Newcastle Herald’s Joanne McCarthy recognised for Catholic campaign at Kennedy Awards
The Newcastle Herald’s Joanne McCarthy took the top prize at Friday night’s Kennedy Awards for journalism in NSW.
McCarthy was recognised for her investigations into Catholic abuse.
Meanwhile, The Sydney Morning Herald’s Kate McClymont was recognised for her work in exposing corruption within the previous Labor governemnt – she thanked Eddie Obeid in her speech – and the SMH’s Adele Ferguson was acknowledged for her battle with mining magnate and Fairfax Media shareholder Gina Rinehart, who she thanked in her speech.
The Kennedy Awards are organised in memory of crime reporter Les Kennedy.
The full list of winners:
PAUL LOCKYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL BROADCAST REPORTING
Hugh Whitfield – 7News
CHRIS WATSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWSPAPER REPORTING
The Border Mail Team
OUTSTANDING CRIME REPORTING
Kate McClymont – The Sydney Morning Herald
RACING WRITER OF THE YEAR
Chris Roots, The Sydney Morning Herald
TURF REPORTER OF THE YEAR
Ray Thomas, The Daily Telegraph
SEAN FLANNERY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RADIO REPORTING, sponsored by Echo Entertainment
Natalie Peters – 2GB
OUTSTANDING RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS
Peter Ryan – ABC
OUTSTANDING RADIO COMMENTATOR
Ray Hadley – 2GB
OUTSTANDING NEWS PHOTO
Peter Stoop – The Newcastle Herald
OUTSTANDING PORTRAIT
Craig Greenhill – The Daily Telegraph
OUTSTANDING ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
Janie Barrett – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING ONLINE VIDEO
Andrew Meares – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING BLOG
The Global Mail – The Powerhouse
CLIFF NEVILLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEAM PLAYER
Michael Thompson – 2GB
OUTSTANDING MENTOR AWARD
Howard Sacre – 60 Minutes
OUTSTANDING SPORT REPORTING sponsored by Destination NSW
Nicole Jeffrey – The Australian
OUTSTANDING TRAVEL WRITING sponsored by Destination NSW
Lee Tulloch – Mr & Mrs Amos
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Rick Morton – The Australian
JOHN NEWFONG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING, sponsored by COLES
The Global Mail
GARY TICEHURST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWS CAMERA
Paul Walker – 7 News
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING, sponsored by Network TEN
Simon Bouda – Nine News
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS
Alison Langdon, Nick Greenaway – 60 Minutes, Nine Network
PETER RUEHL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COLUMNIST
Adele Ferguson – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING FINANCE REPORTING, sponsored by Sky News Australia
Adele Ferguson, Chris Vedelago – The Sydney Morning Herald
ONLINE NEWS BREAKING
Ean Higgins – The Australian
OUTSTANDING COURT REPORTING
Kate McClymont – The Sydney Morning Herald
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Linton Besser & Kate McClymont – The Sydney Morning Herald
SPLASH OF THE YEAR
Josh Massoud, Rebecca Wilson & James Hooper – The Daily Telegraph
ILLUSTRATION
Rocco Fazzari – The Sydney Morning Herald
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Dan Box – The Australian
OUTSTANDING FEATURE WRITING
Trent Dalton – The Australian
OUTSTANDING POLITICAL REPORTING, sponsored by NRMA
Lee Jeloscek – 7News
P&O CRUISES NSW JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joanne McCarthy – The Newcastle Herald
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Attention: Mumbrella Muppets.
Learn your trade.
Her name is Joanne McCarthy.
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Just so we are clear.
Your a website that claims to specialise in media coverage including journalism.
She has just been named NSW Journalist of the Year.
And you can’t be bothered to get her name right?
That’s about the size of it, correct?
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Yeah her name is Joanne. Joanna works for the ABC. If you need to double check you can look at the press release you pasted.
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Hi Billy C,
My apologies for the typo – now amended (We actually had another Joanna McCarthy, not the ABC one, speak at one of our events not long ago, which was probably why I had that name top of mind).
That’s why I usually make a point of not posting stories at midnight after I’ve been enjoying event hospitality for five hours…
My apologies to Joanne – I also thought it was a great acceptance speech, and very gracious towards her Fairfax colleague Kate McClymont too.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Where’s my apologies? Dickhead.
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More importantly, where is the apology to Joanne McCarthy?
What, you think it funny to be so dismissive, you trite little Pommy turd?
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Hi Phil,
You may have misread my intended tone, which is one of owning up to an honest error.
I’d suggest you learn from my mistake and refrain from posting after midnight. It can make you seem quite angry.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Phil – go back to school pal.
In post #2, the word is “you’re” not “your”.
Goose.
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