The Weekend Australian wins news brand of the year at News Media Awards, as NT News wins regional prize

September 15, 2018 1:05

It was a successful night for both News Corp and New Zealand at the inaugural News Media Awards, run by industry body News Media Works.

News Corp won 13 of the 36 trophies – including regional news brand of the year for the NT News and overall news brand of the year for national masthead The Weekend Australian – while New Zealand publisher NZME took home eight awards and Stuff.co.nz had two.

News Brand of the Year winners: The Weekend Australian (L-R) John Lehmann, Michelle Gunn and Nicholas Grey

Fairfax Media’s Australian titles won nine awards, including news story of the year for Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker’s China’s Operation Australia.

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Vivienne Kelly

Vivienne Kelly was previously the editor of Mumbrella from 2016 to August 2020.

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