The Australian wins newspaper of the year while Fairfax says audience applauded more loudly for its digital victories

Tim Burrowes

September 3, 2016 11:40

The Australian won the top prize at last night’s PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards.

The Australian’s Paul Whittaker accepts the newspaper of the year title

The News Corp owned masthead won in the national/ metropolitan category of daily newspaper of the year.

The PANPA Awards, which have their origins in the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association and are now organised by industry trade body NewsMediaWorks, were presented in Sydney.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.