2023 Kennedy Awards Winners Announced – four hundred and fifty guests were cheering the winners of the 2023 Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism in the ballroom of the Royal Randwick.
The Kennedys have thirty-seven categories in the nation’s richest awards for journalistic excellence.
The grand prize was Journalist of the Year and this year, after winning four separate categories for their outstanding work, it went to Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros from The Australian Financial Review for their work on the PwC Tax Leaks Scandal.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to the legendary king of the scoop, Laurie Oakes.
Congratulations.
In all categories, the competition was fierce, especially, in a new category of the Kennedys, reporting on Human Rights, Social and Religious Affairs that also had the largest number of entries.
ALL MEDIA
2023 Kennedy Awards Journalist of the Year
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros – The Australian Financial Review
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Laurie Oakes
The John Newfong Award for Indigenous Affairs Reporting
- Carrie Fellner, Katrina McGowan, Mat Cornwell and Rhett Wyman – Paradise Poisoned – The Sydney Morning Herald
The Vince O’Farrell Award for Outstanding Cartoon
- Cathy Wilcox – Don’t Look, Becky – The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
- Emily Baker, Amy Donaldson and Madeleine King – Do No Harm – Four Corners, ABC
Outstanding Court and Legal Affairs Reporting
- Nina Funnell, Lisa Muxworthy, Kerry Warren and Riah Matthews – Justice Shouldn’t Hurt – news.com.au
The Les Kennedy Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting
- Tara Brown and Naomi Shivaraman – PRESUMED EVIL & FALSELY ACCUSED – An incomplete investigation that destroyed a good cop’s life – 60 Minutes, Nine
Outstanding Finance Reporting
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros – PwC Tax Leaks Scandal – The Australian Financial Review
The Tom Krause Award for Outstanding Foreign Correspondent
- Eryk Bagshaw and Natalie Clancy – Kidnapped in Japan – 60 Minutes, Nine
Outstanding Investigative Reporting
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros – PwC Tax Leaks Scandal – The Australian Financial Review
Outstanding Online News Breaking
- Clementine Cuneo, Josh Hanrahan, Dan Proudman, John Rolfe and Tamaryn McGregor – Wedding Bus Tragedy – www.dailytelegraph.com.au
Outstanding Political Reporting
- Lucy Cormack, Tom Rabe, Alexandra Smith and Jordan Baker – Game Over for Lobbyist after “Catholic Gut” Comment – The Sydney Morning Herald
Outstanding Reporting on Human Rights, Social or Religious Affairs
- Grace Tobin, Patrick Begley, Mary Fallon and Meghna Bali – Locking Up Kids – Four Corners, ABC
Outstanding Reporting on the Environment
- Karla Grant, Michael Carey, Greg Wilesmith and Max Harach – Western Australia’s “Cultural Genocide” – Living Black, NITV
The Peter Frillingos Award for Outstanding Sport Reporting
- Hagar Cohen, Alex McDonald and Alice Mulheron – Paralympic Scandal: Gaming the Games – Four Corners, ABC
The Cliff Neville Award for Outstanding Team Player or Mentor
- Stephen Rice – The Australian
The Rebecca Wilson Award for Scoop of the Year
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros – PwC Tax Leaks Scandal – The Australian Financial Review
Student Journalist of the Year
- Tyson Jackson – The University of Notre Dame
Young Journalist of The Year
- Kamin Gock – ABC
PRINT/TEXT
The Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist
- Emma Kemp – Guardian Australia
The Jim Oram Award for Outstanding Feature Writing
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros – PwC Tax Leaks Scandal -The Australian Financial Review
Outstanding Travel Writing
- Craig Tansley – Hollywood’s Take-Down Of Paradise – Freelancer/T Australia (Australia’s New York Times)
The Rod Allen Award for Racing Writer of the Year
- Ben Dorries – Body of Work – News Corp
The Chris Watson Award for Regional Reporting – Print and Online
- Matt Garrick – Fight for Peace – ABC News Darwin
SD Harvey Award For Short Crime Story
- PG Davies – Adam Ingram
TELEVISION/VIDEO
The Gary Ticehurst Award for News Camera Coverage
- James Cannon – Turkey Earthquake – Seven Network
The Mike Willesee Award for Nightly Television Current Affairs Reporting
- Anne Connolly and Hannah Meagher – Investigation into the Public Trustee System -7.30, ABC
Outstanding Online Video
- Mark Morri, Josh Hanrahan, Clementine Cuneo, Ben English, Anna Caldwell and Zac McLean – The War: Young Blood – The Daily Telegraph
The David Leckie AM Award for Television Current Affairs Reporting-Long Form
- Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer – Trafficked – 60 Minutes, Nine
The Harry Potter Award for Television News Reporting
- Sarah Greenhalgh, James Cannon and Bertan Ayduk – Turkey Earthquake -7NEWS
The Paul Lockyer Award for Regional Broadcast Reporting
- Matt Cunningham – Matt Cunningham leads Australian reporting on the violence that has gripped the Northern Territory – Sky News NT
AUDIO JOURNALISM
Outstanding Podcast
- Jess Lodge, Melissa Downes and Adam Buncher – Hannah’s Story – 9News Queensland
The Sean Flannery Award for Outstanding On the Road Radio News Reporting
- Clinton Maynard – Surry Hills Fire – Radio 2GB
Outstanding Radio Current Affairs
- Ben Fordham and James Willis – Barilaro’s NYC Trade Job – Radio 2GB
PHOTOGRAPHY
Outstanding News Photography
- Darren Howe – Saved From Above – Bendigo Advertiser, Australian Community Media
Outstanding Portrait Photography
- Kate Geraghty – Defender of Bakhmut – The Sydney Morning Herald
Outstanding Sports Photography
- Adam Mclean – UCI 2022 – Illawarra Mercury, Australian Community Media
The Power of the Lens : People’s Choice Award
- Nick Gane – ‘Don’t Judge’ The World’s Most Tattooed Man- 7 News
Media Release – Kennedy Awards
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