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2014 KENNEDY AWARDS Excellence in New South Wales Journalism
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2014 NRMA Kennedy Awards
August 8, Royal Randwick Ballroom, Australian Turf Club The 2014 NRMA Motoring + Services Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism will recognise and celebrate the quality of news breaking, storytelling and creativity in the metropolitan and regional media. The NRMA Kennedy Awards is forming a foundation – and establishing a benevolent fund for media professionals in hardship, supporting the national children’s cancer charity Redkite, and the Aboriginal Medical Service. Our third annual Gala Presentation Dinner will be held at the Australian Turf Club Ballroom, Royal Randwick on Friday, August 8, 2014 – close to the third anniversary of the death of legendary Sydney journalist Les Kennedy. The awards, across 31 categories, provide a perennial reminder of Les Kennedy’s standards as a leading news journalist and mentor to many. The awards also honour the late Cliff Neville, Sean Flannery, Paul Lockyer and Peter Ruehl and Gary Ticehurst. For complete video coverage of 2013 awards: kennedyawards.com.au
The P&O Cruises Kennedy Award for NSW Journalist of the Year will be presented by NSW Premier, The Hon. Barry O’Farrell.
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The $15,000 sponsorship package comes with: • Media releases of partnership to all NSW newsrooms • Prominent Gala branding on big screens, tables & programs. • Exclusive access to special guests at the Gala • Prominent Promotion in all social media including Twitter & Facebook
ALLISON LANGDON, OF 60 MINUTES, WINS THE 2013 KENNEDY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING
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Inquiries: Steve Warnock 0428 968499
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TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS VETERAN ELLEN FANNING HOSTING THE 2013 KENNEDY AWARDS AT THE AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB’S ROYAL RANDWICK BALLROOM
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2014 NRMA Kennedy Awards SPONSORSHIP CATEGORIES IN ORDER OF PRESENTATION 1.
PAUL LOCKYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL BROADCAST REPORTING
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CHRIS WATSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL NEWSPAPER REPORTING
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LES KENNEDY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CRIME REPORTING
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ROD ALLEN AWARD FOR NSW RACING WRITER OF THE YEAR
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OUTSTANDING TURF REPORTING
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SEAN FLANNERY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RADIO REPORTING
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OUTSTANDING RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING
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OUTSTANDING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
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OUTSTANDING PORTRAIT
10. OUTSTANDING ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY 11. OUTSTANDING SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY 12. OUTSTANDING ONLINE VIDEO 13. CLIFF NEVILLE AWARD FOR TEAM PLAYER AND MENTOR 14. OUTSTANDING SPORT REPORTING 15. OUTSTANDING TRAVEL WRITING 16. NSW YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR 17. JOHN NEWFONG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING 18. GARY TICEHURST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWS CAMERA COVERAGE 19. OUTSTANDING TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING 20. OUTSTANDING TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING 21. OUTSTANDING FINANCE REPORTING 22. OUTSTANDING CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORTING 23. PETER RUEHL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COLUMNIST 24. OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATION OR CARTOON 25. OUTSTANDING ONLINE NEWS BREAKING 26. SCOOP OF THE YEAR 27. OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 28. OUTSTANDING FEATURE WRITING
29. OUTSTANDING POLITICAL REPORTING 30. KENNEDY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 31. NEW SOUTH WALES JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
History of the Kennedy Awards On Friday, August 10, 2012, NSW’s finest journalists gathered to celebrate to honour the memories of six industry legends and their legacies. Les Kennedy, Cliff Neville, Sean Flannery, Paul Lockyer, Peter Ruehl and Gary Ticehurst were all masters of their craft – dedicated, passionate professionals who entertained, enlightened, and informed millions of Australians over the past five decades. The idea for these awards was hatched in a pub when Les’ good mates and fellow veteran crime reporters Steve Barrett and Adam Walters hooked-up with his former editors, friends and family in February 2012. They had a plan to preserve Les Kennedy’s memory in something far more profound than the beer-soaked sentiment of bar banter. They realised that unlike the other states and territories New South Wales did not properly recognise journalists doing battle in one of the world’s most competitive news markets. The committee aimed to launch the Kennedy Awards on Friday August 10, 2012, the first anniversary of Les Kennedy’s death at the age of 53. It was a tough deadline, not just because of the logistics, sponsors and media support that needed addressing and securing. This was to be a very emotional journey. There was no looking back after the Premier agreed to present the Kennedy Award for NSW Journalist of the Year. From that point the doors flew open in a remarkably enthusiastic and passionate response from sponsors and hundreds of other colleagues. On August 10, 2011, more than 250 people gathered at the Kauri Foreshore Hotel in Glebe to farewell the legend who was the inimitable, irrepressible Les Kennedy. It was to be a last goodbye to Les, but he had died just eight hours earlier. And so it became an extraordinary celebration of a life lived large by one of the true characters in Australian journalism. At Les’ impromptu wake, chain-smoking tabloid warriors rubbed shoulders with the corduroy of broadsheet aficionados, senior cops clinked glasses with lawyers and barristers representing the underworld and many young journalists — mentored by Les – were there, trying to get a firm grip on batons he had passed-on to each and every one of them, and not one schooner hit the floor! Along with the amber fluid flowed myriad tributes. Les’ farewell was a truly remarkable gathering – and the inspiration for what happened exactly 12 months later. As word of the awards spread, close friends and colleagues of five other legends lost in the last year suggested they be honoured in this celebration of quality NSW journalism.
Veteran television producer and newspaperman Cliff Neville is remembered in the Most Outstanding Team Player Award named in his honour. It’s finally time to sing the praises of this unsung hero and magnificent team player who was the glue that held Sixty Minutes together The “most loveable rogue to ever hold a microphone” - Sean Flannery – is honoured in the category of Most Outstanding Radio Report. Paul Lockyer – a veteran ABC and Channel Nine journalist – a foreign correspondent who came home to his beloved bush to bring us stories about the people who are the heart of Australia. The award of Regional Broadcast Reporting of the Year is appropriately named after a man who staked a serious claim to the outback as his story. Peter Ruehl was once described by Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood as a “national institution,” and by a former editor as a columnist who “launched a 24-year love affair with Australian readers.” Peter is remembered for his wit and wisdom in the Most Outstanding Columnist Award. Gary Ticehurst was a hero to many after he helped save lives in the 1998 Sydney-Hobart tragedy – and a dedicated helicopter pilot who provided a spectacular platform for hundreds of his ABC camera colleagues to shoot memorable aerial pictures. The award with his name on it is for Most Outstanding TV News Camera Coverage. By July 2, 2012, the organisers of the inaugural Kennedy Awards had attracted more than 400 entries across 30 categories, judged by a distinguished panel led by former News Ltd CEO John Hartigan, long-serving Nine News director Paul Fenn and Ian Heads, OAM. By August 10 the Kennedy Awards left the dry dock and set sail for the first time as 460 quality journalists, relatives of those we honoured and special guests filled the room in what would become one of the great nights in the history of NSW journalism. In 2013 we did it all again and the Kennedy Awards was established as a fixture on the NSW events calendar.
