Winners: 2018 NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism

Announced at the Grand Ballroom, Royal Randwick, Friday August 10

2018 Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year: Sharri Markson (The Daily Telegraph)

Les Kennedy Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting: Emma Partridge (The Daily Telegraph)

Paul Lockyer Award for Outstanding Regional Broadcast Reporting: Anna Henderson (7.30 ABC)

Chris Watson Award for Outstanding Regional Newspaper Reporting: Shannon Tonkin (The Illawarra Mercury)

Rod Allen Award Racing Writer of the Year: Ray Thomas (The Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Turf Reporting: Chris Roots (The Morning Herald)

Sean Flannery Award for Outstanding Radio Reporting: Natalie Peters (Macquarie Radio, 2GB)

Outstanding Radio Current Affairs and Audio Blog: Peter Ryan (ABC Radio)

Outstanding News Photo: John Grainger (The Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Portrait: Johnathan Carroll (The Newcastle Herald)

Outstanding Sports Photo: Brett Costello (The Daily Telegraph)

Outstanding Online Video: Ivan O’Mahoney, Dan Box, Nial Fulton ( )

Power of the Lens People’s Choice Award: Phil Hillyard (The Daily Telegraph)

Cliff Neville Award – Outstanding Team Player: David Richardson ()

Peter Frilingos Award - Outstanding Sport Reporting: Peter Lalor (The Australian)

2017 Young Journalist of the Year: Lucy Cormack (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Outstanding Travel Writing: Catherine Marshall (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jana Wendt

John Newfong Award - Outstanding Indigenous Affairs Reporting: Chris Roe and Karla Grant (NITV)

Gary Ticehurst Award - Outstanding Television News Camera Coverage: Kevin Hudson (Seven News)

Harry Potter Award - Outstanding Television News Reporting: Neil Breen (Nine News)

Outstanding TV Current Affairs: Tara Brown, Grace Tobin, Sean Power (60 Minutes)

Outstanding Nightly TV Current Affairs: Patrick Abboud (SBS Viceland)

Peter Ruehl Award - Outstanding Columnist: James Jeffrey (The Australian)

Outstanding Finance Reporting: Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert (Fairfax Media)

Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting: Tony Ibrahim (Choice Magazine)

Outstanding Online News Breaking: Max Mason (The Australian Financial Review)

Outstanding Court Reporting: Nicola Berkovic (The Australian)

Outstanding Reporting on the Environment: Benedict Brook (news.com.au)

The Rebecca Wilson Award - Scoop of the Year: Sharri Markson, Kylar Loussikian (The Daily Telegraph)

The Vince O’Farrell Award - Outstanding Illustration: David Rowe (Fairfax Media)

Outstanding Investigative Reporting: Nick McKenzie, Chris Masters (The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Jim Oram Award - Outstanding Features Writing: Trent Dalton (The Australian)

Outstanding Political Journalist: Sharri Markson (The Daily Telegraph)

Kennedy Prize for Journalist of the Year: Sharri Markson (The Daily Telegraph)