The New Zealand Herald took out the trifecta at the 2015 Canon Media Awards on Friday night, awarded Newspaper of the Year and Best Daily Newspaper (over 30,000 circulation) while its digital stablemate nzherald.co.nz was judged Best Website.
Plus, Herald editor Shayne Currie was awarded the Wolfson Fellowship – and with it, the opportunity to attend Cambridge University.
Fairfax Media also came away smiling, with the Sunday Star-Times winning Weekly Newspaper of the Year, Taranaki Daily News won Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation) and NZ House & Garden won Magazine of the Year.
The Community Newspaper of the Year award went to Queenstown’s Mountain Scene, published by Allied Press.
The awards, now in their 41st year, recognise excellence across newspaper, magazine and digital media and were celebrated in Auckland by a record attendance of 520. Staged by the Newspaper Publishers’ Association, the awards attracted 1600 entries encompassing 8000 individual pieces of work across 64 categories assessed by 39 judges in four countries.
Newspaper judges Australian editorial chiefs Campbell Reid and Garry Linnell said The New Zealand Herald’s individual editions, sections, magazines, community programmes and ambitious journalism made it a world class newspaper.
“The thing that sets the Herald apart is its depth. It is a high quality newspaper from page one to page 101 and beyond. It doesn’t have a weak link. Its journalism can break an international scoop one day and be unapologetically parochial the next, but its hallmark is always the rigour and quality of its information.”
Commenting on the Best Weekly Newspaper award won by the Sunday Star-Times, the judges said: “Deeply committed investigative journalism, agenda-setting reporting, a strong sport section, an engaging eye-catching design and sections that entertain and inform all combined to make the Star-Times a stand-out winner in this category.”
The major writing awards were evenly spread with the Herald’s Jared Savage winning Reporter of the Year and Dylan Cleaver, Best Investigation. Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year went to Charles Anderson of The Press while Magazine Feature Writer of the Year was won by Rebecca Macfie of NZ Listener.
The top cartoonist and column writing awards went to the Listener’s Chris Slane (cartoons) and the Herald’s Michele Hewitson (Columnist of the Year). The Herald’s Brett Phibbs was named Photographer of the Year.
THE WINNERS
Photography
Photographer of the Year: Brett Phibbs: The New Zealand Herald
Junior Photographer of the Year: Charlotte Curd: Taranaki Daily News
Best News Picture: Peter Meecham: The New Zealand Herald
Best Sports Picture: Brett Phibbs: The New Zealand Herald
Best Portrait: Rob Suisted: Nature’s Pic Images
Best Feature Photo: Chris Skelton: stuff.co.nz
Best Photo Essay/Slideshow: Hagen Hopkins: Getty Images
Best Environmental Photography: Kirk Hargreaves: The Press
Digital
Best Digital Cross-platform News Coverage: The New Zealand Herald
Best Cross-platform Campaign: The New Zealand Herald
Best Innovation in Multimedia Storytelling: The New Zealand Herald
Best Use of Interactive Graphics: The New Zealand Herald
Best Video: Asher Finlayson & Tony Wal: stuff.co.nz/Sunday Star-Times
Best Blog: Jarrod Gilbert
Best Website: nzherald.co.nz
Magazines
Magazine of the Year: NZ House & Garden
Best Trade/Professional Magazine: Pro Photographer
Best Magazine Design: Home
Best Magazine Cover: Architecture NZ
Magazine Feature Writer of the Year: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener
Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener
Magazine Feature Writer Health and Education: Jolisa Gracewood, North & South
Magazine Feature Writer Science and Technology: Donna Chisholm: North & South
Magazine Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Mike White: North & South
Magazine Feature Writer General: Rebecca Macfie: NZ Listener
Newspapers
Canon Newspaper of the Year: The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper of the Year (plus 30,000 circulation): The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation): Taranaki Daily News
Weekly Newspaper of the Year: Sunday Star-Times
Community Newspaper of the Year: Mountain Scene
Best Newspaper Design: The New Zealand Herald
Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine: Viva – The New Zealand Herald
Reporter of the Year: Jared Savage – The New Zealand Herald
Junior Reporter of the Year: Talia Shadwell – The Dominion Post
Regional Reporter of the Year: Florence Kerr – Waikato Times
Community Reporter of the Year: Frank Marvin – Mountain Scene
Reporter Politics: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Business: Matt Nippert, Sunday Star-Times
Reporter Crime and Justice: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Health and Education: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Science and Technology: Vaughan Elder, Otago Daily Times
Reporter Arts and Entertainment: Shane Gilchris, Otago Daily Times
Reporter Sport: Mark Geenty – The Dominion Post
Reporter General: Bevan Hurley – Herald on Sunday
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Charles Anderson – The Press/Nelson Mail
Junior Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Jeremy Olds – Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times
Regional/Community Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Naomi Arnold – The Nelson Mail
Newspaper Feature Writer Business and Politics: Adam Dudding, Sunday Star-Times
Newspaper Feature Writer Crime and Justice: Amy Maas, Herald on Sunday
Newspaper Feature Writer Health and Education: Nikki Macdonald – The Dominion Post
Newspaper Feature Writer Science and Technology: Nikki Macdonald – The Dominion Post
Newspaper Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Greg Dixon – The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper Feature Writer Sport: Ben Stanley – Sunday Star-Times
Newspaper Feature Writer: General Charles Anderson – The Press/Nelson Mail
General
Best Investigation: Dylan Cleaver – The New Zealand Herald
Student Journalist of the Year: Don Rowe – Wintec/Sky Sport magazine/Waikato Times
Best Artwork: Richard Parker – Sunday Star-Times/The Dominion Post
Cartoonist of the Year: Chris Slane – NZ Listener
Best Columnist – humour/satire: Deborah Hill Cone – The New Zealand Herald
Best Columnist – general: Michele Hewitson – The New Zealand Herald
Columnist of the Year: Michele Hewitson – The New Zealand Herald
Editorial Writer of the Year: Peter Jackson – The Northland Age
Best Headline: Jo Knight – Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times
Reviewer of the Year: Anthony Byrt – Metro/NZ Listener
Fellow to Wolfson College, Cambridge: Shayne Currie – The New Zealand Herald
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