UNAA Media Award Winners and Finalists 2018_____________________________________________ Outstanding Contribution to Humanitarian Journalism: Michael Gordon Promotion of Empowerment of Older People (sponsored by Cbus) WINNER: Japan's Cheerleading Grannies, Dean Cornish and Joel Tozer, Dateline, SBS FINALIST: I Speak Your Language, Stefan Armbruster, SBS World News FINALIST: 40 years fighting for freedom, Patrick Abboud, SBS Promotion of Social Cohesion WINNER: Rough Justice: a new future for our youth? Jane Bardon and Owain Stia-James, ABC News FINALIST: Seeds of Change, Compass, Kim Akhurst, Mark Webb, Philippa Byers, Jessica Douglas-Henry, Richard Corfield, ABC FINALIST: We don’t belong to anywhere, Nicole Curby, ABC Radio National FINALIST: Hear Me Out, ABC News Story Lab Promotion of Gender Equality: Empowerment of Women and Girls WINNER: The Justice Principle, Belinda Hawkins, Sarah Farnsworth, Mark Farnell and Peter Lewis, Australian Story, ABC FINALIST: Strong Woman, NITV Living Black FINALIST: The scandal of Emil Shawky Gayed: gynaecologist whose mutilation of women went unchecked for years, Melissa Davey, Carly Earl, Guardian Australia FINALIST: The Matildas: Pitch Perfect, Jennifer Feller, Garth Thomas, Camera-Quentin Davis,Ron Ekkel, Anthony Frisina, Stuart Thorne, Australian Story, ABC Promotion of Empowerment of Children and Young People WINNER: Speak even if your voice shakes, Waleed Aly, Tom Whitty and Kate Goulopoulos, The Project FINALIST: Rough Justice: a new future for our youth? Jane Bardon and Owain Stia-James, ABC News FINALIST: Child Protection and Youth Justice in the NT, NITV The Point FINALIST: Growing Up Tough, Simon Cunich and Marc Fennell, SBS Promotion of Empowerment of People with Disability WINNER: Carers who kill, Sarah Dingle, Alice Brennan, Leila Shunnar, David Lewis, Jess O’Callaghan, Brendan King, Background Briefing, ABC FINALIST: Fighting Disbelief: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Simon Cunich, SBS FINALIST: All the World’s a Stage, Greg Hassall, Australian Story, ABC FINALIST: Hearing Impaired Special, NITV The Point Promotion of Empowerment of Indigenous Peoples WINNER: Is 26th January the best day to celebrate Australia? Hamish MacDonald and Tom Whitty, The Project FINALIST: Children of the North, Belinda Hawkins, Andie Noonan, Simon Winter, Mark Farnell and Steven Baras-Miller, Australian Story, ABC FINALIST: The Marathon Runner, Chris Gillett, 7.30 Report, ABC TV UNAA Media Award Winners and Finalists Promotion of Climate Action WINNER: Murray Darling basin: when a river runs dry, Anne Davies, Nick Evershed, Andy Ball and Mike Bowers, Guardian Australia FINALIST: Waiting for the tide to turn: Kiribati's fight for survival, Mike Bowers, Guardian Australia FINALIST: On Top Of The World – Greenland, Eric Campbell and Matt Davis, ABC Foreign Correspondent. FINALIST: Boiling Point: The NT's fracking dilemma, Jane Bardon and Owain Stia-James, ABC News Promotion of Sustainable Cities and Communities WINNER: Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens social cohesion, Amanda Wise, Keith Parry, Kristine Aquino, Sarah Neal, Selvaraj Velayutham, The Conversation/Foul play: Are clubs killing community sport? Una Butorac, The Feed, SBS FINALIST: Officer Illona Reporting for Duty, Calliste Weitenberg and Kylie Grey, Dateline, SBS Promotion of Responsible Consumption and Production WINNER: Best Laid Plans, Sarah Dingle, Alice Brennan, Leila Shunnar, Jess O'Callaghan, Brendan King, ABC Background Briefing FINALIST: Boiling Point: The NT's fracking dilemma, Jane Bardon and Owain Stia James, ABC News FINALIST: City Without Water, Amos Roberts, Dateline, SBS Promotion of Good Health and Well-Being WINNER: Speak even if your voice shakes, Waleed Aly, Tom Whitty and Kate Goulopoulos, The Project FINALIST: Torture Therapy: Giving survivors their life back, Marc Fennell, SBS FINALIST: Health scandals in Australia’s offshore immigration system, Ben Doherty, Guardian Australia 2017_____________________________________________ Print WINNER Our Favourite Paedophile: Why is Donald Friend Still Celebrated? Antony Funnell, ABC Radio National Onlin FINALIST A Brutal History: The Killing of Wubanchi Asfaw, Kathy Marks, SBS Online FINALIST True Love in Nauru, Abdul Hekmat, The Monthly FINALIST The Death of Omid Masoumali, Ben Doherty, The Guardian Australia TV – News/Current Affairs WINNER Six Days in Somaliland, Sally Sara and Dingani Masuku, ABC News FINALIST Urban Soldier: Inside Chicago’s War, Phil Goyen, Liz Hayes, Scott Morelli, Ben Crane, Judge Norgate, 60 Minutes, Nine Network FINALIST Applying Pressure for a Switch to NT Detention Alternatives, Jane Bardon, ABC National Darwin UNAA Media Award Winners and Finalists FINALIST Somaliland Famine, Kirsty Johansen and Edoardo Falcione, SBS World News TV - Documentary WINNER Cold Justice, Allan Clarke, NITV and Buzzfeed FINALIST Blue, Northern Pictures FINALIST Deep Water: The Real Story, Blackfella Films Pty Ltd FINALIST Venezuela Undercover, Eric Campbell, Matthew Davis, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV Radio - News WINNER Somaliland Children, Sally Sara and Dingani Masuku, Correspondents Report, ABC Radio FINALIST Domestic Violence: Dowry Abuse Sparks Push to Change Laws in Australia, Ruby Jones, ABC News FINALIST Access to Justice: Marshall Wallace, BushMob and Retta Dixon, Jane Bardon, ABC National Darwin Radio - Documentary WINNER The Messenger, Behind the Wire/The Wheeler Centre FINALIST Rottnest Island: Black Prison, White Playground, Kirsti Melville, Earshot, ABC Radio National FINALIST The Gatwick Private Hotel, Kristina Kukolja and Sandy Rogulic FINALIST Bina-guri Part 1 & Part 2, Belinda Lopez, This is About, ABC Radio National FINALIST Death in Kalgoorie, Sarah Dingle and Wendy Carlisle, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National Photojournalism WINNER Edith: Escaping Domestic Violence, Justin McManus, The Sunday Age Special Commendation Mentawai - Educational Genocide and Home(Less), Chris Hopkins FINALIST Five Days in Uluru, Alex Ellinghausen and Michael Gordon, Fairfax Media Online WINNER Right Wrongs, Solua Middleton, Yale Macgillivray, Scott Gamble, Bronwyn Purvis, Dan Battley, Lorena Allam, ABC Online Special Commendation SBS ONLINE FINALIST The Queen & Zak Grieve, Dan Box, Ivan O’Mahoney, Nial Fulton, In Films for The Australian FINALIST K’gari, SBS and NITV, SBS Online FINALIST Waiting for America, Michael Gordon, Alex Ellinghausen, Bevan Shields, Fairfax Media Promotion of Indigenous Rights and Issues WINNER We Don’t Need a Map, Courtney Botfield, Goodship, NITV Special Commendation UNAA Media Award Winners and Finalists Right Wrongs, Solua Middleton, Yale Macgillivray, Scott Gamble, Bronwyn Purvis, Dan Battley, Lorena Allam, ABC Online FINALIST After the Apology, Pursekey Productions FINALIST Rottnest Island: Black Prison, White Playground, Kirsti Melville, Earshot, ABC Radio National Promotion of Empowerment of Older People (sponsored by Cbus) WINNER ABC TV, You Can’t Ask That: Centenarians Special Commendation Masako Fukui, Late Life Sex, Earshot, ABC Radio National FINALIST Bianca Nogrady, Age Discrimination: Older Australian Workers Viewed as Slow to Learn, The Guardian Online FINALIST Duke and Gypsy, Beautiful Boilers Promotion of Gender Equality: Empowerment of Women and Girls WINNER PJ Madam, Alison Sandy, Penny McWhirter, Nina Funnell, The Hunting Grounds, Seven Network Special Commendation Naomi Selvaratnam and Mary Ann Jolley, Australia’s Dowry Deaths FINALIST Kathy Marks, A Brutal History: The Killing of Wubanchi Asfaw, SBS Online FINALIST Marc Fennell, Kakenya Ntaiya, SBS TV FINALIST RMIT ABC Fact Check, Fact Check: Why the Gender Pay Gap Persists, RMIT Promotion of Children’s Rights and Issues WINNER Generation Left Behind, Matthew Carney, Zhang Qian, Wayne McAllister, ABC Foreign Correspondent Special Commendation Sins of the Father, Belinda Hawkins, Steven Baras-Miller, Sarah Farnsworth, Emily Porrello, Mark Farnell, Australian Story, ABC TV FINALIST Fallen Angels, Margaret Simons, Heather Jarvis, Dave Tacon, Earshot, ABC Radio National Promotion of Social Cohesion WINNER You Can’t Ask That: Suicide Attempt Survivors; Refugees and Children of Same-Sex Parents, ABC TV Special Commendation It’s Being Recorded: the Death of Ashley Bryant, William Verity, Earshot, ABC Radio National FINALIST Shooting for the Stars, Sharon Davis, Australian Story, ABC TV Promotion of Disability Rights and Issues WINNER You Can’t Ask That: Down Syndrome; Facial Difference and Blind, ABC TV FINALIST No Holding Back, Kristopher Flanders, NITV FINALIST Autism in Agriculture, The Project, 7PM Company FINALIST Allegations of Abuse Against People with Disabilities in Tasmania, Natalie Whiting, 7:30 Report, ABC TV 2016_____________________________________________ UNAA Media Award Winners and Finalists Print WINNER Paul Farrell, Nick Evershed, Helen Davidson, Ben Doherty, David Marr and Will Woodward, Guardian Australia, The Nauru Files FINALIST Ben Doherty, Guardian Australia, Lives in Limbo FINALIST SBS, Something Terrible Has Happened to Levai FINALIST Adam Morton, The Age, The Vanishing Island TV – News/Current Affairs WINNER SBS World News, Syria, Five Years of Crisis FINALIST Phil Goyen and Michael Usher, 60 Minutes, Divided States of America FINALIST Jane Bardon, ABC News and Current Affairs, Australia’s Third World Indigenous Housing Shame FINALIST Waleed Aly and Tom Whitty, The Project, ISIL is Weak TV – Documentary WINNER Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Mary Fallon, Elise Worthington, Four Corners, Australia’s Shame FINALIST Brett Mason, Calliste Weitenberg,