ in plan for new mental health unit” and “Tamworth Banksia Mental Health modelling says New England North West won’t need more general-purpose beds until 2031”
Nathan Morris and Kath Sullivan , Landline , ABC, “Welcome back, Darling”
Cherie von Horchner , Barrier Truth , “Wilcannia abandoned”

CARTOON

Jon Kudelka , The Saturday Paper , “Duty of Care”
David Pope , The Canberra Times , “Rollout de Vax”
David Rowe , The Australian Financial Review , “Spineless”

SPORTS JOURNALISM

Jessica Halloran, Sharri Markson and Claire Harvey , The Australian , “Drugs, sex, domestic violence: football’s dark cover-up”, “Misguided star waiting at home of rival to exact revenge” and “Crime Squad on trail of NRL cover-up over Sam Burgess claims”
Caitlin Shea, Greg Hassall and Andrew Cooke , Australian Story , ABC, “Luc Longley: One Giant Leap”
Michael Warner , Herald Sun , “‘Do Better’: The Secret Collingwood Racism Report”

SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY

Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser, “The Games that Had to Happen”
Michael Dodge, Tennis Australia and Instagram, “Unguarded Moments”
Jason Edwards, Herald Sun and The Australian, “The Crux”

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

Rachel Mealey , AM and The World Today , ABC, “Port Macquarie Floods”
Sally Sara and Victoria Pengilley , RN Breakfast and The World Today , ABC, “Afghanistan Interviews”
Mark Willacy , AM , ABC, “Who Dares Kills”

RADIO/AUDIO FEATURE

Camille Bianchi and Marc Wright , Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast.com , “The Nurse”
Angus Grigg and Lap Phan , The Australian Financial Review , “The Sure Thing”
Alex Mann, Kevin Nguyen and the Background Briefing team, Background Briefing , ABC Radio National, “The Base Tapes”

PRODUCTION

Aimee Amiga, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Cormac Lally , Instagram, Facebook and theage.com.au, “Nazis Next Door: Social and Digital Delivery”
Rhiona-Jade Armont and the 101 East team , Al Jazeera English, “This is Myanmar’s State of Fear”
Patrick Forrest , Elise Potaka, David Ma and Calliste Weitenberg, The Feed, SBS, “Faking Influence – tv, digital interactive and Instagram”

SCOOP OF THE YEAR

Samantha Maiden , news.com.au, “Open Secret: The Brittany Higgins story”
Michael Warner , Herald Sun , “‘Do Better’: The Secret Collingwood Racism Report”
Ellen Whinnett , The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Advertiser and The Courier-Mail , “The AN0M Files”

COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE

Samantha Maiden and the news.com.au team , news.com.au, “Open Secret: The Brittany Higgins story”
Louise Milligan and the Four Corners Team , Four Corners , ABC, “The Canberra Bubble”
Laura Tingle and James Elton , 7.30 , ABC, “Women, politics and accountability”

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald, “COVID-19 ICU”
Justin McManus, The Age, “Anti-Lockdown Protest”
Brook Mitchell, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Sydney Anti-Lockdown Protest”

BUSINESS JOURNALISM

Angus Grigg and Lap Phan , The Australian Financial Review , “The Sure Thing”
Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro , The Australian Financial Review, “Revealed: where alleged fraudster Bill Papas is holed up”, “Miami yachts and luxury cars: Forum’s web of assets” and “On the trail of Bill Papas and Westpac’s missing $285m”
Caitlyn Rintoul , The West Australian , “Police investigating alleged sexual assault at BHP’s South Flank mine near Newman”, “WA mining giants unite for apology to female mine workers and back calls for sex assault inquiry” and “Mine site sexual harassment inquiry: Submission shows BHP sacked dozens of WA workers”

FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

Scott Barbour, ausopen.com, “2021 Australian Open”
Jake Nowakowski, Herald Sun and The Weekend Australian Magazine, “Superheroes in Lockdown”
Dean Sewell, The Sun-Herald, “Of Mice and Men”

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK

Dean Brosche , The Feed , SBS, “The Button Man A murderous monster, or a quiet recluse?”
Simon Hydzik and Matt Anderson , 7NEWS, Sunrise and The Latest , Seven, “Cyclone Seroja Coverage”
Andy Taylor , ABC TV, “Exposed – The Ghost Train Fire”

TELEVISION/VIDEO NEWS REPORTING

Amelia Adams , Today and Nine News 6pm , Nine, “Capitol Attack”
Tim Arvier , Nine News 6pm and Today , Nine, “Ambulance Delays”
Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell , Nine News 6pm , Nine, “The Investigation of Andrew Laming”

TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)

Christine Ahern , A Current Affair , Nine, “Epping Disgrace”
Kathryn Diss , 7.30 , ABC TV, “Inside America’s COVID crisis”
Elise Potaka, Calliste Weitenberg, David Ma and Patrick Forrest , The Feed, SBS, “Faking Influence”

TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (MORE THAN 20 MINUTES)

Sarah Ferguson, Tony Jones, Patricia Drum and Lauren Day , Four Corners , ABC, “Fox and the Big Lie”
Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer , 60 Minutes , Nine, “Nazis Next Door”
Lisa Wilkinson, Angus Llewellyn and Darryl Brown , The Project , Network Ten, “Brittany Higgins”

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer , 60 Minutes and The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald , Nine, “Nazis Next Door”, “Inside Racism HQ: How home-grown neo-Nazis are plotting a white revolution” and “From kickboxing to Adolf Hitler: the neo-Nazi plan to recruit angry young men”
Louise Milligan, Lucy Carter, Peter Cronau and Jeanavive McGregor , Four Corners , ABC, “Inside the Canberra Bubble”, “Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister” and “Bursting the Canberra Bubble”
Ben Schneiders , The Age and The Sunday Age , “Scientology stashes millions in Australia”, “Scientology is shrinking fast and getting richer. How is this possible?” and “The peculiar experience of being targeted by Scientology”

COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE

Waleed Aly , The Monthly, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald , “Woke Politics and Power”, “Get to root of Mess” and “It makes no sense to ask ‘why Melbourne?‘”
Tom Dusevic , The Australian , “Why we must temper the joy on vaccine”, “PM delivers a rocket as vax debate goes feral” and “Where the bloody hell are the vaccines, Prime Minister?”
Katharine Murphy , Guardian Australia , “Brittany Higgins’ shocking story must be a turning point. Women in politics have had enough”, “Canberra’s pale, stale and male tribe is missing the moment – as it did with Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech” and “Scott Morrison’s efforts to engage with women are more ‘me’ than mea culpa”

WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD

Addicted Australia , Jacob Hickey and Darren Dale, Blackfella Films and SBS
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra , Ivan O’Mahoney, Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin, In Films, ABC
Incarceration Nation , Helen Morrison and Dean Gibson, Bacon Factory Films, Bent3land Productions and NITV

**WALKLEY BOOK AWARD **

Richard Flanagan , Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry , Penguin
Kate Holden , The Winter Road , Black Inc.
Stuart Rintoul , Lowitja: The authorised biography of Lowitja O’Donoghue , Allen & Unwin

See the longlist here.

NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Alex Coppel, Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail
Jason Edwards, Herald Sun
Christopher Hopkins, The Age, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald and Al Jazeera

2021 NIKON PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE WINNERS

These are not Walkley Awards, but prizes administered by the Walkley Foundation on behalf of Nikon. These photos will also appear in the Nikon-Walkley Press Photography exhibition.

NIKON PHOTO OF THE YEAR

WINNER: Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Fighting COVID-19 Delta”

NIKON PORTRAIT PRIZE

WINNER: Brian Cassey, The Australian, “The Yarrick Family of Kunhanhaa”

TV.Cynic · February 25, 2022, 3:29pm

TV.Cynic · February 26, 2022, 9:25am

Congratulations to the ABC journalists and teams recognised at the annual Walkley Awards.

The ABC had 15 finalists spanning a dozen categories: public service journalism, investigative journalism, coverage of community or regional affairs, sports journalism, innovation, documentary, camerawork, radio/audio news and current affairs, radio/audio feature, TV/video current affairs (short and long) and coverage of a major event or issue.

TV.Cynic · February 28, 2022, 11:26pm

Nine’s journalism honoured at 2022 Walkley Awards

Nine’s mastheads and television news programming including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, 60 Minutes, 9News, Today Show and A Current Affair have been honoured at the prestigious 2022 Walkley Awards.

Nine’s diverse journalism was recognised during the 66th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, collecting nine awards across its publishing and television divisions, in yet another big year in news.

Kate McClymont from The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age won the Print/Text News Report category for her outstanding investigation into the disappearance of Melissa Caddick, while Christine Ahern’s moving reports on the COVID-19 crisis at the Epping Gardens Aged Care home for the Today show and A Current Affair earned her a win in the Television/Video Current Affairs Short category.

Investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer each picked up two Walkleys in the Television Current Affairs Long and Investigative Journalism categories for their stories ‘Nazis Next Door’ that ran across The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes.

In the Television/Video News Reporting category, 9News journalists Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell were also honoured for their investigative reporting, awarded a Walkley for their stories on Andrew Laming.

Duska Sulicich from The Age was awarded a Walkley for Headline, Caption or Hook, while The Australian Financial Review’s critically acclaimed podcast The Sure Thing saw Angus Grigg and Lap Phan win the Radio/Audio Feature category.

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Brook Mitchell was awarded a Walkley in News Photography for his dramatic pictures of an anti-lockdown protest in Sydney, while Dean Sewell took out the Feature/Photographic Essay Walkley for his ‘Of Mice and Men’ feature in The Sun Herald .

Fellow Herald photographer Kate Geraghty won the Nikon Photo of the Year for her image “Fighting COVID-19 Delta”.

In a poignant moment during the ceremony, the award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism went to former 60 Minutes reporter George Negus.

Nine’s full list of winners of the 2022 Walkley Awards:

Print/Text: News Report – Kate McClymont (The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age)

Headline, Caption or Hook – Duska Sulicich (The Age)

Radio/Audio Feature – Angus Grigg and Lap Phan (The Australian Financial Review)

News Photography – Brook Mitchell (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Feature/Photographic Essay – Dean Sewell (The Sun Herald)

Television/Video News Reporting – Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell (9News 6pm)

Television/Video: Current Affairs Short – Christine Ahern (Today Show/A Current Affair)

Television/Video: Current Affairs Long – Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer (60 Minutes)

Investigative Journalism – Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer (The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes)

Nikon Photo of the Year – Kate Geraghty (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Contribution to Journalism – George Negus (60 Minutes/Foreign Correspondent)

TV.Cynic · March 2, 2022, 12:26pm

2021 Sport Australia Media Awards

Mike Sheahan receives Lifetime Achievement Award

https://twitter.com/sportaustralia/status/1498974773208285187?s=20&t=lTsH_alaBK52ioTRBX3wug

Sheahan is one of Australian Rules Football’s most respected and influential journalists having dedicated 40 years of his career to the game.

He spent 20 years as chief football writer for The Herald Sun and won dozens of major Australian football media awards across all categories - news breaking, features and columns.

In latter years, Sheahan transitioned into a successful radio and television personality and finished his illustrious media career in 2020 after a 19-year stint at Fox Footy.

Sheahan said he was honoured to receive the award describing it as a “significant acknowledgement of the game I love.”

“Journalism gave me opportunities to meet people and go to places I would have never dreamt of, and I consider myself extremely lucky.

Speaking in front of 200 people at Doltone House in Sydney, Sheahan reflected on what he considered his greatest accomplishment in journalism.

“My proudest achievement is shining the light on concussion and waging an unofficial campaign in newspapers and on television for 20 years.”

Among his fondest career moments, he lists those spent on the set of Fox Footy’s Open Mike program which ran for 11 years and 230 episodes.

“I loved that program and the gems it would uncover.”

Sheahan is a member of the Life Member of the AFL and the media centre at AFL House in Melbourne is also named after him.

Australian Sports Commission Chair Josephine Sukkar AM congratulated Mr Sheahan on receiving the Lifetime Achievement award.

“Mike’s greatest asset has always been his unrivalled passion for the game and the role he’s played in sports media in Australia across five decades is testament to this.

“From starting his career as a 16-year-old working at the Werribee Banner while still playing the game on weekends to becoming known for his fiercely debated Top 50 player rankings, Mike has left an indelible mark on the sport.”

“I’d like to congratulate Mike and all of the winners and finalists as we celebrate 20 years of the Sport Australia Media Awards.”

Sport Australia has again awarded 14 trophies with joint winners for the Best reporting of an issue in sport category. It is the second year that joint winners have been announced at the awards which recognise the best in Australian sports media.

TV.Cynic · March 2, 2022, 12:28pm

2021 Sport Australia Media Awards Winners

Best sport coverage by an individual – audio
Neroli Meadows, Ordineroli Speaking
Best sport coverage by an individual – written
Phil Lutton, The Sydney Morning Herald
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Emma Kemp, Guardian Australia
Best sport coverage by an individual – video
David Culbert, Seven Network
Best sport profile – broadcast
Australian Story, Luc Longley: One Giant Leap, ABC TV
Best sport profile – written
Konrad Marshall, Patty Mills: All the right moves, Good Weekend
Best coverage of a sporting event
Seven Network,Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Best Sports Photography
Jay Town, Eye on the ball, Tennis Australia
Innovation in sports media
Optus Sport, Social Media Innovation, UEFA EURO 2020
Best coverage of sport for people with disability
Tom Decent, The power of the Paralympics, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age
Best coverage of a community sport issue - rural & regional media
Donna Page, Newcastle cricket’s turf war, Newcastle Herald
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Kristy Williams, Parkes Champion Post ‘You cannot be what you cannot see’
Best depiction of inclusive sport
Peter Dickson, The Ripple Effect, Dickson Films
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Bowls Australia, ‘The Bowls Show’ & ‘The Right Line podcast and website’
Best reporting of an issue in sport
JOINT WINNERS
Selina Steele, Michael Cain, Julian Linden Tackling abuse in football, The Daily Telegraph
Adrian Arciuli, Anna Henderson, Abdullah Alikhil, The Taliban Takeover, SBS

See details of all the 2021 Sport Australia Media Awards finalists

TV.Cynic · March 2, 2022, 9:40pm

Seven honoured at Sport Australia Media Awards

Tokyo Olympics coverage collects two SportAus gongs

The Seven Network’s ground-breaking coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 has shone bright among a field of Australian broadcasters, recognised with the 2021 Sport Australia Media Award for Best Coverage of a Sporting Event at the annual gala event in Sydney last night.

Esteemed sport broadcaster David Culbert was recognised with the Sport Australia Media Award for Best Sport Coverage by an Individual – Video for his informed, impassioned and entertaining commentary across Seven’s coverage of Games, including his most memorable call of Jess Fox’s canoe gold alongside Jess’ father, Richard.

The honours follow three awards from the International Olympic Committee’s coveted Golden Rings Awards in Lausanne in November last year.

Seven’s Tokyo 2020 broadcast reached more Australians than ever before, with 21 million people tuning in to watch the 17 days of competition on an unprecedented 45 channels across Seven and 7plus, making it the biggest television and streaming event in Australian history.

The network also proudly delivered the biggest and best Paralympic coverage ever for Tokyo 2020 across 13 unmissable days, shattering all previous Australian television audience records with coverage of the Opening Ceremony reaching 1.94 million people and each day of competition reaching between 2.5 million and 3 million viewers.

Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “Seven produced a history-making broadcast and digital coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo that united and gripped Australians in their millions, arguably at a time when the country needed it most.

“It really does take a village and we relied on the resources of the entire network to deliver a world-class, award-winning viewing experience. Every person at Seven played a part, big or small, and this is deserved recognition of their achievements and valuable contributions.

“We also congratulate Dave Culbert. One of Australia’s finest callers, Dave has a very proud history with Seven and has been a respected voice across numerous Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games with his outstanding ability to engage and inform, peppered with a sharp sense of humour.”

The Sport Australia Media Awards recognise excellence in sports journalism, broadcasting and production. They focus on analytical and insightful reporting and the presentation of sport and sporting issues, with the aim of fostering improved coverage of key issues within sport.

JohnsonTV · March 3, 2022, 8:25am

JohnsonTV · March 3, 2022, 8:29am

Melbourne Press Club today announced nominees for the 2021 Quill Awards, Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year, and Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year.
The awards will be handed out at the Quill Awards dinner at Crown Palladium on March 18.

2021 Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year finalists
Samantha Maiden, news.com.au, for coverage of abuse in Parliament House

‘Young staffer Brittany Higgins says she was raped at Parliament House’, News.com.au , 15 February 2021
‘Parliament office “steam cleaned” after alleged attack’, News.com.au , 15 February 2021
‘Minister Michaelia Cash’s voicemail message to Brittany Higgins’, News.com.au , 17 February 2021
‘Why Peter Dutton’s office was tipped off when Brittany Higgins tried to speak to police after she quit her job at Parliament House’, News.com.au , 24 February 2021
‘Female Labor staffers warn male MPs they will ‘no longer keep their secrets"’, News.com.au , 15 March 2021

Gerard Ryle, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, for originating and leading the Panama Papers story
‘Pandora papers’, ICIJ, 2021
‘Pandora Papers caps off 2021 with consequences felt around the globe’, ICIJ, 21 December 2021
‘FinCEN Files investigation named Pulitzer Prize finalist’, ICIJ, 11 June 2021
‘ICIJ nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for combating dark money flows’, ICIJ, 1 February 2021

Sally Sara, ABC News, for coverage of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan
‘Taliban interview’, RN Breakfast , 16 July 2021
‘Chris Barrie interview’, The World Today , 16 August 2021
‘Zak Lara interview’, The World Today ,17 August 21
‘Afghan contractor’, The World Today , 18 August 2021
‘Hasina Safi interview’, The World Today, 31 August 2021

2021 Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year finalists
Greg Baum, The Age, for coverage and commentary on the AFL
‘“He knew something was wrong with his brain”: Shane Tuck had severe CTE’, The Age , 23 January 2021
‘Not so mad Max: From footy nobody to standout captain’, The Age , 24 September 2021
‘Outdated Coates goes too far after old boys’ club put-down of Premier’, The Age , 22 July 2021
‘Racism and the lesson that is never learnt’, The Age , 13 August 2021
‘Journeyman turned Ashes hero: Boland’s incredible debut’, The Age , 28 December 2021

Jonathan Horn, The Guardian, for coverage and commentary on Melbourne sport
‘In the AFL’s spiritual era, Luke Beveridge has Bulldogs breathing as one’, The Guardian , 24 September 2021
‘Disturbing picture painted of AFL boys’ club that rules the game’, The Guardian , 13 June 2021
‘Melbourne Cup: the race that … warrants some uncomfortable ethical arithmetic’, The Guardian , 30 October 2021
‘Distanced from the world, disconnected from our team and slowly losing our minds’, The Guardian , 23 September 2021
‘Alastair Clarkson drew his last game. He lost his job. But he won the era’, The Guardian , 23 August 2021
‘It’s finally over: how Eddie McGuire went from bright star to unpresidential shambles’, The Guardian , 10 February 2021

Linda Pearce, CODE Sports, for coverage of Australian sport at home and abroad
Gymnastics special investigation, CODE Sports
Ariarne Titmus feature, CODE Sports
Ash Moloney/Cedric Dubler feature, CODE Sports
Josh Giddey feature, CODE Sports
Sam Stosur feature, CODE Sports

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2021 Quill Awards finalist list

TV.Cynic · March 18, 2022, 10:39am

2021 Quill Awards

Full list of winners

List includes

TV.Cynic · March 19, 2022, 1:01am

Congratulations to the ABC’s finalists and winners at the 2021 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

ABC teams and journalists won four awards, for radio current affairs, radio news, reporting on multicultural affairs and TV/Video feature.

TV.Cynic · March 20, 2022, 11:25pm

7NEWS Melbourne honoured with three Quill Awards

The Seven Network’s 7NEWS took home three prestigious Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism at the annual Melbourne Press Club gala event last night.

The 7NEWS Melbourne team collected the Quill in the Breaking News Coverage category for its captivating news coverage of the construction protests that paralysed the city – unanimously standing out in a field of high-calibre entries as an example of cool-headed professionalism during the worst day of the dangerous and dramatic breaking news event.

Commended for his powerful storytelling, quick thinking and technical prowess in an extremely hostile environment, 7NEWS cameraman Oli Bourguignon was recognised with the Quill for Shot of The Year for his exclusive vision of the protests.

7NEWS senior reporter Cameron Baud was awarded the Quill in the TV/Video News category for “Delta Removalists Uncovered”, unearthing the damning footage of the removalists linked to the start of the Delta outbreak that led to the lockdown of 6.7 million people.

Baud doggedly chased down his leads and was able to obtain the crucial vision, which became a vital part of investigations by Victoria Police and the DHHS and prompted the state government to place further restrictions on interstate-based removalists.

7NEWS reporter Cassie Zervos was highly commended in the Coverage of an Issue or Event category for her coverage of the arrest in the case of missing Victorian campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

The Quill awards are recognition of the outstanding work our team is doing every day, and show why more and more people are making the switch to 7NEWS. We couldn’t be prouder of the winners and the team who backs them up.

Shaun Menegola, 7NEWS Melbourne Director

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