NewsMediaWorks today announced the finalists for the 2019 News Media Awards.
From a field of 500 entries from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region, the awards recognise excellence in news publishing and build on the long heritage of the PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards and the Advertising and Marketing Awards.
Among the finalists:
Daily News Brand of the Year – Herald Sun, The Advertiser, The Age, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The New Zealand Herald and Stuff (NZ).
Weekend News Brand of the Year – The Sunday Age, AFR Weekend, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Weekend Australian and The New Zealand Weekend Herald.
Regional News Brand of the Year – Geelong Advertiser, Northern Territory News, The Examiner, The Hobart Mercury, The Land, The Newcastle Herald and Waikato Times (NZ).
The full list of finalists, across the seven categories of News Brand, Advertising, Marketing, Product Innovation, Photography, Technical and Executive Excellence, are available from 10.00am AEST today.
NewsMediaWorks CEO, Peter Miller, says the judging panel reported seeing a significant uplift in innovation across our news publishers.
"It was a hotly contested field which resulted in much debate and deliberation among the judges to agree on the finalists and winners," he says.
“The News Media Awards recognise excellence in the people, the products, the purpose and performance of news media brands today. Excellence that is a key driver of trust in our brands.”
The 2019 News Media Awards gala dinner will be held on 24 September at The Ivy Sydney
Sponsors include Media Super, Norske Skog, AAP, DIC, Ipsos, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nielsen.
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