Taste.com.au and Sterling Publishing big winners at Excellence Awards
NewsLife Media’s Taste.com.au and Sterling Publishing were the big winners at the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards, with the recipe title taking out the top gong of the night.
Now in their 18th year, the Excellence Awards are the preeminent and longest running awards for the print and digital publishing industry recognising outstanding work by both large and smaller publishing companies.
Taste.com.au walked away with the coveted Publishers Australia Excellence Award in addition to winning Multi-channel Brand of the Year and Website of the Year – Consumer.
Brodee Myers-Cooke was named Editor of the Year – Consumer. NewsLIfeMedia picked up Consumer Publishing Company of the Year – one of several new categories in 2014.
Sterling Publishing, which produces financial, insurance and real estate titles was named Business Publishing Company of the Year in addition to taking out Event of the Year – Business for The Adviser’s Better Business Summit and Aleks Vickovich was Editor of the Year – Business for Independent Financial Adviser.
The Australian Women’s Weekly from Bauer Media was named Consumer Magazine of the Year – above 20,000 circulation. The win capped off a good night for Bauer Media and its custom publishing division which also won Business Magazine of the Year for In The Black, Special Edition of the Year for Empire TV and Michael Sheather from the Weekly was named Journalist of the Year – Consumer.
Brisbane-based No Cure Magazine collected Consumer Magazine of the Year – below 20,000 circulation and Custom Magazine of the Year went to Fitness First Magazine from the Active Media Group.
Small Publisher of the Year was awarded to Bombora Publishing which produces Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine while Regional Publication of the Year went to Barossa Living by Free Run Press.
More than 400 people attended the awards dinner held in Sydney last night. In excess of 250 entries were received for the awards all judged by an expert panel of more than 35 judges.
The winners:
The Publishers Australia Excellence Award
Taste.com.au
Consumer Publishing Company of the Year
Winner
NewsLifeMedia
Runner Up
Mahlab Media
Business Publishing Company of the Year
Winner
Sterling Publishing
Runner Up
Westwick-Farrow Media
Consumer Magazine of the Year – above 20,000
Winner
The Australian Women’s Weekly, Bauer Media
Runner Up
James Halliday’s Wine Companion, Hardie Grant Media
Consumer Magazine of the Year – below 20,000
Winner
No Cure Magazine, No Cure Magazine
Runner Up
Sneaky, Alt. Control Media
Business Magazine of the Year
Winner
In The Black, Bauer Media
Runner Up
MFAA Credit Adviser, Mahlab Media
Custom Magazine of the Year
Winner
Fitness First Magazine, Active Media Group
Runner Up
Virgin Australia Voyeur, Pacific+
Website of the Year – Business
Winner
Business Insider Australia, businessinsider.com.au, Allure Media
Runner Up
Real Estate Business, rebonline.com.au, Sterling Publishing
Website of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Runner Up
Gourmettraveller.com.au, Bauer Media
Small Publisher of the Year
Winner
Bombora Publishing
Runner Up
Escape Media
Regional Publication of the Year
Winner
Barossa Living, Free Run Press
Runner Up
Adelaide Hills Magazine, Free Run Press
Magazine Cover of the Year – Business
Winner
Australiasian Mine Safety Journal – Winter 2014, Australian Publishing Resources Service
Runners-Up
Smarter Business Ideas – Issue 12, Bauer Custom Media
Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Who Magazine – November 2013, Pacific Magazines
Runners-Up
Smart Property Investment – April 2014, Sterling Publishing
Designer of the Year – Business
Winner
Aaron Sammut, Australian Mine Safety Journal, Australian Publishing Resource Service
Runner Up
Kate Barnett, CPA Australia, Bauer Media
Designer of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Jarrad McCallum, Dirt Action, Universal Magazines
Runner Up
Rachelle Napper, Taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Journalist of the Year – Business
Winner
Peter Waterman, Australian Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Runner Up
Brett Williams, Police Journal, Police Association of South Australia
Journalist of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Michael Sheather, The Australian Women’s Weekly, Bauer Media
Runner Up
Michael Slezak, New Scientist, Reed Business Information
Single Article of the Year
Winner
High as a Kiwi by Michael Slezak, New Scientist, Reed Business Information
Runner Up
The number tattooed on my arm by the Nazis is 72338 by James Branson, Alt. Control Media
Editor of the Year – Business
Winner
Aleks Vickovich, Independent Financial Adviser, Sterling Publishing
Runner Up
Craig Donaldson, Inside HR, Inside HR
Editor of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Brodee Myers-Cooke, Taste.com.au, NewsLIfeMedia
Runner Up
Deborah Bibby, Real Living, Bauer Media
Event of the Year – Business
Winner
Better Business Summit, The Adviser, Sterling Publishing
Runners-Up
Africa Down Under, Australian Paydirt, Paydirt Media
Event of the Year – Consumer
Winner
Vogue Fashion Night Out 2014, Vogue Australia, NewsLifeMedia
Runner Up
Women of Style Awards, InStyle, Pacific Magazines
Special Edition of the Year
Winner
Empire TV, Bauer Media
Runner Up
School of Real Living, Bauer Media
Best App on Mobile or Tablet Device
Winner
The Brief, ABC
Runner Up
Taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Launch/Relaunch of the Year
Winner
Cooked.com.au, Hardie Grant Publishing
Runner Up
Homes+, Bauer Media
Multi-Channel Brand of the Year
Winner
Taste.com.au, NewsLifeMedia
Runner Up
The Adviser, Sterling Publishing
Association or Member Organisation Magazine of the Year
Winner
LSJ, The Law Society of NSW
Runner Up
Acuity, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, CMMA Digital & Print
I worked at one of those awarded B2B publishers and they basically employ graduate journalists to turn out press releases. If that’s what’s considered award-winning publishing in this country, then it’s no wonder the industry is in the dire state that it is in, really.
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