Awards Results 2023
Our fifteenth awards night was held on Friday November 17, 2023 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide.
See the winners and their winning entries below.
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- News Corp Australia Best News Report in Print or Digital
- Commercial & General Best Feature in Print or Digital
- RAA Best Sports Story in Any Medium
- Lion Australia Best News Photograph in Print or Digital
- Seven Network Best Television News Report
- Adelaide Economic Development Agency Best Broadcaster in Television, Radio or Online
- Nine Network Best Camera News Coverage
- HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Best Long Form Television Report or Extended Coverage
- Telstra Best Radio Report or Coverage
- Heritage People’s Choice Best Podcast Series or Episode
- Mitsubishi Motors Australia Best Coverage of an Issue or Event via Social Media
- Santos Best Community Report in Any Medium
- Kelsian Best Regional or Rural Report in Any Medium
- Jeff Tims Jewellery Best Graphics (including interactive), Illustration or Cartoon in Any Medium
- Telstra Best Columnist/Blogger in Print or Online Digital
- BHP Best Investigative Coverage of an Issue or Event in Any Medium
- Network 10 Best Scoop of the Year
- Sarah Constructions Young Journalist of the Year
- University of South Australia Student Journalism Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gold Award
News Corp Australia
Best News Report in Print or Digital
Lauren Novak, News Corp
“60 kids at risk die in secret”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Riley Walter, News Corp
“Starved in a house of horrors”
COMMENDED:
Brad Crouch, News Corp
“Kids’ ICU in sick state”
Commercial & General
Best Feature in Print or Digital
Lauren Novak, News Corp
“Nobody hears these stories”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Eric Tlozek, ABC
“Crossing the Line”
COMMENDED
Michael McGuire, News Corp
“Big bet on red”
Genevieve Meegan, Solstice Media
“Facing facts”
Rebecca Whitfield-Baker, News Corp
“Edan’s story: He ripped my heart apart”
RAA
Best Sports Story in Any Medium
Cale Matthews, ABC
“Sport Burnout”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Riley Walter, News Corp
“Footy death legal fight”
Josh Money, Nine Network
“Eastside Rams”
COMMENDED
Michael McGuire, News Corp
“It’s a knockout”
Lion Australia
Best News Photograph in Print or Digital
Brenton Edwards, News Corp
“Morgan Flood”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Michael Errey, Solstice Media
“Djokovic launches his 2023 season in Adelaide”
Seven Network
Best Television News Report
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Warnings ignored”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Claire Campbell, ABC
“Medibank hack puts lives in danger”
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Prisoner’s Wish”
Leah MacLennan, ABC
“Greyhound racing abuse”
COMMENDED
Claire Campbell, ABC
“Flood assistance too inflexible”
Adelaide Economic Development Agency
Best Broadcaster Television, Radio or Online
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Various stories”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Angelique Donnellan, ABC
“Various stories”
COMMENDED
Rory McClaren, ABC
“Body of work”
Nine Network
Best Camera News Coverage
Che Chorley, ABC
“Set in Stone”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Andrew Foote, Seven Network
“Variety Bash”
COMMENDED
Lincoln Rothall, ABC
“Carp”
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Best Long Form Television Report or Extended Coverage
Angelique Donnellan, ABC
“Call for help”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Eric Tlozek, ABC
“Allegations of excessive force against SA Police”
COMMENDED
7 News Adelaide
“2022-23 River Murray Floods”
Telstra
Best Radio Report or Coverage
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Breakfast, ABC Radio Adelaide
“Bridge Protest”
COMMENDED
Paul Gough, ABC
“Glam Rock”
Heritage People's Choice
Best Podcast Series or Episode
JOINT WINNERS
Caroline Winter, PodTalk
“Sick as a dog: an industry in crisis”
Kathryn Bermingham, Emily Olle, Douglas Smith, Gemma Jones, Dan Box and Jasper Leak
“Dying Rose”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Eric Tlozek, ABC
“Influencer Marketing”
COMMENDED
Matthew Smith, ABC
“Photo of breast cancer survivor wins”
Santos
Best Community Report in Any Medium
Amelia Mulcahy, Seven Network
“Hidden Homeless”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Stephanie Richards & Che Chorley, ABC
“Something in the water”
COMMENDED
Evelyn Leckie & Che Chorley, ABC
“A drop in the ocean”
Kelsian
Best Regional or Rural Report in Any Medium
Sophie Landau, ABC
“Fighting for Theo”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Dan Clark, Freelance
“Lost in the Woods”
COMMENDED
Bernadette Clarke, ABC
“Tumby Bay grandmother leads fight to fix childcare shortage in SA Town”
Anita Ward, ABC
“Tiny Town Revival”
Nicholas Ward, ABC
“Coober Pedy residents say sky-high water prices are making life difficult”
Jeff Tims Jewellery
Best Graphics (including interactive) Illustration or Cartoon) in Any Medium
Luke Gibbs & Sam McKenzie, ABC
“Behind the News 2023”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Zach Hamilton & Rowan Heiser, Nine Network
“Subs secured”
COMMENDED
Deanna Keogh, Nine Network
“Bulk Billing, Measles outbreak, November rainfall”
Telstra
Best Columnist/Blogger in Print or Online Digital
Jessica Adamson, News Corp
“Kangaroo Island Travel”
“Wee hitch at Fringe”
“Wins and Losses in Life’s Great Showdown”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Emily Olle, News Corp
COMMENDED
Rory McClaren, ABC
“Body of Work”
BHP
Best Investigative Coverage of an Issue or Event in Any Medium
Kathryn Bermingham, Emily Olle, Douglas Smith, Gemma Jones, Dan Box and Jasper Leak
“Dying Rose“
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Caroline Winter, PodTalk
“Sick as a dog: an industry in crisis”
COMMENDED
Brad Crouch, News Corp
“Kids’ ICU in sick state”
Leah MacLennan, ABC
“South Australian greyhounds captured on video apparently being kicked, punched”
Riley Walter, News Corp
“Child Protection Department Failures”
Network 10
Best Scoop of the Year
JOINT WINNERS
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Prisoner’s Wish”
Ashlea Kunowski, Seven Network
“Felmeri Homes Collapse”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Angelique Donnellan, ABC
“Living a nightmare”
Hannah Foord, Seven Network
“Kudla Accused”
Leah MacLennan, ABC
“South Australian greyhounds captured on video apparently being kicked, punched”
COMMENDED
Brad Crouch, News Corp
“Kids’ ICU in sick state”
Michael McGuire, News Corp
“Imposter on ward”
Sarah Constructions
Young Journalist of the Year
Josh Webster, Network 10
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Emily Olle, News Corp
Riley Walter, News Corp
COMMENDED
Sophie Holder, ABC
Evelyn Leckie, ABC
Kelly Hughes, Nine Network
Gold Award
Lauren Novak
University of South Australia
Student Journalism Award
Amelia Walters
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jessica Dempster
COMMENDED
Sarah Herrmann
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rex Jory