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 Sydney 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 (The Australian Foxtel)
Power of the Lens People’s Choice Award: Phil Hillyard (The Daily Telegraph)
Cliff Neville Award – Outstanding Team Player: David Richardson (Seven Network)
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)