Awards Results 2024
Our sixteenth awards night was held on Friday November 8, 2024 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
- HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Best Long Form Television Report or Extended Coverage
- Nine Network Best News Camera Coverage
- Adelaide Economic Development Agency Best Broadcaster in Television, Radio or Online
- Telstra Best Radio Report or Coverage
- People First Bank 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
- Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide 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
- SAAB Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gold Award
News Corp Australia
Best News Report in Print or Digital
Sean Fewster, Gemma Jones & Kathryn Bermingham, News Corp
“On the Nose – David Speirs Video”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Lauren Novak, News Corp
“The Deaths that sparked a Royal Commission”
COMMENDED:
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Due date bungle”
Andrew Hough & Annabel Fleming, News Corp
“Hospital Shame Files”
Commercial & General
Best Feature in Print or Digital
Lauren Novak, News Corp
“Emma’s Story”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Evangeline Polymeneas, News Corp
“I felt I was loved”: Realities of abuse at the hands of a woman”
COMMENDED
Michael McGuire, News Corp
“Battle for the Barossa”
Rebecca Brice and James Wakelin, ABC
“Victims of Time”
RAA
Best Sports Story in Any Medium
Vicki Schwarz, Nine Network
“Mum’s Crusade”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Stephanie Richards and Brant Cumming, ABC
“The Matildas spark interest in soccer but SA clubs struggle to cope”
COMMENDED
Gus MacDonald, Nine Network
“Olympic Selection Fight”
Simeon Thomas-Wilson, News Corp
“Jason Horne-Francis SA Weekend Feature”
Lion Australia
Best News Photograph in Print or Digital
Mark Brake, Getty Images /
News Corp
“Season Ending Bump”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Matt Turner, News Corp
“Goyders Dust”
COMMENDED
Brenton Edwards, News Corp
“Marion Terror”
James Elsby, via Getty
“Toothless”
Seven Network
Best Television News Report
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Charlie Stevens Tragedy”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Oliver Haig, Nine Network
“Steven Marshall’s Second Job”
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Emma’s fight to be a mum”
COMMENDED
Kelly Hughes, Nine Network
“Susan”
Mitchell Sariovski, Seven Network
“DV Shelter”
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Best Long Form Television Report or Extended Coverage
9 News Adelaide
“Marion Lockdown”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
9 News Adelaide
“Officer Down”
COMMENDED
Amelia Moseley, ABC
“What to do if you’ve been doxxed”
Nine Network
Best News Camera Coverage
Andrew Foote, Seven Network
“Pkg Cultana Army”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Lincoln Rothall, ABC
“Hollywood in Quorn”
Brant Cumming, ABC
“Lincoln Out of Water”
COMMENDED
Guido Salazar, ABC
“Coorong Warning”
Adelaide Economic Development Agency
Best Broadcaster Television, Radio or Online
JOINT WINNERS
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Various stories”
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Body of work”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Harvey Biggs, ABC
“Body of work”
COMMENDED
Oliver Haig, Nine Network
“Body of work”
Telstra
Best Radio Report or Coverage
Jonathan Edwards, FIVEAA
“Marion Shopping Centre Lockdown – Rolling Coverage”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
891 ABC Adelaide Breakfast
“Paris 2024”
COMMENDED
Stacey Lee, FIVEAA
“Dropping bombs on the way out”
People First Bank
Best Podcast Series or Episode
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sean Fewster and Daniel Panozzo, Hucklebearer Media/Nova Antertainment
“The Brothers vs DeBoo”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Chrystianna Konidis, Seven Network
“Charlie Stevens Memorial Service”
COMMENDED
Olivia Mason, ABC
“Mobile phone detection cameras”
Santos
Best Community Report in Any Medium
Evelyn Leckie and Brant Cumming, ABC
“Water Spat”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Kelly Hughes, Nine Network
“Bodycam”
COMMENDED
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Uncovering SA’s baby removal practices”
Kelsian
Best Regional or Rural Report in Any Medium
Daniel Clarke, Freelance
“Dozens of koalas killed or injured”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Amelia Walters, ABC
“Beastiality references allegedly made during presentation to Renmark High School”
COMMENDED
Eliza Berlage, ABC
“1970s prices push wine grape growers to breaking point”
Sophie Landau, ABC
“Country Homeschool”
Jeff Tims Jewellery
Best Graphics (including interactive) Illustration or Cartoon) in Any Medium
Iris Canda-van de Kreeke, Nine Network
“101, so much more”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Deanna Keogh, Nine Network
“Body of work”
COMMENDED
Zach Hamilton, Nine Network
“Body of work”
Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide
Best Columnist/Blogger in Print or Online Digital
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“The Voice, Robin Hood and the kitchen sink“
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Mike Smithson, Seven Network
“Gupta Gunner to ICAC”
Michael McGuire, News Corp
“Three thoughts”
BHP
Best Investigative Coverage of an Issue or Event in Any Medium
Kelly Hughes, Diana Hayward, Piper Denholm, Jason Abbott and Matthew Pilling-Milne, Nine Network
“9 News Presents: Behind Closed Doors“
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Uncovering SA’s baby removal practices”
COMMENDED
Ben Avery, Nine Network
“Anthea Bradshaw Murder”
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Due date bungle”
Network 10
Best Scoop of the Year
Sean Fewster, Gemma Jones and Kathryn Bermingham, News Corp
“On the Nose – David Speirs Video“
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Brad Crouch, News Corp
“The secret ICAC tapes”
Kelly Hughes, Nine Network
“Susan”
COMMENDED
Stephanie Richards, ABC
“Charlie Stevens Privacy Breach”
Andrew Hough and Kathryn Bermingham, News Corp
“Dunstan by-election scandal”
Sarah Constructions
Young Journalist of the Year
Kelly Hughes, Nine Network
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Isabel McMillan, News Corp
George Yankovich, News Corp
COMMENDED
Bethanie Alderson, ABC
Mitchell Sariouvski, Seven Network
Amelia Walters, ABC
Commercial & General
Gold Award
Sean Fewster, Gemma Jones and Kathryn Bermingham
University of South Australia
Student Journalism Award
William Hunter
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jade Woolacott
SAAB
Lifetime Achievement Award
Rob Brown, ACS