Caro Meldrum-Hanna and Four Corners sweeps Kennedy Awards for greyhound investigation
ABC investigative journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna was named NSW journalist of the year at last night’s Kennedy Awards.
P&O’s David Jones, Caro Meldrum-Hanna, NSW Premier Mike Baird
Meldrum-Hanna took home four awards on the back of a Four Corner investigation into live baiting in the greyhound racing industry which won in the sports reporting and investigative journalism categories.
The Sydney Morning Herald won five Kennedy Awards winning in the categories of racing writer, turf reporting, news photography, court reporting and feature writing.
National broadsheet The Australian also performed well winning awards for scoop of the year for the story of the picture of Khaled Sharrouf’s young son holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier, along with columnist of the year, illustration and online news breaking.
The Daily Telegraph’s Andrew Clennell won political report of the year, Taylor Auerbach won NSW young journalist of the year and Brett Costello won sports photo.
The winners:
LES KENNEDY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CRIME REPORTING
Rebecca Le Tourneau, Tara Brown – 60 Minutes, Nine Network
CHRIS WATSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL PRINT REPORTING
Andrew Pearson, Daisy Huntly – The Daily Advertiser Wagga
PAUL LOCKYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Adam Harvey – 7.30 Report, ABC TV
ROD ALLEN AWARD FOR RACING WRITER OF THE YEAR
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Adam Pengilly – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING TURF REPORTING
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Chris Roots – The Sydney Morning Herald
SEAN FLANNERY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RADIO REPORTING
Natalie Peters – 2GB
OUTSTANDING RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS
Sharon Davis – Freelance
OUTSTANDING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrew Meares – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING PORTRAIT
Nicholas Walker – The Good Weekend
OUTSTANDING ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
Mike Bowers – The Guardian
OUTSTANDING ONLINE VIDEO
Luke Blair – 60 Minutes, Nine Network
OUTSTANDING SPORT PHOTO
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Brett Costello – The Daily Telegraph
CLIFF NEVILLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEAM PLAYER
Doug Ferguson, Nine Network
OUTSTANDING TRAVEL WRITING
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Kerry van der Jagt – Fairfax Media
PETER FRILINGOS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SPORT REPORTING
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Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark, Max Murch – Four Corners, ABC TV
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
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Taylor Auerbach – The Daily Telegraph
JOHN NEWFONG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING
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Bill Poulos – The Northern Daily Leader
GARY TICEHURST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWS CAMERA COVERAGE
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Greg Parker – 7 News
HARRY POTTER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING
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7 News Team
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Four Corners, ABC TV – “Making A Killing”
PETER RUEHL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COLUMNIST
James Jeffrey – The Australian
OUTSTANDING FINANCE REPORTING
Adele Ferguson, Ruth Williams – Fairfax Media
OUTSTANDING CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORTING
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Ali Russell and Mario Christodoulou – Four Corners, ABC TV
OUTSTANDING ONLINE NEWS BREAKING
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Fiona Friend, Marc Dodd, Peter Lalor and Simon King – The Australian
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
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Paul Maley, Greg Bearup – The Australian
OUTSTANDING COURT REPORTING
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Louise Hall – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATION
Eric Lobbecke – The Australian
OUTSTANDING REPORTING ON THE ENVIRONMENT
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Matthew Kelly – The Newcastle Herald
OUSTANDING FEATURE WRITING
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Tim Elliott – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
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Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch – Four Corners, ABC TV
OUTSTANDING POLITICAL REPORTING
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Andrew Clennell – The Daily Telegraph
KENNEDY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
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Ian Heads
P&O CRUISES NSW JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Caro Meldrum-Hanna – Four Corners, ABC TV
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well done Caro!! keep up the marvelous but emotional work!
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