Kennedy Awards 2022 finalists announced

Kennedy

• There are 34 categories this year

The Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s finalists in the 34 categories of this year’s Kennedy Awards.

The awards recognise and celebrate the quality of news breaking, storytelling and creativity in the metropolitan and regional media throughout Australia.

Finalists in this year’s awards reflect the high standard of entries and the health of the media industry given the obstacles of digital disruption and pandemic faced over the last two years.

The winners of the prestigious awards will be announced at our gala awards night to be held at the Royal Randwick on the evening of August 12.

The Les Kennedy Award: Outstanding Crime Reporting

Dimity Clancey – Jessica’s Justice – A Current Affair, Nine Network
Ivan O’Mahoney, Dan Box, Kate Wild and Selena Shannon- Bloodguilt – The Many Deaths of Richard Dorrough – In Films – Audible Podcast
Mark Morri, Josh Hanrahan, Ben English and Anna Caldwell – The War – The Daily Telegraph
The S.D. Harvey Award: Short Crime StoryHarry Colfer – Number 30: Traumatic Injury
Kate Kelsen – Kindred Counsel
Kristin Murdock – The Side Hustle

The Paul Lockyer Award: Regional Broadcast Journalism

ABC North Coast Team Entry – Northern Rivers Floods – ABC North Coast
Bronwyn Herbert and Leah White- Flood Legacy- ABC North Coast
Charlotte King and Andy Burns – Regional neglect: Staff shortages blamed for ‘inexcusable’ spine-deep bedsore – ABC 7:30

The Chris Watson Award: Regional Journalism -Print and Online

Kate Mcllwain – Inside a collapsing health system – Illawarra Mercury/Australian Community Media
Joanna Woodburn – Why rural NSW is fed up and demanding a lifeline for health  – ABC Online
Newcastle Herald Team – Power and the Passion – Newcastle Herald

The Sean Flannery Award: Outstanding Radio Journalism

To be announced Friday 22 July

Outstanding Podcast

Jana Wendt and Peter Waring – Deepest Dive: The Search for MH 370 – Audible Australia
Marc Fennell and Zoe Ferguson – Stuff The British Stole – ABC
Virginia Tapp, Steve Jackson, Claire Harvey and Lia Tsamoglou – My Sister’s Secrets – The Australian

The Rod Allen Award: Racing Writer of the Year

Adam Pengilly – One Ell of a Cup – The Sydney Morning Herald
Damien Ractliffe – Body of Work – The Age
Paul Tatnell – Body of Work – Racing.com

Outstanding News Photography         

Asanka Brendon Ratnayake – Scotty the bulldozer – Getty Images
Chris Hopkins – Anti – The Age
John Grainger – Morning Albo -The Daily Telegraph

Outstanding Portrait Photography      

Brendan Esposito – All Eyes On Us – ABC
Louie Douvis  – Displacement -The Age
Silvia Liber – Fresh Wave of Leadership – Illawarra Mercury

Outstanding Sports Photography       

Alex Coppel – Aquatics – News Corp
Michael Wilson – Buddy Beauty – AFL.com.au
Quinn Rooney – An Olympics Like No Other – Getty Images

Outstanding Online Video

Joshua Hanrahan and Mark Morri – “Crim City” TikTok – The Daily Telegraph
Josh Hanrahan, Ben English, Mark Morri and Anna Caldwell – The War – dailytelegraph.com.au
Trent Beattie – George Kambosos Jnr: Rise of the Emperor – Sporting News Australia

The Vince O’Farrell Award: Outstanding Cartoon   

Megan Herbert – Big week for SCOTUS – The Age
Cathy Wilcox – The PM Holds a Hose – The Sydney Morning Herald
David Rowe – Road To Glasgow – The Australian Financial Review

The Cliff Neville Award: Outstanding Team Player or Mentor

Brooke Campbell – Nine.com
Glen Connley  – PRIME7 Local News (now 7 News)
Mark Morri – The Daily Telegraph
Petrina Zaphir  – Nine Gold Coast News/ Nine Entertainment Co.
Shauna Anderson – Nine Network / 9Honey

The Peter Frilingos Award: Outstanding Sports Reporting

Julian Linden, Selina Steele and Michael Cain – Our Secret Shame – The Daily Telegraph
Matt Logue, Michael Cain and Julian Linden – Liz Cambage Australian Opals investigation – The Daily Telegraph
Tracy Holmes – Afghanistan Rescue – ABC Online

Young Journalist of the Year   

Angira Bharadwaj – Body of Work – Daily Telegraph
Brittany Chain – Body of Work – Daily Mail Australia
Kamin Gock – Body of Work – ABC

Outstanding Travel Writing      

Anabel Dean – Travel -: The King’s Highway – Australian Country Magazine
Cameron Stewart – Wrecked on Great Keppel – Weekend Australian Magazine
Rachel Lees – Hiking in Australia’s healing lands – The Times UK

The John Newfong Award: Indigenous Affairs Reporting    

Isaac Nowroozi – Water quality in remote NT communities – ABC News Channel, Video on Demand, 7PM & YouTube
Bridget Brennan, Andy Burns and Kirstie Wellauer – The Fight For Fishing Rights – ABC: 7:30
Brooke Fryer, Partick Forrest, Calire Aird and Sissy Reyes – Vanished: The unsolved cases of First Nations women – SBS:The Feed

The Gary Ticehurst Award: Outstanding News Camera Coverage

James Cannon – Ukraine 2022 Invasion and Russian retreat from Irpin – 7 News Australia
Ryan Grimshaw – Lismore Flood Coverage – Nine News/NBN Network
Simon Hydzik – War in Ukraine – 7NEWS Australia

The Harry Potter Award: Outstanding Television News Reporting

Carrie-Anne Greenback, Jussica Miocevich, Shellie Doyle and Elizabeth Trethowan – The War in Ukraine – Nine Network: 6PM News
Chris Reason – Frontline Ukraine – Seven News
Jerrie Demasi – WA Health Crisis – 9 News Perth

The Mike Willesee Award: Outstanding Nightly Television Current Affairs         

Ella Archibald-Binge – The changing face of homelessness – ABC 7:30, ABC Online
Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Echo Hui and Martin – El Hage Smiley Daryl Maguire fraud scandal – ABC 7:30
Steve Marshall – Tiktok Doc – Nine Network: A Current Affair

The David Leckie Award: Outstanding Television Current Affairs (Long Form)   

Adele Ferguson and Lauren Day – Cosmetic Cowboys – ABC: Four Corners
Denham Hitchcock, Taylor Auerbach and Mark Llewellyn – Zac Rolfe “The Shooting ” and “The Trial” – Network Seven: Spotlight
Mark Willacy, Stephanie March, Josh Roberston and Kyle Taylor – Ghosts of Timor – ABC: Four Corners

The Peter Ruehl Award: Outstanding Columnist      

John Silvester – Naked City – The Age
Michael Pascoe – The Ponzi, the Pirate and the Political Pup – The New Daily
Will Swanton – Good Sports – The Australian

Outstanding Finance Reporting

Joel Tozer and Nick McKenzie – The Fallen Star – 60 Minutes Nine Network
Kate McClymont, Tom Steinfort, Michael Evans, Tracey Hannaford and Dave McMillian – Liar Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions –  The Sydney Morning Herald /60 Minutes
Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro – Westpac’s Most Wanted: On the trail of Bill Papas and the alleged $400 million fraud – The Australian Financial Review

Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting      

Adele Ferguson and Joel Tozer – Bad Look – Exposing the dark underbelly of the cosmetic surgery industry – 60 Minutes Nine Network
Amy Bainbridge and Lucy Kent – Cryptocurrency scams target Australians – ABC: 7:30
Elise Potaka, Marc Fennell, Dean Bosche and Patrick Forrest – Cracking Crypto – SBS TV – The Feed

Outstanding Court and Legal Affairs Reporting        

Fiona Harari – Beyond Belief – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Paul Ferrell and Alex McDonald – Gladys Berejeklian – ABC 7:30
The Background Briefing Team Entry – Scientists Vs The Law – ABC Background Briefing

Outstanding Online News Breaking    

Lachlan Heywood, Felicity Hetherington, Kevin Airs, Mike Colman and Will Mottram – Shane Warne Death – Daily Mail Australia
Mark Morri and Josh Hanrahan – Sydney’s gang war – The Daily Telegraph
Samantha Maiden – Election Coverage – news.com.au

Outstanding Reporting on the Environment  

Aneeta Bhole and Amy Gunia – Energy Poverty in the Northern Territory – Time Magazine (online/print) + SBS World News (tv, radio, online)
Micheal Slezak, Mark Doman, Laura Kewley, Alex Palmer and Katia Shatoba – VicForests logged illegally and spied on opponent – ABC 7:30
Newcastle Herald Team Entry – Power and Passion – Newcastle Herald

The Rebecca Wilson Award: Scoop of the Year        

Brittany Chain – Unmasking Cleo Smith’s kidnapper – Daily Mail Australia
Stephen Drill and Chris Tinkler – Tim Paine sext saga – The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Adelaide Advertiser
Taylor Auerbach, Mark Llewellyn, Michael Usher and John Varga – Melissa Caddick: The Vanishing – Network Seven: Spotlight

Outstanding Investigative Reporting  

Adele Ferguson, Lauren Day and Klaus Toft – Cosmetic Cowboys – ABC: Four Corners and Nine Publications
Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman – State Control – ABC: Four Corners
Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Echo Hui – Gladys Berejiklian corruption scandal – ABC News Digital

The Jim Oram Award: Outstanding Feature Writing

Amber Schulz – The conspiracy community: Canberra protesters united in alienation and anger – Crickey
Andrew McMillen – Daniel Johns profile – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Tim Elliott – Knives Out – Good Weekend Magazine

Outstanding Political Reporting

ABC’s Hidden Campaign Team- The Hidden Campaign – ABC News
Lucy Cormack and Alex Smith – The Barilaro NYC saga – The Sydney Morning Herald
Tracy Grimshaw – Scott Morrison Interview – Nine Network: A Current Affair

The Tom Krause Award: Outstanding Foreign Correspondent      

Ben Lewis – Ukraine Crisis – SBS World News
Daryna Zadvirna – My Ukraine – The West Australian
Tom Steinfort, Sheree Gibson, Laura Sparkes, Luke Wilson, Mathew Brown, Andrew Page and Renee Hudson – The President – Nine Network: 60 Minutes

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