Entries open for 2014 Kennedy Journalism Awards
The Kennedy Awards which reward the best of NSWJournalism are now taking entries across a number of categories, the awards are open for entries till July 1 and are sponsored by NRMA.
The announcement:
Entries are being accepted across 33 categories in the 2014 NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism.
In their third year, the NRMA Kennedy Awards celebrate and recognise the finest news media professionals in Australia’s most competitive market.
The awards, at the Australian Turf Club’s Royal Randwick Grand Ballroom on August 8th, will culminate with the presentation of theGold Spirax for the P&O Cruises NSW Journalist of the Year.
The winner of the most prestigious prize in NSW Journalism will be announced by the Premier, The Hon. Michael Baird, and presented with the trophy – and tickets for a 10 day P&O Cruise for two – by distinguished Nine Network journalist Mr Laurie Oakes.
Entries must be completed with a maximum 400-word supporting statement, and emailed as PDFs, JPEGS, audio files and video links to kennedyawards@gmail.com by close of business July 1st.
Entries will be judged after their registration at: https://register.eventarc.com/21055/2014-nrma-kennedy-awards-for-excellence-in-nsw-journalism.
(Tickets for the August 8 gala ceremony are also available at the registration site.)
Multiple entries are accepted across all categories.
A body of work is limited to five stories for entries in Journalist of the Year, Young Journalist of the Year and the Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist.
Entries for the Cliff Neville Award for Most Outstanding Mentor and Team Player must be entered on behalf of the entrant, include a photo and a maximum 400-word supporting statement.
Three finalists in each category will be selected and the judges will choose the winner using a points count-back system – identifying ground breaking, gutsy and creative journalism with a profound and enduring impact in New South Wales.
The judges http://kennedyawards.com.au/judges/ will also consider resources, research, preproduction, preparation, logistical challenges, public interest and community benefit.
Finalists will be announced at a function on the evening of July 23rd, and then posted in the news release section ofkennedyawards.com.au
The 2014 NRMA Kennedy’s will feature the newly titled Harry Potter Award for Outstanding Television News Reporting and the Jim Oram Award for Outstanding Feature Writing. They include the new categories of Outstanding Reporting on the Environment, Outstanding Sports Photography and Outstanding Consumer Reporting.
The NRMA Kennedy Awards are staged by the recently formed Kennedy Foundation, which has been officially registered as a charity to provide financial support and other assistance to news media professionals facing hardship.
Less than two years after the Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism were launched, to mark the first anniversary of Les Kennedy’s death we have been certified by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission.
The Foundation will support those in need from all sections of the news media industry. Whether it is illness, injury, the loss of a family member or unemployment – the Kennedy Foundation will help in some way with compassion, in the strictest of confidence.
The Foundation and Awards are named after the legendary Sydney crime reporter, Les Kennedy, who died of cancer in August 2011 at the age of 53.
The awards also present an annual opportunity to honour the memories of other greats in our industry, including Paul Lockyer, Gary Ticehurst, Cliff Neville, Sean Flannery, Peter Ruehl, Peter Harvey, Harry Potter and Jim Oram.
The Kennedy Foundation and Awards could not have happened without the dedication of our passionate volunteers and financial support from our generous sponsors, led by NRMA Motoring and Services, and including Pelikan Artline, makers of the magnificent Spirax trophies, Carnival Australia and P&O Cruises, Racing NSW, Kennedy’s Law Firm, the Australian Turf Club – hosts of the 2014 awards, Coles, Destination NSW, Seven Network, the Nine Network, Network TEN, the ABC, Sky News Australia, Echo Entertainment – The Star, NSW Health, Sky Sports Radio, Sita Australia, Fairfax Media, ANZ Stadium, the ATP World Tour, the Australian Hotels Association (NSW) and One Big Switch.
Source: The Kennedy Awards
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