News Corp Australia has announced the winners of its 2020 News Awards.
The 16th annual awards were for the first time celebrated via a virtual event.
"What made me so proud this year was that through all the change, through all the upheaval, all of our teams across the business never stopped standing by our audiences, standing by our communities and letting our storytelling lead the way," said Australasian executive chairman Michael Miller..
"I want to call out and congratulate our Brand of the Year - Sky News, Lifestyle Brand of the Year - Vogue Australia as well as the recipient of the Keith Murdoch Award Grant McArthur.
"Other notable firsts for 2020 was the Award for Storyteller of the Year which was awarded to The Australian’s Trent Dalton and the Audience Engagement Award which was given to Foxtel for the Fire Fight Australia event which raised millions for bushfire recovery.
"Also, for the first time, I handed out some personal awards this year - my Chairman’s Awards - to three teams that went above and beyond in a difficult year - the teams in NSW and QLD who worked on the transition to digital, to Penny and Zav and to the whole Victorian leadership team and to REA and the News Corp Real Estate publishing teams for a stellar year."
The winners:
Achievements in Campaigns
The Daily Telegraph – Save our Heroes
The Sunday Mail (QLD) – The Forgotten Women
Achievements in Outstanding Audience Engagement
Foxtel – Fire Fight Australia
Scoop of the Year
Tom Minear – Herald Sun: Victoria’s road out of lockdown
Keith McDonald Award (Business Journalist of the Year)
John Stensholt – The Australian
Headline of the Year
Jenna Cairney and Stuart Thornton – The Mercury: We’ve got a moat
Achievements in Regional Journalism
Sherele Moody – News Regional Media
Young Journalist of the Year
Adella Beaini – The Daily Telegraph
Chantelle Francis – The Weekly Times
Ellen Ransley – NewsWire/Western Star
Meg Gannon – Dalby Herald/The Chronicle
Photographer of the Year
David Caird – Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun
Photograph of the Year [NEW CATEGORY]
Alex Coppel – Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun
Achievements in Investigative Journalism [NEW CATEGORY]
Sharri Markson and Kylar Loussikian – The Australian: How China recruited Australian academics
Storyteller of the Year
Trent Dalton – The Australian
Achievements in Specialist Journalism
Paul Murray – Sky News
Bill Leak Cartoonist of the Year
Warren Brown – The Daily Telegraph
Achievements in Sports Journalism
Michael Warner – Herald Sun, National Sports Network
Achievements in Community Journalism
Jake McCallum - NewsLocal
Achievements in Outstanding Teamwork
MH370 Special Investigation
Innovation in Journalism
Fox Sports – Creating a fans experience like never before
Interview of the Year
Frances Whiting – The Courier-Mail: Hannah Clarke family
Lifestyle Brand of the Year
Vogue Australia
Brand of the Year
Sky News
Sir Keith Murdoch Award (Journalist of the Year)
Grant McArthur – Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun
Chairman’s Awards
Penny Fowler & The Victorian Leadership Team
QLD and NSW teams who helped the regional transition to digital
REA Group & Real Estate teams
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