The West Australian’s Annabel Hennessy has been crowned West Australian Journalist of the Year.
At tonight’s WA Media Awards, Hennessy won four awards, including the prestigious Arthur Lovekin Prize for excellence in journalism alongside the major prize.
It’s the second year in a row a reporter for The West Australian has won Journalist of the Year.
Seven West Media was far and away the big winner of the night.
Hennessy’s swag of awards – for her investigation into the incarceration of Aboriginal woman Jody Gore – also included the Best Print News and Social Equity Report.
The Sunday Times political editor Joe Spagnolo won Best Political Report for his series of exclusives during the Clive Palmer hard border battle.
Glen Quartermain’s ground-breaking story in The West Australian revealing Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer’s chronic traumatic encephalopathy diagnosis scored him Best Sport Report.
The West’s Ross Swanborough won Best Feature Photograph/Essay.
Chief sub-editor Paul Barry won the Headline Journalism prize with “No sex please, we’re Balinese”, “Worst food bar naan” and “Pulp friction”, published in The West and the Albany Advertiser.
Seven’s Flashpoint team won best television News Story/Feature for its in-depth coverage of the coronavirus pandemic while the network’s Syan Dougherty won best Health/Medical Report.
Seven sports reporter Ryan Daniels was awarded the Matt Price Prize for best columnist for his work published in The West Australian.
Seven West’s talented community news team was also well represented. Sarah Brookes from the Southern Gazette shared the prize for Best Suburban Reporting with the Mandurah Coastal Times’ Jake Dietsch.
Andrew Ritchie from Western Suburbs Weekly won Best Community/Regional Photography.
Best Freelance Journalism went to Kristen Shorten, for her entrancing investigation into the abduction and murder of schoolboy Gerard Ross, published in The West Australian and thewest.com.au.
In total, Seven West Media won 14 out of the 25 awards.
WAN editor-in-chief Anthony De Ceglie said he was extremely proud of his team.
“The award-winning journalism by Annabel and the rest of the group is a testament to hard work, tenacity and a passion for the truth,” he said.
“Annabel’s efforts to free Ms Gore from a jail sentence she should not have been serving is the very best example of what we can achieve in this craft.
“It’s important to note too that along with having the vast majority of winners, we also had the vast majority of nominees.
“They should all be extremely proud of what they do day in, day out.”
Full list of awards:
ALL MEDIA
The Arthur LovekinAward Annabel Hennessy, The West Australian, “Kill or Be Killed? The incarceration of Jody Gore”
Journalist of the Year– The Daily News Centenary Prize Annabel Hennessy
Political Report – The Beck Prize Joe Spagnolo, The Sunday Times, “McGowan versus Palmer versus Morrison”
Sports Report – The Gilmour-Christian Prize Glen Quartermain, The West Australian, “Footy Icon Concussion Bombshell”
Social Equity Report Annabel Hennessy, The West Australian, “Kill or Be Killed? The incarceration of Jody Gore”
Columnist– The Matt Price Prize Ryan Daniels, The West Australian and thewest.com.au
Freelance Kristin Shorten, PLAY magazine, thewest.com.au, The West Australian and The Weekend West, “The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story”
Health/Medical Report Syan Dougherty, 7News
Camerawork Carl Nelson, Ten News First, “Christmas Island Montage – a body of work”
Science and Environmental Report Clare Moodie, ABC News Online, “Battle for the Fitzroy”
Business, Economics or Finance Report Hamish Hastie and Hannah Barry, WAtoday, “Blood, sweat and burgers: the business so dodgy it made Grill’d look good”
Regional and Community – Three News Stories/Features outside a 70km radius of Perth Mark Bennett, ABC TV News and ABC News 24, “Stories of people and their lives in small regional communities”
Culture and Arts Report – The A.H. Kornweibel Arts Prize Rhiannon Stevens, ABC Radio National Earshot, “The legacy of Lucky Dube”
Outstanding Journalism Student Award Keane Bourke, Curtin University
News Coverage Annabel Hennessy, The West Australian, “Kill or Be Killed? The incarceration of
Jody Gore”
Headline Journalism Paul Barry, The West Australian and Albany Advertiser, “No sex please, we’re Balinese”, “Worst food bar naan” and “Pulp friction”
Suburban — Three Stories/Feature within a 70km radius of Perth
Sarah Brookes, The Southern Gazette and The Advocate, “Body of Work – Public housing disgrace and rehab’s hidden fees”
AND
Jake Dietsch, Mandurah Coastal Times, “Body of Work – Mandurah Men’s Shed investigation and Councillor’s CCC ordeal”
Feature Writing – The Hugh Schmitt Prize Rhiannon Stevens, ABC Online, “Welcome to Banjawarn”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Feature Photograph/Photographic Essay Ross Swanborough, The West Australian and The Sunday Times, “Strength in numbers call for a change”
Community/Regional Photography Andrew Ritchie, Western Suburbs Weekly
News Photograph Colin Murty, The Australian
TELEVISION
News Story or Feature Flashpoint, Seven, “Flashpoint: Height of the pandemic”
RADIO
News Story or Feature Erin Parke, Background Briefing ABC News – AM Program Radio national, ABC Online and ABC podcast, “Outback Born Again”
MULTIMEDIA
Hamish Hastie and Hannah Barry, WAtoday, “Blood, sweat and burgers: the business so dodgy it made Grill’d look good”
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