 Sport Australia announces and congratulates the following finalists for the prestigious Sport Australia Media Awards, with winners to be announced at a gala ceremony in Melbourne early next year.
The Sport Australia Media Awards (#SportAUSMediaAwards) have been running since 2002 and are Australia’s only awards dedicated to recognising excellence in sports journalism, broadcasting, production and photography. Finalists will be invited to a gala dinner in Melbourne on Thursday, 7 February, 2019. The ceremony will also honour a new recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for sports journalism, last awarded to Debbie Spillane. Best reporting of an issue in sport • Neil Breen, ‘One night in New York’, Nine News • Leo Schlink, ‘The big fix’, The Herald Sun • Nick Tabakoff, ‘The price of sporting glory’, The Australian • Chris Barrett, ‘Sandpaper, lies and videotape’, The Sydney Morning Herald Best individual sport coverage – broadcast • Alister Nicholson, ABC • Kelli Underwood, Fox Sports and ABC • Bruce McAvaney, Seven Network • Gerard Whateley, SEN Radio and Fox Footy • Lucy Zelic, SBS Best individual sport coverage – print • Michael Gleeson, The Age • Will Swanton, The Australian • Andrew Webster, The Sydney Morning Herald • Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend, Fairfax Media Best individual sport coverage – digital • Mary Konstantopoulos, Ladies Who League • Michael Chammas, NRL.com • Jacob Kuriype, Fox Sports • Mark Howard, ‘The Howie Games’, Podcast One Australia Best coverage of a sporting event • The Sunday Age, ‘AFL Grand Final 2018’ • Seven Network, ‘Commonwealth Games 2018’ • Podcast One Australia, Triple M, ‘The Moment, The Fight’ • Seven Network, ‘Winter Olympics 2018’ • SBS, ‘2018 FIFA World Cup’ Best sports photography • Scott Barbour, ‘Lightning Strikes’, Getty Images • Quinn Rooney, ‘Ski Cross’, Getty Images • Ryan Pierse, ‘Cop it on the chin’, Getty Images • Michael Dodge, ‘Stop the Pigeon’, Getty Images Best sport profile – print • Adam Burnett, ‘Chris Lynn’s summer of living dangerously’, cricket.com.au • Brendan Bradford, ‘The Luke Jackson story’, Perform Group/Sporting News Australia • Will Swanton, ‘Is this bloke a thug?’, The Australian • Michael Chammas, ‘James Roberts’ amazing transformation’, NRL.com • Konrad Marshall, ‘Second serve: The stunning rise of Ash Barty’, Fairfax Media Best depiction of inclusive sport • ‘The Outer Sanctum' Podcast, ABC Radio • Lauren Day, ‘Inner Demons – sacrificing it all for the AFLW’, ABC 7.30 • Jennifer Browning, ‘Bush Footy’, ABC News • Matt Weiss, Tim Sheridan, Paul O’Doherty, ‘Game of Life’, Fox Sports Best coverage of sport for people with disability • Adam Burnett, ‘Cricket, chaos and a beautiful mind’, cricket.com.au • Denise Reardon, ‘Soldier On’, The Golf Show, Fox Sports • Lauren Day, ‘Dylan Alcott out to make disability sexy’, ABC 7.30 • Matthew Carmichael, Seven Network Best regional, rural and suburban sport coverage • Mackenzie Colahan, ‘Decline of Rugby League in Outback Queensland’, Central and North Burnett Times • James Gardiner, ‘Offside: How a football fantasy turned to nightmare’, Newcastle Herald • Callum Dick, ‘Ipswich Jets’, The Queensland Times • ABC Heywire (Darliah Killer, Kudamba Abaas, Jarrod Darlow, Emma Murray), ‘What regional sport means to young people’, ABC Radio, TV and Online Best contribution to sport via digital media • Surfing Australia, ‘mySURF.tv’ • Patrick Galloway, ABC News, ‘Dani Stevens – The Science behind the perfect discus throw’ • thewomensgame.com, ‘The Women’s Game’ • PlayersVoice, ‘PlayersVoice is Changing The Game’ • Fox Sports, ‘The Magic of the Cup: The FFA Cup’ Best sport profile – broadcast • Ben Waterworth, Denise Reardon, Dave Haworth, ‘Lauren Jackson – In her Element’, Fox Sports • Bob Murphy, ‘Nat Fyfe’, Fox Footy 1029 • Andy Maher, ‘Jarrod Lyle’, SEN Afternoons • Nick Piper, ‘The Season 1 – Nudgee College’, Onion TV Best analysis of sport business • Jeff Centenera, ‘Cohesion analytics and the next wave in sports stats’, Inside Sport • John Stensholt, Max Mason, ‘Cricket broadcast rights’, The Australian Financial Review • Ashley Browne, ‘AFL Movers and Shapers’, AFL Record and AFL.com.au • Jack Kerr, ‘Investigations and Analysis’, Freelance |