Nine tops Kennedy Awards winners with Hendo recognised for lifetime achievement
Nine has taken home the most trophies from Friday night’s Kennedy Awards recognising journalism in NSW.
The event also saw retired Nine News presenter Brian Henderson recognised with a lifetime achievement award.
Of the 35 awards, 11 went to Nine, eight went to the ABC and eight to News Corp.
Seven picked up two awards, as did Australian Community Media’s Newcastle Herald.
Ten was the only major TV network to leave empty handed.
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Collecting his award, Henderson, who retired in 2002, said: “I am honoured and I am flattered, after 47 years in a job that I love doing and which gave me so much, to be acknowledged in this way tops it all off.”
Among the key categories, the ABC’s Anne Connolly was recognised as journalist of the year for her investigation which is widely credited as having sparked the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Winners list:
1 Les Kennedy Award – Outstanding Crime Reporting
Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Lesley Robinson and Suzanne Dredge (Four Corners, ABC Investigations);
2 The Paul Lockyer Award – Outstanding Regional Broadcast Reporting
ABC Television News Team
3 The Chris Watson Award – Outstanding Regional Newspaper Reporting
Joanne McCarthy (The Newcastle Herald)
4 The Rod Allen Award – Racing Writer of the Year
Chris Roots (Sydney Morning Herald)
5 Outstanding Turf Reporting
Ray Thomas (The Daily Telegraph)
6 Sean Flannery Award – Outstanding Radio Journalism
Osman Faruqi, Alex Mann (ABC Background Briefing)
7 Outstanding Podcast
Greg Bearup, Eric George, Nicholas Adams-Dzierzba (“Who the Hell is Hamish” The Australian)
8 Outstanding News Photo
Stephen Cook (Diimex)
9 Outstanding Portrait
Phil Hillyard (The Daily Telegraph)
10 Outstanding Sports Photo
Simon Bullard (AAP)
11 Outstanding Online Video
“The Lady Vanishes” – Bryan Seymour, Alison Sandy, Sally Eeles, Paul Walker (7 news.com.au)
12 Power of the Lens – The People’s Choice Award
Nick Moir(Sydney Morning Herald)
13 Vince O’Farrell Award – Outstanding Illustration
Jon Kudelka (The Australian)
14 The Cliff Neville Award – Outstanding Team Player
Ian Fuge (The Sydney Morning Herald)
15 Outstanding Sport Reporting
Jamie Pandaram (The Daily Telegraph)
16 Young Journalist of the Year
Angela McCormack (Triple J Hack)
17 Outstanding Travel Writing
Catherine Marshall (Sydney Morning Herald)
18 Lifetime Achievement Award
Brian Henderson
19 John Newfong Award – Outstanding Indigenous Affairs Reporting
Lorena Allam (The Guardian Australia)
20 Gary Ticehurst Award – Outstanding TV News Camera Coverage
James Cannon (7 News)
21 Harry Potter Award – Outstanding Television News Reporting
Hannah Sinclair (Nine News)
22 Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting Long Form
Anne Connolly, Mary Fallon, Patricia Drum (Four Corners ABC-TV)
23 The Mike Willesee Award – Outstanding Nightly Current Affairs
Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett (7.30 ABC-TV)
24 The Peter Ruehl Award – Outstanding Columnist
Sharri Markson (The Daily Telegraph)
25 Outstanding Finance Reporting
Jonathan Shapiro, Angus Grigg, Lisa Murray (The Australian Financial Review)
26 Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
Liam Bartlett, Joel Tozer (60 Minutes, Nine)
27 Outstanding Online News Breaking
John Lyons, Lorna Knowles, Elise Worthington, Clare Blumer (ABC News)
28 Outstanding Court Reporting
Sam Rigney (The Newcastle Herald)
29 Outstanding Reporting on the Environment
Jack Morphet (The Sunday Telegraph)
30 Rebecca Wilson Award – Scoop of the Year
Danny Weidler (Nine News)
31 Outstanding Investigative Reporting
Peter Charley (Al Jazeera)
32 The Jim Oram Award -Outstanding Feature Writing
Amanda Hooton (The Good Weekend);
33 Outstanding Foreign Correspondent
James Massola (The Sydney Morning Herald);
34 Outstanding Political Reporting
Sky News Australia;
35 Journalist of the Year
Anne Connolly (ABC Investigations)
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What a fantastic speech by Brian Henderson on the night. Class, authenticity, and humour all on display.
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