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2024 Tasmanian Media Awards

ABC Tasmania reporters scoop state media awards, including journalist of the year

The ABC has won seven out of 13 categories at the Tasmanian Media Awards, including journalist of the year for Jessica Moran and Chris Rowbottom.

Moran and Rowbottom won for their body of work on Tasmania’s racing industry.

Along with their ABC colleagues Andy Burns and Charlotte King, they also took home best news story, best sports coverage and public service journalism at the awards announcement in Hobart on Friday night.

The ABC’s Clancy Balen was named best new journalist, with the judges praising his finessed work and use of new media platforms. Adam Langenberg won best health reporting for his ability to break high-quality health stories as well as sensitively tell the stories of those affected by health system failures, while Selina Ross was declared the winner of the best arts reporting prize thanks to an array of exclusive stories that appealed to a broad audience.

The judges said the body of work that won Moran and Rowbottom the Journalist of the Year Award was based on solid, fearless journalism.

“Curiosity sparked their initial interest, their investigations led to a range of solid, news-breaking reports which are an exemplar of quality public interest journalism,” the judges said.

“Their reporting involved ‘mud on boots’ journalism, the cultivation of dozens of sources, and the use of Right to Know laws — which unveiled uncomfortable truths in a lucrative industry.”

The ABC fielded a total of 34 finalists in the awards, which recognise creative and courageous acts of factually based journalism that seek the truth and give new insight to an issue.

List of ABC finalists and winners in Tasmanian Media Awards 2024

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Walkley Foundation’s 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism

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ABC celebrates Mid-Year Walkley winners

ABC Broken Hill journalist Bill Ormonde has been named the 2024 Young Australian Journalist of the Year at the Walkley Foundation’s 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism.

Ormonde also won the Visual Storytelling category in the awards for Out of the Darkness, an interactive online story exploring mental health in remote Australia.

At the awards announcement in Sydney last night, Jessica Longbottom, Elise Kinsella, Madi Chwasta and Joseph Dunstan won the award for Coverage of Science and the Environment for their investigation into air pollution at Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station.

Brooke Fryer took home the award for longform feature or special for her ABC Background Briefing about a program that’s helping violent men turn their lives around, Tears, tea and bloodshed – can violent men ever change?, while ABC Darwin court reporter Melissa Mackay was recognised in the category of Coverage of community and regional affairs for her series of features about domestic violence, ‘The crime crisis nobody is talking about’.

Along with its wins, Ormonde’s story was also a finalist for Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs with additional reporting for Landline.

The judges said, “Bill Ormonde exercised real sensitivity as a journalist to reveal the life-changing consequences of mental illness for people in remote Australia. Bill’s work shows a level of maturity rarely found in such a young journalist.”

The full list of ABC finalists and winners:

Visual storytelling

Coverage of Science and the Environment

Longform feature or special

June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting

Shortform journalism

Coverage of community and regional affairs

Public service journalism

Our Watch Award for Excellence in Reporting on Violence Against Women

Media Diversity Australia Award

Humanitarian Storytelling Award

June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism

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Probyn has been named Federal Press Gallery Journalist of the Year for the third time, in an announcement at the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery Midwinter Ball at Parliament House in Canberra.

The Guardian Australia’s Amanda Meade adds:

AAP staff photographer Lukas Coch won the inaugural federal press gallery visual story teller of the year award for a body of work about the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum.

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2024 SA Media Awards winners announced

SBS Journalist Peta Doherty has taken home four awards, including the prestigious 2024 South Australian Journalist of the Year, tonight in Adelaide.

Doherty, the South Australian correspondent for SBS World News and NITV, won for her multiplatform story on an Adelaide housing development built on one of the state’s largest mass burial sites.

SBS/NITV revealed the Riverlea development was sitting on one of the state’s largest burial grounds, a rich archaeological site supported by oral histories – a rarity so close to a capital city.

The judges said of Doherty’s work:

“The entry exposed an important matter of public interest in a sensitive and culturally-appropriate way. Peta Doherty took the time to fully explore and explain the complexities of the issue, and gave a voice to those most impacted. The story was presented in a way that compelled the government – and the public – to listen and act on the concerns of those involved.

“Peta’s entry highlighted the powerful impact that public interest journalism can have.”

Doherty also won the awards for best Text Format News Report, best Television/Video News Reporting, and best Social Equity Report.

Other winners included Isabel McMillan of The Advertiser who won the Max Fatchen Award for Best Young Journalist, and Daniel Clarke who took out the Freelance Journalist Award.

The South Australian Media Awards, an initiative of the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) and administered by the Walkley Foundation, recognise creative and courageous acts of factually based journalism that seek the truth and give new insight to an issue.

Winners across 17 award categories were handed out at a cocktail event at Gallery Adelaide this evening.

The categories, winners, and the judges’ statements are as follows:

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ABC winners at 2024 SA Media Awards

ABC journalists reporting on South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament, the mental health crisis and sporting burnout were among the winners at the 2024 MEAA SA Media Awards.

Angelique Donnellan won Best Television/Video Feature for her 7.30 report, ‘Call for Help’, which documented the story of a young man killed by police during a mental health crisis. The judges praised her sensitive handling of a difficult topic: “The reporter’s ability to establish a deep and trusting connection with her subject was evident. This was an incredibly powerful, incisive and – above all – important piece of journalism.”

Angus Randall won the Best Radio/Audio News Reporting Award for "National eyes on SA as it passes Voice legislation”, described as “a sensitive and careful examination of the prospect of legislation for the people it would affect most.”

In the Visual Storytelling category, Che Chorley won for his “masterful images [that] brought his subjects to life and conveyed a strong sense of place in two stories about outback South Australia. This is a feature photographer at the top of his game.”

Nicholas Maher’s ‘explainers’ on international crises in countries such as Myanmar and Sudan took home the prize for Multimedia News or Feature. “In a world of growing complexity and shortening attention spans, Nicholas Maher’s ability to explain difficult issues in engaging, bitesize chunks on multiple platforms makes him a deserved winner in this category.”

Awarded Best Rural/Regional Journalist, Sophie Landau’s collection of reports ‘Connection, care, compassion’ were praised as original and well-researched demonstrations of the importance of building strong connections within the community. “Her report about Theo Nickolas Papageorgiou and the impact of his suicide on family, the local region and state mental health laws is particularly notable.”

Cale Matthews’ ‘Sports Burnout’ for BTN, which presented “a sympathetic but informed view of how high-performing young people strive to find a balance between protecting their mental health, while still pursuing excellence”, won Best Sports Report.

The ABC also fielded many finalists whose agenda-setting stories continue to lead to change and make an impact.

The full list of ABC winners and finalists:

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Kennedy Awards 2024 nominations

The award ceremony will be held at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse on Friday, August 16.

A record number of entries (1014) were received, smashing last year’s figure of 720.

List of nominations

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2024 Kennedy Awards

List of Winners

Tracy Grimshaw received a Lifetime Achievement Award. ABC’s John Lyons was named Journalist of the Year.

Nine Entertainment’s cross media coverage of the Bondi Junction attacks won three awards: Outstanding Online News Breaking (SMH), Outstanding Television News Reporting (9News and Current Affairs team), Outstanding Radio News and Current Affairs (Ben Fordham, Mark Levy, Will Bottom and the 2GB team).

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7NEWS honoured with four Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism

The Seven Network’s 7NEWS has been recognised with four awards for excellence in journalism at the prestigious 14th annual Kennedy Awards in Sydney on Friday night.

7NEWS Chief Reporter Chris Reason received the award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting for Bishop of Broome, a relentless four-year investigation and series of reports which culminated in the arrest of former Bishop Christopher Saunders.

The highest-ranked Catholic in Australia currently facing child sex offences, Saunders’ arrest came months after 7NEWS first revealed the details of a top-secret Vatican report ordered by Pope Francis, believed to be one of only 20 such Vatican investigations worldwide.

Reason and the 7NEWS digital team also received the Outstanding Documentary award for The Devil’s Playground, an explosive hour-long deep dive into the Bishop of Broome allegations that rocked the Catholic Church.

Reason said: “I would like to pay tribute to our invaluable sources: the church insider who leaked the Vatican report; the whistleblower priest who lost his job and had to move interstate; and the Bishop’s secretary who left her job and is still dealing with the mental health impact. Without their bravery, our reports would not have been possible.

“I’d also like to thank senior cameraman Simon Hydzik for the countless hours he worked on this assignment, and the 7NEWS digital team for their extraordinary efforts in taking the raw material we’d gathered in the four-year investigation and turning it into a powerful documentary.

“Beyond that, I’m grateful to the 7NEWS leadership team for backing this story every step of the way. It’s an important reminder that behind the difficult headlines of recent months there is seriously outstanding journalism being delivered day after day by our incredible team. I am so proud of the work we do.”

7NEWS Spotlight’s Sarah Greenhalgh, Phil Goyen and Ben Fogarty accepted the Outstanding Crime Reporting award for their special investigation, Sextortion: Teens, Tech and Tragedy.

The global, six-month investigation exposed the actions of Nigerian sextortion scammers and the devastating impact on Australian teens and families. It led to Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta removing more than 60,000 sextortion scam accounts along with thousands of Facebook groups.

The West Australian ’s Sports Editor Jakeb Waddell earned the Outstanding Three Headlines award for AH, KANE HAS DONE IT AGAIN, NO CHANCE IN VFL and TAKES ONE TO NO.1.

Seven’s Director of News and Current Affairs and Seven West Media Editor-in-Chief, Anthony De Ceglie, said: “The whole 7NEWS team is extremely proud of all our winners and our finalists.

“They’re a true testament to the tenacity and fearless reporting we pride ourselves on and strive to produce every single day across all our different programs and mediums.”

More than 1000 entries were received across 38 categories for this year’s awards, named after veteran police reporter Les Kennedy, who died in 2011 at the age of 53.

The 7NEWS team is nominated for three TV WEEK Logie Awards, including Best News or Public Affairs Report for Chris Reason’s Bishop of Broome investigation and separately for the team’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas War. Michael Usher is also nominated for Best News Presenter. Public voting for the Logie Awards closes at 7.00pm tonight and the winners will be announced tomorrow night.

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ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons named Journalist of the Year

The ABC’s Global Affairs Editor John Lyons has been honoured as Journalist of the Year at the 2024 Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism at a gala event dominated by the ABC.

Lyons, one of Australia’s leading and most respected journalists, was recognised for his body of work reporting from the front lines in the Middle East. Lyons was also recognised with the Outstanding Team Player or Mentor award, and the award for Outstanding Feature Writing.

The ABC won nine awards in total at the Kennedy’s beating thousands of entries at the event held in Sydney.

ABC political journalist, presenter and broadcaster Annabel Crabb won the award for Outstanding Columnist for three columns that covered issues in the law, politics and the media.

The joint ABC Indigenous Affairs Reporting Team and Four Corners program Guarded, an investigation into private security policing in the Northern Territory, won the Indigenous Affairs Reporting award. Four Corners and ABC Investigations were also awarded Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting — Long Form for the Careless investigation into how the NDIS fails to protect our most vulnerable.

And the Stop and Search podcast produced by ABC Investigations for Background Briefing won the Outstanding Podcast award.

The ABC was also honoured with awards in the Digital Innovation and News Camera Coverage categories.

ABC Director News Justin Stevens said the breadth of work across the ABC’s winning entries reflected the public broadcaster’s standing as Australia’s most trusted source of news.

"To see our journalists recognised in this way across all platforms and categories shows the standards of newsgathering, investigation and analysis that are the hallmarks of ABC News.

“It is terrific to see John’s exceptional work over the year recognised in this way. The standard of work and depth of analysis John has brought to our coverage has been a central part of the team effort from our foreign correspondents during a challenging year on the international stage. Their work helps Australians make sense of the world around them. Congratulations to all finalists and winners.”

The Kennedy Award judges said Lyons’ reporting of the conflict in the Middle East has been “brave, impartial and incisive.”

"Since the attacks of October 7, 2023, John Lyons has been the most authoritative Australian voice in both reporting and analysing this generational calamity. With both accuracy and moral clarity, the vastly experienced Middle East hand has framed this conflict in ways that will stand the test of time.

“As the American foreign correspondent TD Allman, who died this year, put it:” Genuine objective journalism not only gets the facts right, it gets the meaning of events right." John Lyons passes that double test. It is journalism of the highest standard."

The 2024 ABC Kennedy Award Winners

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MEAA is pleased to announce the following finalists for the 2024 WA Media Awards.

In an exceptionally strong year, judges repeatedly noted the quality of the entrants, and the many difficulties they faced in choosing the top three entries in each of the 27 categories.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, 21 September at a gala event at the ANZAC Club, Perth. Tickets will go on sale later this week.

ALL MEDIA (Including online publications)

BUSINESS, ECONOMICS OR FINANCE REPORT

COLUMNIST – The Matt Price Prize

  • Gary Adshead (WAToday/Nine) “Violence against women/ Social housing stain
  • Brendan Foster (WAToday, News.com) “Body of Work”
  • Jay Hanna (The West Australian) “Body of Work”

CULTURE AND ARTS REPORT – THE A.H. Kornweibel Arts Prize

  • Briana Fiore (ABC) “Concerns over music festival near sacred Wave Rock”
  • Victoria Laurie (Business News) “State of the Arts: Funding Fails in the Wealthy West”
  • Belle Taylor (The West Australian) “Flewnt in Full Flow”

FREELANCE JOURNALIST

  • Brendan Foster (WAtoday, News.com) “Body of Work”
  • Victoria Laurie (Business News, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age – Good Weekend Magazine) “State of the Arts and Stolen Memories”
  • Narelle Towie (The Guardian Australia) “Narelle Towie freelance stories”

HEALTH / MEDICAL REPORT

  • Ayla Darling, Teresa Tan, Dan Harrison (ABC) “Behind Closed Doors: How one child’s voice exposed the dangers of rape inside mental health hospitals”
  • Rhiannon Shine (ABC) “West Australians denied eating disorder centre”
  • Josh Zimmerman (The West Australian) “Joondalup Health Campus Failures”

LEGAL AFFAIRS REPORT

NEW JOURNALIST OF CADET – The Eaves-Prior Day Prize

  • Jessica Evensen (Seven West Media)
  • Harriet Flinn (Seven West Media, Vice)
  • Erick Lopez (Seven West Media)

OUTSTANDING JOURNALISM STUDENT AWARD

  • Chloe Henville (Western Independent) “Changes in regional WA”
  • Chloe Maher (Curtin University)
  • Ava Rawlings (Curtin University)

POLITICAL REPORT – The Beck Prize

  • Kathryn Diss (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy”
  • Paul Garvey (The Australian) “Direction 99 Debacle”
  • Rebecca Peppiat, Heather McNeil, Hamish Hastie (WAtoday/SMH/Age) “Detainees on the loose”

REGIONAL & COMMUNITY – Three News Stories / Features outside a 70 km radius of Perth

  • Alice Angeloni (ABC) “Body of Work”
  • Mya Kordic, Erin Parke, Rosanne Maloney, Andrew Seaborne, Vanessa Mills (ABC) “Kimberly Boat Arrivals”
  • Ted O’Connor (ABC) “Body of Work

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT

  • Kathryn Diss (ABC) “An “extraordinary” phone call: How Mark McGowan undid Western Australia’s path to net zero”
  • Peter Milne (WAtoday) “The real legacy for WA from Alcoa”
  • Damian Smith, Nadia Mitsopoulos, Emma Wynne (ABC) “Being charged for free water”

SOCIAL EQUITY REPORT

  • Ayla Darling, Teresa Tan, Dan Harrison (ABC) “Behind closed doors: How one child’s voice exposed the dangers of rape inside mental health hospitals”
  • John Flint (The Sunday Times, Seven West Media) “Pretending COVID Has Gone”
  • Jake Sturmer, Kathryn Diss, Keane Bourke, Daryna Zadvirna (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy: The Death of Cleveland Dodd”

SPORTS REPORT – The Gilmoir-Christian Prize

  • Michael Genovese (Nine) “Saving Perth Glory”
  • Nadia Mitsopoulos (ABC) “WAIS gymnasts seek justice”
  • Ashleigh Nelson (Network 10) “Six and Out: Cricket’s Christina Matthews departs”

TEXT FORMATS

BEST HEADLINE (Ten words or less)

  • Paul Barry (The West Australian) “Best three headlines”
  • David Friedlos (Seven West Media) “Headlines that Pop”
  • Michael Palmer and David Friedlos (Seven West Media) “Brains Trust”

FEATURE – The Hugh Schmitt Prize

  • Jade Jurewicz (STM Seven West Media) “Power of Love”
  • Victoria Laurie (Sydney Morning Herald/The Age – Good Weekend Magazine) “Stolen Memories”
  • Narelle Towie (The Guardian Australia) “The battle to save WA’s stranded pilot wales”

NEWS

  • Paul Garvey (The Australian) “Direction 99 Debacle”
  • Caitlyn Rintoul (The West Australian) “Boys Club: WA Top Cop Admits Sex Pest Problem in Force After Victim’s Letter”
  • Josh Zimmerman (The West Australian) “Joondalup Health Campus failures”

SUBURBAN – Three news stories / features within a 70 km radius of Perth

  • Gabrielle Becerra Mellet (Seven West Media) “Gabrielle Becerra Mellet copy”
  • Rachel Fenner (Seven West Media) “Voices of Rockingham”
  • Jen Rewell (POST Newspapers) “Family Grief and Public Money”

PHOTOGRAPHY

COMMUNITY / REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Brianna Fiore (ABC) “Refugees in rural Australia, Country town Imam, and Gay conversion therapy still legal”
  • Paul McGovern (POST Newspapers) “Local Lives in Pictures”
  • Andrew Ritchie (Seven West Media) “Body of Work”

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPH / PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

  • Briana Fiore (ABC) “From Australia’s ‘worst’ footy team to Premiership heroes”
  • Jake Sturmer (ABC) “The More Things Change”
  • Daniel Wilkins (STM Seven West Media) “Golden Girl”

NEWS PHOTOGRAPH

  • Kelsey Reid (The West Australian) “No room in the inn”
  • Andrew Ritchie (The West Australian) “Final Goodbye”
  • Daniel Wilkins (The West Australian) “Tiffany’s Farewell”

RADIO / AUDIO JOURNALISM

AUDIO FEATURE – Based on a single story

  • Michael Genovese, Jeff Thomas (Nine News, Nine Podcasts) “The Gambler”
  • Alex Mann, Crispian Chan, Dunja Karajic, Tim Roxburgh (ABC) “Firebomb”
  • Erin Parke (ABC) “Slave Names”

AUDIO NEWS STORY

  • Kathryn Diss (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy”
  • Isabel Moussalli (ABC) “Climate change in the suburbs”
  • Jackson Worthington, Nadia Mitsopoulos (ABC) “Violence on Ward 5A”

MULTIMEDIA

MULTIMEDIA FEATURE

  • Cason Ho, Claire Moodie (ABC) “A Mother’s Quest”
  • Rhiannon Shine (ABC) “On their terms”
  • Jake Sturmer, Kathryn Diss, Keane Bourke, Daryna Zadvirna (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy: The Death of Cleveland Dodd”

MULTIMEDIA NEWS

  • Kathryn Diss (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy”
  • Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Jesinta Burton (WAToday) “The economic and holy forces shaping the future of Perth”
  • Emily Smith ( ABC) “Cosmo Newberry floods”

TELEVISION / VIDEO JOURNALISM

CAMERAWORK

  • Briana Fiore (ABC) “Skimpies post #Me Too”
  • Simon Hydzik (Seven) “Isreal-Hamas War”
  • Anthony Pancia (ABC) “Reporting from the regions”

NEWS REPORTING

  • Michael Genovese (Nine) “Donna Nelson”
  • Jake Sturmer, Kathryn Diss, Mitch Edgar, Lauren Buckley, Mark Evans (ABC) “An Avoidable Tragedy: The death of Cleveland Dodd”
  • Syan Vallance (ABC) “Floreat Family Speaks”

VIDEO FEATURE

  • Natalie Bonjolo, Melenie Ambrose, Michelle Bunting, Alexander Smith, Josh Cable (Seven West) “Vanishing Cousins”
  • Michael Genovese (Nine) “Searching Forrests”
  • Rhiannon Shine (ABC) “ABC 7:30 Body of Work”
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Australian Football Media Awards 2024

Kane Cornes received the Alf Brown Award for best media performer.

3AW was awarded best radio program.

Herald Sun sports staff earn enormous accolades at AFL Media Awards

Herald Sun won five categories in the awards.

EDIT: Mediaweek’s wrap

Craig Hutchison and Fox Footy’s Sarah Jones received life membership of Australian Football Media Association.

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9NEWS CELEBRATES MAJOR WINS AT AFL MEDIA AWARDS

9News is proud to announce that several of its team members were recognised at last night’s AFL Media Awards, celebrating excellence in sports journalism.

Xander McGuire took home the prestigious Clinton Grybas Award for Best Emerging Talent, named in honour of the late Clinton Grybas, one of Australia’s most esteemed sports commentators. McGuire’s award-winning work included:

  • An exclusive investigation into the AFL’s probe into the behaviour of North Melbourne’s Tarryn Thomas.
  • A feature story on Carlton’s Matthew Kennedy.
  • A profile on delisted Western Bulldogs rookie Dominic Bedendo.

On receiving the award, Xander McGuire said:
“It’s a huge honour to be given the Clinton Grybas Award. I was only five years old when Clinton passed, but his legacy as a fantastic media performer and, as is mentioned in my family, a great Collingwood man, makes this all the more special. A huge thank you to the Director of News at Nine, Hugh Nailon, Tony Jones, and Clint Stanaway for all the opportunities they’ve afforded me. Also, a big thanks to the rest of the team—Nat Yoannidis, Trent Kniese, Nathan Currie, and of course, Tom Morris, whose guidance in news-breaking over the last 12 months has been fantastic. And last, but certainly not least, to my parents, who have been my biggest supporters, fostering a love of footy and journalism all my life.”

Tom Morris, an industry veteran, cemented his reputation with two major awards:

  • Best News or Feature Reporting (TV/Radio/Digital)
  • Best Online News or Feature Reporting

Morris was recognised for his in-depth stories, including:

  • Exclusive reporting on Christian Petracca’s brutal injury and his disillusionment with the Melbourne Football Club’s direction.
  • Breaking news on the 18-week suspension of North Melbourne’s Tarryn Thomas and his secret meeting with St Kilda.
  • Exposing Kangaroos coach Alastair Clarkson’s verbal tirade towards St Kilda players during a pre-season match.
  • An exclusive on Tom Barrass’ potential departure from the West Coast Eagles.

Tom Morris reflected on the wins, saying:
“These awards are a testament to the incredible team I work with every day. The trust and freedom I’ve been given to pursue stories that matter are why I’m able to dig deep into the AFL world. A huge thank you to Hugh Nailon, Tony Jones and everyone at 9News for their unwavering support. The stories behind these awards were truly collaborative efforts, and I’m extraordinarily proud of the work we’ve done together. It’s a privilege to work in footy and at Channel 9. I’m incredibly grateful.”

Hugh Nailon, Director of 9News Melbourne, also shared his thoughts on the team’s success:
“It’s fantastic to see Xander and Tom recognised for their outstanding contributions to AFL journalism. Xander’s remarkable rise is the result of his hard work, and willingness to learn and develop his craft, while Tom continues to set the benchmark for news breaking and in-depth reporting. These awards highlight the strength of our newsroom and the quality of our team’s work. Congratulations to both, and to everyone at 9News who helps make this possible.”

9News will continue to provide the highest level of sports coverage and breaking news in Aussie Rules Football and beyond.

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2024 NT Media Awards finalists announced

Winners will be revealed at the annual NT Media Awards ceremony at The Reserve, Darwin, on Saturday, October 12.

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2024 WA Media Awards winners announced

The Australian’s Paul Garvey has has been named the 2024 WA Journalist of the Year, and won the Beck Prize for Political Reporting, for his series of articles titled “ Direction 99 Debacle*”* .

Garvey’s reporting forensically examined close to 200 Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions examining Australian immigration cases and unearthed stories of numerous violent criminals spared deportation because of the Minister’s Direction 99.

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The Australian’s Ben Packham wins 2024 Lowy Institute Media Award

The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Lowy Institute Media Award is *The Australian’*s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Ben Packham.

The Award was announced at an event at the Lowy Institute in Sydney tonight, hosted by the Institute’s Deputy Chairman Steven Lowy AM and Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove AM.

“Ben Packham joins an eminent list of Australian journalists whose reporting has been recognised through the Lowy Institute Media Award,” Dr Fullilove said. “Over the past year Ben has demonstrated consistent excellence in his reporting of defence, national security and foreign policy issues that matter greatly to our country.”

Dr Fullilove congratulated the other two finalists who were shortlisted this year: Avani Dias from the ABC for a series of stories as South Asia correspondent, including her reporting for Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners; and Matthew Knott from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age for his work as foreign affairs and national security correspondent, including his reporting on Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.

The Lowy Institute Media Award has been presented each year since 2013 to recognise excellence in coverage of international affairs by Australian journalists and media outlets.

On this year’s judging panel, Dr Fullilove was joined by The Age journalist Jewel Topsfield, ABC journalist and foreign correspondent Natalie Whiting, The Australian’s Helen Trinca, and Lowy Institute Board member Mark Ryan.

This year’s winner receives a prize of AU$20,000 and a distinctive trophy by Dinosaur Designs.

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The Australian adds:

The foreign affairs and defence correspondent has broken many of the biggest stories in defence in the past year as the Albanese government grapples with the need to build towards an AUKUS future with a depleted military.

Among some of Packham’s major stories this year were revelations the departments of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs ignored mounting evidence of chronic brain injuries in soldiers as a result of blast pressure waves.

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69th Walkley Award finalists

PRINT/TEXT NEWS REPORT

  • Carrie Fellner, Matt Davidson, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Michael Evans , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , ‘The factory that contaminated the world’ (1,2,3)
  • Samantha Maiden , News.com.au, ‘Pay You Cash’ (1,2,3)
  • Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw , The Sydney Morning Herald , The Age and Brisbane Times , ‘The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see’ (1,2,3)

FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4000 WORDS)
Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

  • Lorena Allam, Sarah Collard and Blake Sharp-Wiggins , Guardian Australia , ‘Buried Lives‘
  • Jackson Ryan , The New York Times , ‘The Long, Long Way to the Woods‘
  • Ben Walter , Island , ‘The Only Fish: Flathead Decline in Tasmania’

FEATURE WRITING LONG (OVER 4000 WORDS)

ALL MEDIA: COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE
Award Partner Thomson Geer Lawyers

  • Annabel Crabb , ABC News , ‘Shades Of Grey’ (1,2,3)
  • Greg Jericho , Guardian Australia , ‘Speaking truth to power with graphs’ (1,2,3)
  • David Leser , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , ‘The war in Gaza: Not in my Jewish name’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM

ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

  • ABC News Perth , ABC News , ‘WA’s Youth Justice Crisis – The Death of Cleveland Dodd’ (1,2,3)
  • Lorena Allam, Sarah Collard and Blake Sharp-Wiggins , Guardian Australia , ‘Buried Lives’ (1,2,3)
  • Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson and Tilda Colling , The Australian , ‘NT Schools in Crisis’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS
Award Partner BHP

  • Oliver Jacques , Region Riverina , ‘Rise and fall of Griffith winemaker who owes $32 million’ (1,2,3)
  • Matthew Kelly , Newcastle Herald , ‘Three decades on the streets’ (1,2,3)
  • Erin Parke and Andrew Seabourne , ABC News and ABC, 7.30 , ‘Boat Arrivals’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: CARTOON OF THE YEAR

  • Matt Golding , The Age , ‘(M)Any questions?’
  • Fiona Katauskas , Guardian Australia , ‘True Colours of 2024‘
  • Cathy Wilcox , The Sydney Morning Herald , ‘Break glass’

ALL MEDIA: SPORTS JOURNALISM
Award Partner University of Queensland

  • Tom Decent , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , ‘The secret Zoom call that brought down a Wallabies coach’ (1,2,3)
  • SBS News Documentaries , SBS Television, ‘Came From Nowhere: Australia’s Most Controversial Football Club’
  • Michael Warner , Herald Sun , ‘White Line Fever: AFL illicit drugs crisis’ (1,2,3)

SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY

  • David Gray , AFP, ‘Light, shadows, action at the Australian Open tennis’
  • Nick Moir , The Sydney Morning Herald , ‘Birdsville Rodeo’
  • Quinn Rooney , Getty Images, ‘Australians in the Pool’

AUDIO SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner ABC

AUDIO LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner McGrathNicol

  • Paul Farrell and the Background Briefing Team , ABC, Background Briefing , ‘Stop and Search’ (1,2,3)
  • Charlotte King and Andy Burns , ABC, Background Briefing , ‘The price of freebirth‘
  • Megan Williams and Dan Schulz , 2DRY FM and Community Radio Network, ‘Water Watch: Wilcannia Weir or Wilcannia Won’t’ (1,2,3)

DIGITAL MEDIA: INNOVATION JOURNALISM
Award Partner Master Builders Australia

ALL MEDIA: SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

  • Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘The Pezzullo files’ (1,2,3)
  • Chris Reason , 7NEWS , ‘The Bishop of Broome’
  • Christopher Walsh , NT Independent , ‘NT Labor’s ministerial shares scandal’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE
Award Partner Ogilvy

  • 9News & Current Affairs – Bondi Attack Team , Nine, 9News, A Current Affair and Today , ‘Bondi Junction Stabbings’
  • Building Bad Team , The Age , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review , ‘Building Bad’
  • Chris Reason and Simon Hydzik , 7NEWS , ‘Israel-Hamas War’

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Flavio Brancaleone , The Sydney Morning Herald , News.com.au and The Australian , ‘Bondi Junction Stabbing Attack, no place is immune to the reach of terror’
  • Kate Geraghty , The Sydney Morning Herald , ‘Aftermath of October 7 attacks’
  • David Gray , AFP, ‘Walk to freedom’

ALL MEDIA: SPECIALIST AND BEAT REPORTING

  • Carrie Fellner, Matt Davidson, Matthew Absalom-Wong and Michael Evans , The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , ‘The factory that contaminated the world’ (1,2,3)
  • Christopher Knaus , Guardian Australia , ‘Out in the cold: Australia’s invisible crisis of homelessness deaths’ (1,2,3)
  • Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw , The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age , and Brisbane Times , ‘The portrait Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see’ (1,2,3)

ALL MEDIA: BUSINESS JOURNALISM
Award Partner ING Australia

  • Linton Besser and Ninah Kopel , ABC, 7.30 and ABC News , ‘Netstrata’ (1,2,3)
  • Primrose Riordan and Sarah Thompson , The Australian Financial Review , ‘Jon Adgemis and the costs of the private credit boom’ (1,2,3)
  • Jonathan Shapiro and Aaron Patrick , The Australian Financial Review , ‘The ANZ bond trading scandal’ (1,2,3)

FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

  • Sean Davey , Oculi / ABC News, ‘The Goode Fight’
  • Diego Fedele , Getty Images, ‘In the Shadow of a Deadly Sky’
  • Christopher Hopkins , Al Jazeera, ‘They Teach Us to Sing’

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK

TELEVISION/VIDEO: NEWS REPORTING
Award Partner Seven

  • 9News and Current Affairs – Bondi Attack Team , Nine, 9News, A Current Affair and Today, ‘Bondi Junction Stabbings’
  • Ben Lewis , SBS World News , ‘October 7 Attacks’
  • Sharri Markson and Montana Duncan , Sky News , ‘Nine’s MeToo moment’ (1,2,3)

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner SBS

  • Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett , ABC, 7.30 , ‘Financial Housing Prison‘
  • Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Michael Bachelard , Nine, 60 Minutes , ‘The Power Player‘
  • The Sunday Mail and Courier-Mail Prayed Upon team , The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail , ‘Prayed Upon’ (1,2)

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES)
Award Partner TEN News First

ALL MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL
Award Partner Sydney Airport

  • Dateline Team , SBS, Dateline , ‘Finding Yusuf’ (1,2)
  • Avani Dias, Naomi Selvaratnam, Madeleine Genner and Mayeta Clark , ABC, Foreign Correspondent , Four Corners and ABC Listen, ‘Reporting from Modi’s India’ (1,2,3)
  • Prue Lewarne , SBS News , ‘Inside Nicaragua’

ALL MEDIA: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Award Partner Guardian Australia

  • Building Bad Team , The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review , ‘Building Bad’
  • Echo Hui, Elise Potaka and Dylan Welch , ABC, Four Corners and ABC News , ‘Ruthless Pursuit – China’s Secret Police, its Agents, and Global Campaign of Repression’ (1,2,3)
  • Chris Reason , 7NEWS , ‘The Bishop of Broome’

WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD FINALISTS
Award Partner MinterEllison

  • Katrina McGowan, Janine Hosking, Mat Cornwell and Carrie Fellner , iKandy Films and Stan, How To Poison A Planet
  • Erin Moy, Gabriel Gasparinatos, Sarah Noonan and Jennifer Peedom , Entropico, Stranger Than Fiction and Netflix, ONEFOUR: Against All Odds
  • Dora Weekley, Orly Danon, Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie , Stan, Revealed: Ben Roberts-Smith Truth on Trial

WALKLEY BOOK AWARD LONGLIST (Shortlist to be announced 31 October)
Award Partner Banki Haddock Fiora

  • Julia Baird , Bright Shining , HarperCollins Publishers
  • Andrew Fowler , Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty , Melbourne University Publishing
  • Sarah Gilbert , Unconventional Women , Melbourne University Publishing
  • David Hardaker , Mine is the Kingdom , Allen and Unwin
  • Royce Kurmelovs , Slick: Australia’s Toxic Relationship with Big Oil , University of Queensland Press
  • Anne Manne , Crimes of the Cross: The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle, Its Protectors and the Man Who Fought for Justice , Black Inc.
  • Lucia Osborne-Crowley , The Lasting Harm , Allen and Unwin
  • Alison Sandy, Bryan Seymour, Sally Eeles and Marc Wright , The Lady Vanishes , HarperCollins Publishers
  • Hedley Thomas , The Teacher’s Pet , Pan Macmillan Australia

NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Award Partner Nikon

  • Matthew Abbott , Freelance / Oculi
  • Christopher Hopkins , Freelance
  • Nick Moir , The Sydney Morning Herald
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