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Chris Reason awarded for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 coverage

7NEWS Chief Reporter Chris Reason has been recognised for excellence in journalism for his “extraordinary” reporting during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Mr Reason was awarded the prestigious Harry Gordon Memorial Award by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and commended for his special report on the showdown between Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and US legend Katie Ledecky in the women’s 400m freestyle – the first television journalist to ever receive the honour in the award’s history.

Mr Reason said: “I’ve covered 11 Olympic Games now, but this was one of the most extraordinary events I’ve ever had to report on. I’ve rarely seen a moment so uplifting and inspiring. It was the race that stopped two nations. And thanks to COVID, next to no one was in the stands to witness it. So being front and centre to relay that history and emotion to Australians back home was an honour and a privilege.

“It was a career high point being on this assignment, and it’s a high point too to be receiving the Harry Gordon Memorial Award. I met Harry multiple times and had enormous respect for him. I’d like to pay special tribute to producer Emma Dallimore, cameraman Paul Walker and editor Guiseppa Nastasi. Outstanding, each of them.

“The Tokyo Olympics was one of the most criticised and questioned in the modern era, but all credit to the International Olympic Committee, the AOC and the Games organisers for pushing through and delivering them – just at a time when the world needed them most. They brought hope and happiness to millions, and I was happy to play a small part in helping deliver that,” he said.

Seven Network Director of News and Public Affairs, Craig McPherson said: “This award acknowledges a true master of the art of television journalism. As 7NEWS Chief Reporter, Chris spearheaded our exceptional Olympic News team, providing our audience with a nightly all-encompassing trip through the events and spotlighting those who made the Games all the more memorable.

“It’s fitting that Chris is the first from television to earn the Harry Gordon Memorial Award. He’s now set the bar extremely high.”

The independent panel of judges further observed: “Chris Reason’s story for 7NEWS was extraordinary. In the five minutes that it ran for, only 30 seconds was allocated to the race itself. Chris added more than four minutes to make it a much more personal story.”

Entries from both the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Games were considered by a three-person independent panel.

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Australian Pride in Sport Awards recognise WIN News' Imogen Elliott

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Chris accepted the award from outgoing Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates at the body’s annual general meeting in Sydney today.

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The Australian reports a “fake union” which fundraised for nurses seeking to block vaccine mandates has resuscitated the Australian Journalists Association and has secured name rights to the 2022 Kennedy Awards (previously sponsored by stationery brand Spirax), which will be held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick racecourse on August 12. The sponsorship sees the Kennedy Awards secure $50,000 from TNT Radio, an online news site that publishes on such topics as “Control, Government Tyranny, Corruption, Propaganda, Dem­ocracy” and which has shared stories linking “higher mask usage and Covid-19 deaths”.

EDIT: TNT Radio is among the list of sponsors on the Kennedy Awards website alongside the major media outlets bar SBS.

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According to The Australian, Kennedy Awards is reviewing its sponsors after it secured $100,000 in funding from the Australian Journalists Association and TNT Radio. Groups linked to the AJA raised funds and sponsored several court challenges to vaccine mandates.

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Finalists announced for 2022 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism - The Walkley...

Finalists for the 2022 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism have been announced today.

Peer-judged and selected on the basis of journalistic excellence, the Mid-Year Celebration suite administered by the Walkley Foundation includes the John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting, June Andrews Award for Freelance Journalist of the Year, June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media, Our Watch Award, Media Diversity Australia Award, Humanitarian Storytelling Award, June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and The Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism.

The John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards

These awards recognise the hard work of our most outstanding young Australian journalists. They reward the efforts of journalists aged 28 and under who demonstrate excellence in the fundamental tenets of the profession, as well as the ability to present distinctive and original journalism that pushes the boundaries of the craft.

The winner of each of the six categories below will be eligible for the overall Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award. The ultimate winner will receive a two-week international trip to newsrooms (flights included) and a mentorship program to boost their career.

Shortform journalism

• Emily Baker , ABC , “‘I’m real see’: Woman says Brooks lied about identity” “Second woman alleges Brooks deception” and “Brooks resigns after police raid”
• Annabel Hennessy , The West Australian , “Department of Communities plagued by ‘wide scale and endemic racism’ internal reports reveal” “Mum raided over racism leaks” and “WA Police decide not to pursue charges over Department of Communities raid on Aboriginal worker’s home”
• Amber Schultz , Crikey , Private Media, “Paedophiles, traffickers and opportunistic criminals arrive to prey on the misery of refugees” “Who can you trust? Shell-shocked Ukrainians face the very best and worst of humanity as they seek lasting safety” and “Emergency psychologists see 100 patients a week as refugees break down at border crossings”

Longform feature or special

• Brooke Fryer , The Feed , SBS, “Teen Parenthood: Inside the lives of teenage parents”
• Amber Schultz , Crikey , Private Media, “Kidnapped by the state”
• Joey Watson , Earshot , Radio National, ABC, “Everyone wants to be Fuhrer”

Coverage of community and regional affairs

• Kate Ashton , ABC News Darwin , “NT COVID outbreak traps Binjari and Rockhole community residents in two weeks of hard lockdown in hot and overcrowded homes”, “FOI documents show NT government previously forecast it would not meet target to build 650 remote houses in five years” and “NT pleads with Canberra to pay for new homes on Aboriginal homelands, plays catch-up on remote housing targets”
• Sarah Matthews , Katherine Times and The Canberra Times , Australian Community Media, “’We gotta get that needle’: On the streets of Katherine the threat of COVID looms large” “The journey of Yolngu artist Dhambit Mununggurr” and “Forced to leave Katherine because of a lack of mental health care, now Jacci is sharing her story”
• Tom Robinson , Kalgoorlie Miner , “‘They don’t understand’: Morrison Govt denies Ngaanyatjarra people are on cashless debit card” and “Remote communities still trapped on cashless debit card”

Visual storytelling

• Dion Georgopoulos , The Canberra Times , “First callers to the Canberra Times Lockdown Hotline share their COVID lockdown stories” “The Canberra Times Lockdown Hotline Episode 2 features positives and negatives of COVID restrictions” and “The Canberra Times Lockdown Hotline, episode 3: Remembering the 2021 ACT COVID lockdown”
• Rebecca Metcalf and Patrick Forrest , The Feed, SBS, “Surviving A Lovescam”
• Angel Parsons , ABC Tropical North , “Weaving the way” “Ellie” and “The town braving its fears in the water”

Public service journalism

• Emily Baker , ABC , “’I’m real see’: Woman says Brooks lied about identity” “Brooks resigns after police raid” and “Complainant speaks on O’Byrne allegations”
• 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 “WA’s resources sector is bringing about cultural change at breakneck pace”
• Amber Schultz , Crikey , Private Media, “‘We try to remember the beautiful moments, but it’s been horrendous’” “‘Imprisoned in rehab’: How Janine’s life has spiralled out of her control” and “Justice A massive money-making machine”

Student journalist of the year

• Cason Ho , Curtin University and Western Independent , “What we don’t say” “Blazing hearts” and “Lip service”
• Charlie McLean , University of Technology Sydney , VICE World News and Central News (UTS), “Australia’s Vape Laws Just Got Even Tighter. The Black Market Isn’t Worried” “Why underfunded ICAC is still best corruption watchdog: special report” and “Doctor shopping: how insurers are ‘gaming’ workers comp”
• Rafqa Touma , University of Technology Sydney and Guardian Australia , “‘Stealthing is rape’: the Australian push to criminalise the removal of a condom during sex without consent” “Mitochondrial donation: how an IVF procedure could help Australian families ‘break the genetic chain’” and “Underestimated: why young women are shying away from economics”

June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting

• Andre Dao, Michael Green and Sherry Huang , The Monthly , Schwartz Media, “On the Chain”
• Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett , Sydney Morning Herald , Nine and 7.30 , ABC, “Humanitarian disaster’: Australian construction giant CIMIC in underpayment scandal” and “Hundreds of foreign workers left in limbo by Australia’s biggest construction company”
• Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar , The Age , “Steph Lentz was sacked this year for being gay. It was perfectly legal” “Religious schools in Victoria to lose the right to sack LGBTQ staff” and “Australia’s top private schools are growing richer and faster than ever”

June Andrews Award for Freelance Journalist of the Year

• Martin McKenzie-Murray , The Monthly and Sydney Morning Herald , “Grace notes” “Australian Purgatory” and “Fringe parties, white supremacists and other grifters are mining the paranoia of our times”
• Andrew Quilty , Harper’s Magazine and Rolling Stone , “When the Raids Came” “Once the World Looks Away We Are All Dead” and “Where the Taliban Rule”
• Dale Webster , The Regional , “’Big four’ banks casting a dangerous shadow” “Why I spent a year counting every bank in regional Australia” and “What anyone making a submission to Australia’s latest regional banking inquiry should know first”

June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media

• Kate Allman, Lucy Small and Selina Steele , Tracks Magazine and The Daily Telegraph , “‘I thought the days of women being paid less were over’: Global Surf Industries covers pay gap from longboard competition” “Equal Pay for Equal Play: Mick Fanning, Steph Gilmore call to stop funding unless sports offer prizemoney parity” and “Moana Jones Wong’s Pipeline Masters victory highlights surfing’s pay, sponsorship divide”
• Caitlyn Rintoul , The West Australian , “WA mining giants unite for apology to female mine workers and back calls for sex assault inquiry” “WA’s resources sector is bringing about cultural change at breakneck pace” and “WA Government commissions sweeping independent probe into sex attack scourge in State’s resources sector”
• Sally Sara and Victoria Pengilley , RN Breakfast and The World Today, ABC Radio, “Taliban interview” “Shukria Barakzai” and “Hasina Safi”

Our Watch Award

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• Bethany Atkinson-Quinton and Madison Griffiths , Broadwave, “Tender: Roia Atmar”
• Natassia Chrysanthos and David Leser, Good Weekend and Good Weekend Talks , Sydney Morning Herald, “Sex, schoolkids and where it all goes wrong” and “‘What heartache or trauma could have been avoided?’: teen hook-up culture’s social fallout”
• Karla Grant, Ross Turner, Michael Carey and Nick O’Brien , NITV, “Carly and Keenan: Struggle of Our Lives”

Humanitarian Storytelling Award

• Eric Campbell and Brietta Hague, Foreign Correspondent , ABC, “The Cruel Sea”
• Dateline Team, Dateline , SBS, “Escape from Afghanistan”
• Andrew Quilty , Harper’s Magazine , “When the Raids Came”

Media Diversity Australia Award

• Patrick Abboud and Simon Cunich , Lockdown Productions and Audible , “The Greatest Menace: Inside the Gay Prison Experiment”
• Belinda Hawkins, Kristine Taylor and Roger Carter , Australian Story , ABC, “No Place Like Home”
• Angela Skujins , CityMag , Solstice Media, “Colonisation’s worst nightmare”

Arts Journalism

The following two awards recognise excellence in journalism about the creative arts, from the perspectives of both practitioners and critics. Through the generous support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the Hantomeli Foundation, the winners of the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and The Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism will each receive $5000 in prize money.

June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism

• Kelly Burke , Guardian Australia , “Multiple allegations of toxic culture at Sony Music Australia as CEO Denis Handlin leaves” and “Sony Music HQ warned of workplace culture at Australian label under Denis Handlin decades ago”
• Marc Fennell, Corrin Grant, Ninah Kopel and Dean Brosche , SBS , “Framed”
• Chip Le Grand , The Age and Sydney Morning Herald , “Rogue Gallery: Tristian Koenig and the case of the missing artworks” “Top global dealer among victims of art rogue” and “Twiggy steps in to help artist “fleeced” by gallery owner”

The Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism

• Declan Fry , Australian Book Review and Inside Story , “The gospel of Stan Grant: Questions of history and identity” “Killing the cop in your head: Forty ways of looking at Veronica Gorrie’s Black and Blue” and “Old man yells at cloud: Christos Tsiolkas turns to autofiction”
• Sarah Krasnostein , The Saturday Paper , “Solos” “Alone” and “Katla”
• Jeanine Leane , Sydney Review of Books , “Staring Back” and “As We Are: A Call Across the Islands”

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2022 Tasmanian Media Awards

2022 Tasmanian Media Awards winners announced

ABC takes home nine awards at Tasmanian Media Awards, including Journalist of...

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ABC’s Emily Baker named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year

The ABC’s Emily Baker has been named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year and won two other awards at the State’s annual media awards.

Baker also took Best News Story for “‘I’m real see’: The Adam Brooks saga” and won in the Comment and Analysis category.

The judges said Baker was the clear winner of the 2022 award.

“Emily broke exclusive stories and showed great bravery in bringing them to light and pursuing them, despite considerable pressure from both the Government and Opposition,” the judges said.

“She explained the significance of her stories, bringing them into context for a much wider audience. She was able to gain the trust of people to allow her to tell their stories.

“Emily’s stories were original, impactful and had far greater reach than just the Tasmanian market.”

The ABC had 20 finalists in 11 categories for the annual awards, including a clean sweep in three categories, for Journalist of the Year, Health reporting and Science, Technology and Environment.

Our other award winners were April McLennan , who was named Best New Journalist, Luke Bowden (Best News Image), Ellen Coulter (Science, Technology and Environment), Lachlan Bennett (Health Reporting) and Lucy Shannon (Feature, Documentary or Current Affairs).

Luke Bowden and Lucy Shannon were also finalists for Journalist of the Year.

Zoe Kean was named Best Freelance Journalist, including for work she did for ABC Everyday, ABC News and ABC Science.

Congratulations to all the winners and finalists.

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ABC’s Nas Campanella named Confident Changemaker of the year

The ABC’s Nas Campanella has been named Disability Confident Changemaker of the year at the Australian Network on Disability’s inaugural Disability Confidence Awards.

The AND is an employer-led national not-for-profit that helps organisations engage with people with disability. Its awards, announced in Melbourne on Wednesday 8 June, celebrated the organisations and individuals who have shown commitment to disability confidence in 2022.

Campanella started her career at the ABC as a cadet journalist in Sydney in 2011 before working as a regional reporter in Bega, NSW. She then spent seven years working as a newsreader, reporter and senior producer for triple j and other ABC platforms.

In 2020 she was named the ABC’s first disability affairs reporter, covering issues relevant to the disability community. She has also undertaken projects with ABC International Development, running initiatives for people living with disability across the Pacific.

Accepting her award, Nas said “When I started at the ABC, I was one of the only people with a disability working, not only in news but across the broadcaster. And, although I was incredibly proud to be there, I knew that there was change that needed to occur.

I’m incredibly proud that now we not only have an (Employee Network Group) we have (employee representation targets) for people with disability.”

“My role is all about changing perception and making the lives of the 4.4 million with disability better. And that’s what drives me every day of my life.”

ABC Inclusive Chair Megan Spindler-Smith said: “Nas has been the driver behind increasing not only the visibility of people with disability at the ABC, but also creating a safe space for many of us — including myself — to share and speak openly about our lived experience of disability.

“ Her leadership and impact on our audiences and the future of inclusivity has created a path for many talented content makers with disability to be visible and succeed at the ABC and beyond. I know that ABC Inclusive would not exist without her and this award is beyond well deserved.”

The ABC is committed to fostering an inclusive organisation that represents the diversity of our audience. The ABC’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2019-22 provides a three-year strategic roadmap to help the ABC develop an inclusive culture throughout the Corporation and in our content and services.

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2022 SA Media Awards Finalists

MEAA has announced the finalists for the 2022 SA Media Awards, showcasing the best of South Australian journalism in 2021. MEAA’s Regional Director for SA, Tiffany Venning, said it was a remarkable display of South Australian journalistic talent, and a comprehensive compilation of the state’s best work. “It is pleasing to see such a strong commitment to excellence in journalism as has been shown in the entry level to this year’s SA Media Awards,” Ms Venning said. “The rewards of making this incredibly competitive finalists list are only matched by the rich rewards we are all afforded by journalism of this depth and breadth.”

MEAA thanks all entrants and wishes the finalists the best of luck for the upcoming awards. The winners will be revealed at a cocktail event at The Gallery in Adelaide on Saturday, June 10. Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite.

The SA Media Awards are an initiative of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and are the pre-eminent Awards for journalists in South Australia. The Awards recognise and reward excellence and encourage professionalism through ethical reporting.

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ABC’s Tracey Holmes wins AIPS Sports Media Award for The Ticket

ABC journalist Tracey Holmes has won first place in the Audio category at the prestigious AIPS Sport Media Awards 2021 in Doha for her life-changing reporting on Afghanistan’s women athletes for podcast The Ticket .

After the Allied forces withdrew from Kabul in August 2021 and it fell to the Taliban, Afghanistan’s women athletes were left in immediate danger. Their interviews and pleas for help on The Ticket prompted a group of Australians, led by former athletes, to mount a hugely difficult international rescue mission.

While still in hotel quarantine in Sydney after returning from the Tokyo Olympics Holmes followed the rescue mission through the night.

Listen to the podcast here: Afghanistan rescue mission, Australia steps up

As a result of The Ticket ‘s coverage, Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes were rescued and made it to Tokyo in time to compete.

Said the AIPS: “Holmes created not just a stunning audio piece for her podcast The Ticket , but also managed to set up the rescue mission that saved more than 100 Afghan athletes and their families from the Taliban regime, and she did it all while being in hotel quarantine after coming back from the Tokyo Olympics.”

Director, News Justin Stevens said: “This award is well-deserved international recognition of Tracey’s talent and dedication and, particularly, her expertise in the the area of sports reporting.

“Tracey is one of Australia’s finest and most accomplished journalists and what she achieved with this reporting is testament to that. It is simply a great piece of storytelling.”

Earlier this year Holmes became the first journalist to be awarded the International Olympic Committee’s Women and Sports Award for Oceania, recognising her contribution to reporting on women’s sport and mentorship for the next generation of women sports journalists.

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Winners announced for 2022 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism - The Walkley...

Emily Baker from the ABC was named the 2022 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year, as the Walkley Foundation honoured all the winners in the 2022 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism in Sydney this evening.

Peer-judged and selected on the basis of journalistic excellence, the Mid-Year Celebration suite includes the John B Faifax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting, June Andrews Award for Freelance Journalist of the Year, June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media, Our Watch Award, Media Diversity Australia Award, Humanitarian Storytelling Award, June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and The Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism.

Winners were also announced for the Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship with Nine, the WIN News Scholarship, the Walkley Young Indigenous Scholarship and the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism.

Andrew Quilty wins 2022 Humanitarian Storytelling Award administered by the...

Andrew Quilty has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Humanitarian Storytelling Award supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and administered by the Walkley Foundation.

Winner: Andrew Quilty , Harper’s Magazine , “When the Raids Came”

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ABC’s Emily Baker is Young Australian Journalist of the Year

ABC journalist Emily Baker from the Hobart newsroom has been named Young Journalist of the Year at the Walkley Foundation’s Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism, announced in Sydney last night.

Kate Ashton from ABC News Darwin won for Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs and Joey Watson for Longform Feature or Special.

Sally Sara and Victoria Pengilley were awarded the June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media for their series of ABC Radio reports on the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan, “Taliban interview”, “Shukria Barakzai” and “Hasina Safi”.

Baker’s award was for her series of articles exposing the behaviour of Tasmanian politician Adam Brooks – a story that also won the Public Service category.

Baker said: “Regional journalism really matters. Tasmania doesn’t always get a lot of attention but things that happen in Tasmania really matter. The work that we do makes an impact.”

Last month Baker was also named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year for this reporting.

The Walkley Judging Board said Baker’s entry stood out among a strong field.

“Emily Baker’s extraordinary series of stories unearthed shocking revelations of harassment, deception and denial at the highest levels of Tasmanian politics,” they said.

“Her persistence in the face of attempts by political leaders to block her investigations with threats of defamation and to belittle her publicly, showed determination and dedication. These stories may never have come to light otherwise.

“The stories were powerful and impactful, they encouraged public debate about the conduct expected of our political representatives. And importantly they forced resignations and changed Tasmanian politics for the better.”

The full list of ABC winners:

ABC’s Emily Baker is Young Australian Journalist of the Year

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SA Media Awards

The winners of the 2022 SA Media Awards were announced at a cocktail event in Adelaide on Saturday, June 25.

2022 SA Media Awards Winners

Commentary, Analysis, Opinion & Critique supported by the Judith Neilson Institute
● Tom Richardson, InDaily, “Politics and sport”

Best Rural/Regional Journalist supported by Stories Well Told
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC News, ABC Online and ABC Radio The World Today, “Body of work”

Coverage of Public Service Journalism supported by SACOSS
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online and ABC 7.30, “Rhys’s Final Wish”

Sports Journalism supported by Media Super
● Michael McGuire, The Advertiser, “This Sporting Life”

Investigative Journalism supported by Media Super
● Patrick Martin and Nicholas Harmsen, ABC, “SA Parliament’s expenses scandal continued”

Freelance Contribution supported by the Adelaide Economic Development Agency
● Daniel Clarke, Foxtel History Channel, Binge and SA Weekend, “Body of work”

Visual Storytelling supported by the Judith Neilson Institute
● Lincoln Rothall and Evelyn Leckie, ABC News, “A line in the Sand”

Best Radio News/Current Affairs or Feature Report supported by Media Super
● Sean Fewster and Daniel Panozzo, FIVEaa, “Just Lawful – The Hillier Triple Murders”

Best TV/Video News Report supported by Media Super
● Hannah Foord, 7NEWS Adelaide, “Port Hughes Murder”

Best TV Current Affairs or Feature supported by the Judith Neilson Institute
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC 7.30, “Rhys’s Final Wish TV”

Best Print/Text News Report supported by the University of South Australia
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online, “Rhys’s Final Wish Online”

Best News or Lifestyle Feature supported by the University of South Australia
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online, “Rhys’s Final Wish Online”

The Max Fatchen Award for Best Young Journalist supported by the Judith Neilson Institute
● Bec Whetham, ABC Landline and ABC Online, “Stories of hope”

Julie Duncan Memorial Award for Student Journalism supported by the University of South Australia
● Sarah Herrmann

Journalist of the Year supported by the University of South Australia
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC

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ABC journalists win Star Prizes for rural reporting

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The Kennedy Awards announced its 2022 finalists this morning and launched a new logo as well.

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The 2022 awards gala will be held at The Ballroom at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse on Friday evening, August 12.

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According to Nick Tabakoff in The Australian, Kennedy Awards organisers will ban speeches for all awards this year except for the four major categories on awards night this Friday: Journalist of the Year, Young Journalist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award and the Cliff Neville Award for Outstanding Team Player. A spokeswoman for the awards claimed the move was about giving gathered journalists “more opportunity to talk”, as well as shortening a ceremony that had been previously been too long, and not about last year’s controversy in which Australian Financial Review’s Michael Roddan’s acceptance speech was cut short.

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Australian Financial Review’s Michael Roddan made a quip about the Kennedys being the “Bogan Walkleys” while he picked up a trophy for financial journalism.

10’s Sarah Harris, Hugh Riminton and Lachlan Kennedy will host this year’s Kennedy Awards.

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Nick McKenzie named Journalist of the Year as Nine’s Journalism recognised at the 2022 Kennedy Awards

Nine’s journalism was recognised at the prestigious 2022 Kennedy Awards last night, with Nick McKenzie named as Journalist of the Year for his series of investigations for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes.

The awards were held last night with a gala dinner, with Nine winning eight awards across its publishing, television and digital divisions – and showcased the power of Nine’s cross-platform investigative reporting, with McKenzie also winning the Outstanding Finance Reporting category alongside 60 Minutes producer Joel Tozer, while Adele Ferguson and Tozer were awarded for Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting.

Tom Steinfort’s brave reporting and interview with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky earned him and the 60 Minutes team the award for Outstanding Foreign Correspondent, while Brooke Campbell from nine.com.au took out Outstanding Team Player or Mentor.

Rounding off the night of awards was the Herald’s Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack winning Outstanding Political Reporting, and Adele Ferguson collecting her second award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting.

Congratulations to all Nine’s journalists.

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

2022 Journalist of the Year – Nick McKenzie (60 Minutes/The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Finance Reporting – Joel Tozer and Nick McKenzie (60 Minutes)

The Jim Oram Award: Outstanding Feature Writing – Tim Elliott (Good Weekend)

The Tom Krause Award: Outstanding Foreign Correspondent – Tom Steinfort, Sheree Gibson, Laura Sparkes, Luke Wilson, Matthew Brown, Andrew Page and Renee Hudson (60 Minutes)

Outstanding Political Reporting – Lucy Cormack and Alex Smith (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting – Adele Ferguson and Joel Tozer (60 Minutes, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Investigative Reporting – Adele Ferguson, Lauren Day and Klaus Toft (The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age & Four Corners)

The Cliff Neville Award for Outstanding Team Player or Mentor – Brooke Campbell (nine.com.au)