8th Annual NRMA
Kennedy Awards
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
20192019 Sponsorship Sponsorship Packages Packages Supporting the Kennedy Foundation www.kennedyawards.com.au Supporting the Kennedy Foundation [email protected] Suite 303, Level 3, 65 York St, [email protected] Sydney NSW Suite 303, Level 3, 65 York St, Sydney NSW 2000 2000 PH: +612 9279 3385 PH:+612 9279 3385 ABN 35 911 587 298 ABN 35 911 587 298
8TH Annual NRMA Kennedy Awards 8TH Annual NRMA Kennedy Awards
AUSTRALIAN NEWS MEDIA’S NIGHT OF NIGHTS
The NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism have grown into one of the most prestigious events on the national media calendar.
In 2019 the Kennedys will be staged for the 8th year since the passing of legendary Sydney Journalist Les Kennedy.
The awards named in his honour celebrate the careers of other greats and recognize the outstanding efforts of those following in their footsteps across 32 competitive categories.
The Gold Spirax for the Kennedy Journalist of the Year is the richest prize in Australian journalism, with the winner also collecting $25,000.
The awards also raise funds and awareness for the Kennedy Foundation, supporting media professionals in hardship, with compassion in confidence.
The 2019 NRMA Kennedy Awards gala will be held at Royal Randwick on Friday August 9. 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Jana Wendt
2019 Kennedy Awards Sponsorship Packages
GOLD $15,000
Award Category Sponsorship
A table for ten at Kennedy Awards Gala Presentation
Opportunity for representative to make a brief speech
Prominent branding in gala ballroom, including logo incorporation in video play- on ahead of presentation and option to play company TV advertisement.
A media release announcing partnership, social media promotion
Special guest invitations to Kennedy Awards launch and finalists’ announcement events in May and July.
SILVER $10,000
Award Category Sponsorship
A table for ten at Kennedy Awards Gala Presentation
Opportunity for representative to make a brief speech
Prominent branding in gala ballroom, including logo incorporation in video play- on ahead of award presentation on the ballroom’s 11 big screens
BRONZE $5,000
A table for ten at Kennedy Awards Gala Presentation
Prominent branding on gala ballroom video screens and official program
CURRENT PARTNERS
AWARD CATEGORIES
1. Outstanding Crime Reporting
2. Regional Broadcast Reporting
3. Regional Newspaper Reporting
4. NSW Racing Writer of The Year
5. Outstanding Turf Reporting
6. Outstanding Radio Reporting
7. Outstanding Radio Current Affairs Reporting & Audio Blog
8. Outstanding News Photography
9. Outstanding Portrait
10. Outstanding Sports Photography
11. Outstanding Online Video
12. People's Choice from Power of The Lens Exhibition
13. Team Player and Mentor
14. Outstanding Sport Reporting
15. Outstanding Travel Writing
16. Young Journalist of The Year
17. Lifetime Achievement
18. Indigenous Affairs Reporting
19. Outstanding News Camera Coverage
20. Outstanding Television News Reporting 2018 Young Journalist of the Year Lucy Cormack of The Sydney Morning Herald
21. Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting Long Form 22. Outstanding Nightly Television Current Affairs Reporting
23. Outstanding Finance Reporting
24. Outstanding Court Reporting
25. Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
26. Outstanding Columnist
27. Outstanding Illustration or Cartoon
28. Outstanding Online News Breaking
29. Outstanding Reporting on The Environment
30. Scoop of The Year
31. Outstanding Investigative Reporting
32.Outstanding Feature Writing
33. Outstanding Political Reporting
34. Journalist of the Year The History of the Kennedy Awards
On Friday, August 10, 2012, NSW’s finest journalists gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney to celebrate the memories and legacies of six industry legends.
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 the awards was hatched in a pub when Les’ close friends combined with his former editors, mates 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, led by NRMA Motoring and Services, our naming rights partner since 2014.
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 It was to be a last goodbye to Les, but he died just eight hours earlier. 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. Not one schooner hit the floor. Along with the amber fluid flowed myriad tributes. Les’ farewell was a truly remarkable gathering. It was the inspiration for what has become Australia’s most spirited annual celebration of quality journalism, now offering the nation’s richest media award – the $25,000 Kennedy Prize.
Above, Life Education CEO and Kennedy Awards judge Kellie Sloane and 2018 Journalist of the Year Sharri Markson, of The Daily Telegraph
The Kennedy Foundation
The NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is produced by the Kennedy Foundation – a registered charity supporting news media professionals in tough times.
Foundation funds are primarily raised from sponsorship of the annual NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism staged in early August, around the anniversary of Les Kennedy’s death from cancer at the age of 52 in 2011.
Les Kennedy (right) was a champion of “shoe leather” journalism, the antithesis of a “phone jockey” as he established an enviable network built on the kind of trust that can only be established with face-to-face contact.
The Kennedy Foundation promotes strong camaraderie among news media professionals – to protect and support them in what can be a tough game. We know the intensity of competition between rival media organisations can take a heavy emotional, physical and financial toll but the foundation believes the bond formed on the road can never be broken.
Since the inaugural Kennedy Awards in 2012 we have also raised funds and awareness for the Charles Perkins Trust for Students and Young People, the children’s cancer charity RedKite, the Aboriginal Medical Service, the ANZUP Below the Belt Cancer Trials and Life Education Australia.
In conjunction with the University of Technology and Paradigm Resources the Kennedy Foundation has also established the Les Kennedy Scholarship for Indigenous Journalism Students.
All applications to the Kennedy Foundation for assistance will be considered, with the utmost compassion in the strictest of confidence, for colleagues who have fallen on hard times whether through illness, injury, family grief or unemployment.
The Foundation was first established from humble origins in November 2013 through the vision, drive and commitment of Les Kennedy’s close friends and colleagues, the pro bono legal services of Sydney law firm, Kennedys and the support of Racing NSW and its Chief Executive, Peter V’Landys.
Led by chairman Mr Simon Dulhunty, Les’ former editor at The Sun-Herald, the foundation board includes Siobahn Fogarty, Simon Bouda, Mike Duffy, Julianne Horsman, Rebecca Richardson, Taylor Auerbach and Rocco Fazzari.
All inquiries regarding sponsorships and donations can be made via our website kennedyawards.com.au or by contacting Kennedy Foundation General Manager Steve Warnock by emailing [email protected]
Above, Tara Brown of the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes and the late Les Kennedy, veteran crime reporter, author and journalist with Fairfax and News Corp.
KENNEDY AWARDS
Sandra Sully of Network TEN presents the Harry Potter Award for Outstanding TV News Reporting
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM