PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 THE 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards have been announced tonight by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association. Some 386 separate entries – a record – entered the competition for the prestigious awards across newspaper categories covering print, innovation, photography, marketing and a host of print and online Newspaper of the Year Awards. For the first time, PANPA announced a Sunday Newspaper of the Year. PANPA chief executive Mark Hollands said: “The entries have been outstanding. Professional excellence and a commitment to quality journalism and photography is alive and well in newspapers across our region. “Our newspapers are stunning. Yet again, these awards prove newspaper journalism is the best journalism. Quality journalism is not only confined to metropolitan newspapers. We have had fantastic entries from regional and suburban newspapers from across the Pacific. The print categories have also been hotly contested. Our judges remarked on how the standard of printing colour has continued to rise. “ NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR Sponsor 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Non-daily < 20,000 Busselton-Dunsborough Times Highly Commended Kiama Independent 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Non-daily 20,001 - 50,000 Western Suburbs Weekly Highly Commended Maroondah Leader 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Non-daily >50,001 Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser Highly Commended Sydney’s Child 1 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 Melbourne’s Child 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Dailies < 20,000 Sunraysia Daily Highly Commended The Daily Post Fraser Coast Chronicle 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Dailies 20,001 – 50,000 Geelong Advertiser Highly Commended The Cairns Post 2008 PANPA Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Dailies 50,001 + Herald Sun Highly Commended The Age The Sydney Morning Herald The Manly Daily Courier-Mail, Brisbane 2008 PANPA Sunday Newspaper of the Year Norske Skog Sunday Herald Sun Highly Commended The Sunday Age Sunday Canberra Times The Sunday Mail 2 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE Sponsor Technical Excellence Printed on a Single-Width Press <20,000 The Australian Jewish News Highly Commended The Observer (Gladstone) Technical Excellence Printed on a Single-Width Press 20,001 – 50,000 The Chronicle Highly Commended Otago Daily TImes Technical Excellence Printed on a Single-Width Press >50,001 Apple Daily (Taiwan) Highly Commended Today DIC Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press <20,000 The Queensland Times DIC Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press 20,001 – 50,000 The Canberra Times Highly Commended Sunshine Coast Daily DIC Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press 50,001 + South China Morning Post Highly Commended The Sydney Morning Herald 3 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 Technical Excellence Overall Excellence Pre-print or Supplement The Canberra Times Highly Commended Apple Daily (Taiwan) 2008 Environment, Health and Safety PNEB The Age Print Centre 2008 Innovation in Pre-Production Process or Technology Atex Port Macquarie News 4 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 MARKETING AWARDS 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Branding < 20,000 Free Press Leader Highly Commended Fiji Times 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Branding 20,001 – 50,000 The Geelong Advertiser Highly Commended The Geelong Advertiser 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Branding > 50,001 Herald Sun Highly Commended The Sunday Mail 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Circulation < 20,000 Fraser Coast Chronicle Highly Commended South Western Times 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Circulation 20,001 – 50,000 The Geelong Advertiser Highly Commended Illawarra Mercury 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Circulation over 50,001 The Daily Telegraph / The Sunday Telegraph Highly Commended The New Zealand Herald 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Display Advertising < 20,000 The Nelson Mail 5 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Display Advertising 20,001 – 50,000 Waikato Times Highly Commended Waikato Times 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Display Advertising over 50,001 The New Zealand Herald Highly Commended The New Zealand Herald 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Classified Advertising <20,000 Fiji Sun Highly Commended The Timaru Herald 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Classified Advertising 20,001 – 50,000 Not awarded 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Classified Advertising over 50,001 The Advertiser Highly Commended The Dominion Post 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Events < 20,000 Fraser Coast Chronicle Highly Commended The Daily Post 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Events 20,001 – 50,000 The Chronicle Highly Commended Illawarra Mercury 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Events - Over 50,001 The Sunday Mail 6 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 Highly Commended The Advertiser 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Young Readers < 20,000 The Fraser Coast Chronicle 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Young Readers < 20,000 The Courier (Ballarat) Highly Commended South Western Times 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Young Readers 20,001 – 50,000 Bay of Plenty Times Highly Commended Hawke’s Bay Today 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Young Readers - Over 50,001 The Courier-Mail 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Sponsorship – up to 20,000 South Western Times 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Sponsorship – 20,001 – 50,000 The Geelong Advertiser Highly Commended The Geelong Advertiser 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Sponsorship – Over 50,001 Sunday Star-Times Highly Commended The Advertiser 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Cause-Related Marketing < 20,000 Wanganui Chronicle Highly Commended The Daily Post 7 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Cause-Related Marketing 20,001 - 50,000 Waikato Times Highly Commended The Geelong Advertiser 2008 PANPA Newspaper Marketing Norske Skog Cause-Related Marketing – Over 50,001 The Advertiser Highly Commended The Herald (Newcastle) 8 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 Online Newspaper of the Year 2008 PANPA Online Newspaper of the Year CCI Europe Regional www.cairns.com.au Highly Commended www.inmycommunity.com.au www.goldcoast.com.au 2008 PANPA Online Newspaper of the Year CCI Europe Metropolitan www.theaustralian.com.au Highly Commended www.dompost.co.nz www.stuff.co.nz 9 PANPA 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards Embargoed: 22.00hrs 10 September 2008 Photography 2008 PANPA Newspaper Photograph of the Year Canon News Mike Keating Herald Sun Highly Commended Stephen Parker, Herald Sun Darren Pateman, The Herald, Newcastle 2008 PANPA Newspaper Photograph of the Year Canon Sport Jonathan Searle The Sunday Mail Highly Commended Andrew Richie, Western Suburbs Weekly Hank van Stuivenberg , Illawarra Mercury 2008 PANPA Newspaper Photograph of the Year Canon Lifestyle Kent Blechynden The Dominion Post Highly Commended Jason Ho, Weekend TODAY Stephen Ostrer, Food in Focus 2008 PANPA Newspaper Photograph of the Year Canon Features Rob Williams The Queensland Times Highly Commended Karen Dodd, Sunday Herald Sun Andrew Richie, Western Suburbs Weekly PANPA Hegarty Award Simon Holt Group News Editor, Cumberland and Courier Newspapers, Sydney 10.