AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Stuff (with 84 finalists) led the way in today’s release of the shortlists for the 2019 Voyager Media Awards. Rounding out the top three are NZ Herald/NZME (56) and Bauer Media (24).
Names that immediately catch the eye are North & South, Donna Chisholm, Joanna Wane, NZ Listener, Metro, Steve Braunias, John Campbell, Dylan Cleaver, Toby Manhire, Mihingarangi Forbes, Patrick Gower, and VICE. (It’s a huge list – scroll down).
The Voyager Media Awards are held annually to encourage, showcase and acknowledge the best of New Zealand’s newspapers, magazines, news including TV and radio and websites, and the work of reporters, feature writers, columnists, cartoonists, reviewers, photographers and videographers.
The winners will be revealed on Friday 17 May at the Cordis Auckland. Scroll to the end of this document to find the awards site link, here you can buy tickets.
So, without further ado, here’s the 2019 shortlist, in full …
DIGITAL
Best innovation in digital storytelling. Sponsored by Google.
- NZ Herald/NZME World Vision Not For Sale campaign
- RNZ – Broken bad
- Stuff – Caught
- Stuff – Drug deals
- Stuff and Newshub/MediaWorks – A tale of two cities
- The Story With John Campbell/TVNZ – Is China interfering in NZ’s political system?
Best news website or app. Sponsored by Huawei
- NZ Herald/NZME
- Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- RNZ
- Stuff
Website of the Year. Sponsored by Voyager
- newsroom.co.nz
- NZ Herald/NZME
- Stuff
- The Spinoff
General
- Naomi Arnold – New Zealand Geographic/Kowhai Media
- Steve Braunias – NZ Herald/NZME
- Jehan Casinader – Sunday/TVNZ
- Mark Crysell – Sunday/TVNZ
Crime and/or social issues
- Jackie Brown-Haysom – Safeguard/Thomson Reuters
- John Campbell – The Story with John Campbell/TVNZ
- Teuila Fuatai – newsroom.co.nz
Best arts, entertainment and/or lifestyle portfolio
- Anthony Byrt – Metro/Bauer Media Group
- Steve Kilgallon – Stuff
- Kim Knight – Canvas, NZ Herald/NZME
- Siena Yates – NZ Herald/NZME
FEATURES & FEATURE WRITING
Best first-person essay or feature
- Linda Burgess – The Spinoff
- Aimie Cronin – Canvas, NZ Herald/NZME
- Michelle Langstone – North & South/Bauer Media Group
- Daniel Luff – North & South/Bauer Media Group
- John Summers – North & South/Bauer Media Group
Best feature writer – junior
- Adam Goodall – The Pantograph Punch and The Spinoff
- Michael Hayward – The Press/Stuff
- Thomas Manch – Stuff
- Ellen Rykers – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Feature Writer of the Year (short-form)
- James Borrowdale – VICE
- Adam Dudding – Stuff
- Michelle Duff – Stuff
- Joanna Wane – North & South/Bauer Media Group
Feature Writer of the Year (long-form)
- Naomi Arnold – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
- Donna Chisholm – North & South; New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
- Nikki Macdonald – The Dominion Post/Stuff
- Charlie Mitchell – Stuff
- Rebekah White – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
GENERAL
Best headline, caption or hook
- Michael Donaldson – NZ Herald/NZME
- Paul Harper – Stuff
- David Williams – newsroom.co.nz
Best artwork/graphics, Sponsored Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design
- Lisa Baudry – Metro/Bauer Media Group
- Anna Crichton – Metro/Bauer Media Group; Cuisine
- Richard Dale – NZ Herald/NZME
- Toby Morris – The Spinoff
- David Smith – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
Cartoonist of the Year
- Peter Bromhead – Herald on Sunday/NZME
- Rod Emmerson – NZ Herald/NZME
- Chris Slane – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
- Shaun Yeo Sunday News and Sunday Star – Times/Stuff
Reviewer of the Year
- Duncan Greive – The Spinoff
- Charlotte Grimshaw – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group; The Spinoff; Landfall Review Online
- Danyl McLauchlan – The Spinoff
- Diana Wichtel – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
Editorial Executive of the Year, Sponsored by ASB
- Patrick Crewdson – Editor in Chief – Stuff
- Joanna Hunkin – Head of Entertainment and Lifestyle – NZ Herald/NZME
- Moera Tuilaepa – Pacific Team Leader – RNZ
- Tim Watkin – Executive producer podcast – RNZ
MAGAZINES
Best magazine cover
- HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media Group
- JUNO – Investing Magazine
- Metro – Bauer Media Group
- New Zealand Listener – Bauer Media Group
- North & South – Bauer Media Group
- Verve Magazine
Best magazine design
- HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media Group
- NZ House & Garden – Stuff
- Te Hookioi/Waikato – Tainui
- Together Journal – Kenyon Enterprises
Best newspaper-inserted magazine
- Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
- The Weekend Mix – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- Viva – NZ Herald/NZME
- Your Weekend – Stuff
Best trade/specialist publication, free magazine and/or website
- 1972 – The Spinoff
- Farmers Weekly – GlobalHQ
- Kia Ora magazine – Bauer Media Group
- New Zealand Doctor – The Health Media
Magazine of the Year, Sponsored by Ovato
- New Zealand Geographic – Kōwhai Media
- New Zealand Listener – Bauer Media Group
- North & South – Bauer Media Group
nib Health Journalism Scholarships – junior, Sponsored by nib New Zealand
- Anna Harcourt – Re:/TVNZ
- Hannah Martin – Stuff
- Emma Russell – NZ Herald/NZME
nib Health Journalism Scholarships – senior, Sponsored by nib New Zealand
- Natalie Akoorie – NZ Herald/NZME
- Naomi Arnold – VetScript/Sugar Bag Publishing
- Catherine Hutton – RNZ
- Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME
- Aaron Leaman – Waikato Times/Stuff
GENERAL
Best newspaper front page
- Hawke’s Bay Today/NZME
- Herald on Sunday/NZME
- Nelson Mail/Stuff
- Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
- Taranaki Daily News/Stuff
Community Newspaper of the Year, Sponsored by ASB
- Kāpiti Observer – Stuff
- Taupo & Turangi Weekender – NZME
- The Beacon – Beacon Publishing Group
- The Star, Dunedin – Allied Press
- Wairarapa Times-Age Midweek – National Media Limited
Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation)
- Bay of Plenty Times – NZME
- Rotorua Daily Post – NZME
- Waikato Times – Stuff
Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation)
- NZ Herald – NZME
- The Press – Stuff
Weekly Newspaper of the Year
- Sunday Star Times – Stuff
- The Weekend Press – Stuff
- Weekend Herald – NZME
OPINION WRITING
Opinion Writing – general and/or sport
- Max Christoffersen – Waikato Times/Stuff
- Dylan Cleaver – NZ Herald/NZME
- Michelle Duff – Stuff
- Kylie Klein Nixon -Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
- Toby Manhire -The Spinoff
Opinion writing – humour/satire
- Madeleine Chapman – The Spinoff
- Andrew Gunn – Stuff
- Toby Manhire – The Spinoff
- Joel Maxwell – Stuff
Opinion Writer of the Year
- John Armstrong – 1 NEWS NOW/TVNZ
- Steve Braunias – NZ Herald/NZME
- Jane Clifton – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
- Claire Trevett – NZ Herald/NZME
- Simon Wilson – NZ Herald/NZME
PHOTOGRAPHY
Best feature/photographic essay, Sponsored by Canon
- Martin de Ruyter – Nelson Mail/Stuff
- Brett Phibbs – NZ Herald/NZME
- Chris Skelton – Stuff
- Rob Suisted – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media (Nature’s Pic Images)
- Cornell Tukiri – The Spinoff
- David White – Stuff
Best photography – general, Sponsored by Canon
- Ben Fraser – Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
- Stephen Jaquiery – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- Christel Yardley – Stuff
Best photography – portrait, Sponsored by Canon
- Chris McKeen – Stuff
- Stephen Parker – Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
- Brett Phibbs – NZ Herald/NZME
- Alden Williams – Stuff
Best photography – news and/or sport, Sponsored by Canon
- Braden Fastier – Nelson Mail/Stuff
- Brett Phibbs – NZ Herald/NZME
- Linda Robertson – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- Murray Wilson – Manawatu Standard/Stuff
Best photography – junior, Sponsored by Canon
- George Heard – The Press/Stuff
- Ricky Wilson – Marlborough Express/Stuff
- Rosa Woods – The Dominion Post/Stuff
Photographer of the Year, Sponsored by Canon
- Braden Fastier – Nelson Mail/Stuff
- Ben Fraser – Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
- Brett Phibbs – NZ Herald/NZME
- Chris Skelton – Stuff
REPORTING
General
- Kirsty Johnston – NZ Herald/NZME
- Tova O’Brien – Newshub/MediaWorks
- Melanie Reid – newsroom.co.nz
- Sam Sachdeva – newsroom.co.nz
- Tony Wall – Stuff
- Abby Wilson – 1 NEWS/TVNZ
Crime and/or social issues
- Michelle Duff – Stuff
- Kirsty Johnston – NZ Herald/NZME
- Anna Leask – NZ Herald/NZME
- Carolyne Meng-Yee – Weekend Herald/NZME
- Chris Morris – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- Jared Savage – NZ Herald/NZME
Reporter – Maori affairs
- Aroha Awarau – Māori Television
- Mihingarangi Forbes – The Hui/Great Southern TV
- Miriama Kamo – Sunday and Marae/TVNZ
- Yvonne Tahana – 1 NEWS/TVNZ
- Ripeka Timutimu – Native Affairs/Māori Television
- Tony Wall – Stuff
Environmental / Sustainability Award, Sponsored by Meridian Energy
- Farah Hancock – newsroom.co.nz
- Veronika Meduna – New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
- Charlie Mitchell – Stuff
- Elise Vollweiler – Nelson Mail/Stuff
- Rebekah White – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
- David Williams – newsroom.co.nz
Science and Technology Award, Sponsored by Science Media Centre
- Naomi Arnold – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
- George Block – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
- Kate Evans – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media and New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Group
- Eloise Gibson – newsroom.co.nz
- Mirjam Guesgen – VetScript/Sugar Bag Publishing
- Aaron Leaman – Stuff
- Charlie Mitchell – Stuff
Best individual investigation
- Anusha Bradley – RNZ
- Eloise Gibson – newsroom.co.nz
- Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME
- Chris Morris – Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
Best team investigation, Sponsored by NZ On Air
- newsroom.co.nz – Wellington’s worst kept secret
- NZ Herald/NZME – Wally Haumaha investigation
- NZ Herald/NZME – Fair care investigation
- Stuff – Sex offender/motel investigations
- Stuff – Charity ship boss accused of abuse
- Stuff and RNZ – Gone fishing
- Sunday/TVNZ – Mother’s intuition
Best (single) news story/scoop
- Madeleine Chapman – The Spinoff
- Eloise Gibson – newsroom.co.nz
- Sam Hurley – NZ Herald/NZME
- Nicholas Jones -NZ Herald/NZME
- Matthew Rosenberg – Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
- Jared Savage – NZ Herald/NZME
Best coverage of a major news event
- Melissa Davies – Newshub/MediaWorks -Royal tour
- Zac Fleming – RNZ – DOC using private investigators to monitor anti-1080 activists
- Tova O’Brien – Newshub/MediaWorks – Leak: Ross-Bridges saga
- Kaitlin Ruddock – 1 NEWS/TVNZ – Devastation in the wake of cyclones Fehi and Gita
- Conor Whitten – Newshub/MediaWorks – Thai cave rescue
- Scott Yeoman – Bay of Plenty Times/NZME – Bella Vista homes coverage
Best editorial campaign or project
- Nelson Mail/Stuff – Wasp Wipeout
- Stuff – New Zealand Made/ Na Niu Tireni
- The Hui/Great Southern TV – Nga Morehu – Survivors of state abuse
- Wairarapa Times-Age/National Media Limited – 100 years, 100 lives (WW1)
Best Reporter – junior, Sponsored by Asia New Zealand Foundation
- Logan Church – RNZ
- Dileepa Fonseka – The Dominion Post/Stuff
- Emma Hatton – RNZ
- Te Aniwa Hurihanganui – RNZ
- Mackenzie Smith – RNZ
Student Journalist of the Year, Sponsored by AUT
- Aaron Dahmen – 1 NEWS/TVNZ and Metro News/New Zealand Broadcasting School
- Felix Desmarais – The Dominion Post/Stuff
- Jamie Ensor – Newshub/MediaWorks and Te Waha Nui/AUT
- Horiana Henderson – The Spinoff and NZ Herald/NZME
- Luke Kirkness – NZ Herald/NZME
- Caroline Williams – Rodney Times/Stuff
Community Journalist of the Year
- Rob Drent – The Devonport Flagstaff
- Debrin Foxcroft – Western Leader/Stuff
- Daisy Hudson – Mountain Scene/Allied Press
- Torika Tokalau – Western Leader/Stuff
Regional Journalist of the Year
- Donna-Lee Biddle – Waikato Times/Stuff
- Anusha Bradley – RNZ
- Hamish McNeilly – The Press/Stuff
- Annemarie Quill – Bay of Plenty Times/NZME
- Matt Shand – Waikato Times/Stuff
Sports Journalist of the Year
- Dylan Cleaver – NZ Herald/NZME
- Dana Johannsen – Stuff
- Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media Group
- Abby Wilson – 1 NEWS/TVNZ
Business Journalist of the Year, Sponsored by BusinessNZ
- Madeleine Chapman – The Spinoff
- Thomas Coughlan – newsroom.co.nz
- Tim Hunter – The National Business Review
- Rebecca Stevenson – The Spinoff
- Calida Stuart-Menteath – The National Business Review
Political Journalist of the Year
- David Fisher – NZ Herald/NZME
- Stacey Kirk – Stuff
- Jo Moir – Stuff and RNZ
- Tova O’Brien – Newshub/MediaWorks
- Audrey Young – NZ Herald/NZME
Broadcast Reporter of the Year, Sponsored by NZ On Air
- Jehan Casinader – Sunday/TVNZ
- Mark Crysell – Sunday/TVNZ
- Patrick Gower – Newshub/MediaWorks
- Janet McIntyre – Sunday/TVNZ
- Indira Stewart – RNZ
Reporter of the Year, Sponsored by Voyager
- Kirsty Johnston – NZ Herald/NZME
- Charlie Mitchell – Stuff
- Carmen Parahi – Stuff
- Phil Pennington – RNZ
- Matthew Rosenberg – Stuff
VIDEOGRAPHY
Best news video (single videographer), Sponsored by Canon
- Dan Cook – RNZ
- Iain McGregor – Stuff
- Alex Parsons – Newshub/MediaWorks
- Rebekah Parsons – King RNZ
- Mike Scott – NZ Herald/NZME
- Lawrence Smith – Stuff
Best feature video (single videographer), Sponsored by Canon
- Michael Craig – NZ Herald/NZME
- Anna Harcourt – Re:/TVNZ
- Chris Skelton – Stuff
- Lawrence Smith – Stuff
Best team video – news, Sponsored by Canon
- Newshub/MediaWorks – Road toll devastation through the eyes of first responders
- Stuff – Dying to get there
Best team video – feature. Sponsored by Canon
- Stuff Circuit/Stuff – Caught
- Sunday/TVNZ – P Babies
- Sunday/TVNZ – The naked truth
- Sunday/TVNZ (Sciflims) – Kaikoura: A big year
- The Spinoff (Wrestler) – Silent Lambs, Frame series
- VICE – Syn City
- VICE – Lost boys of Taranaki
Best videographer – junior, Sponsored by Canon
- Jess Cartwright – 1 NEWS/TVNZ
- Anna Harcourt – Re:/TVNZ
- George Heard – Stuff
- Kaitlin Ruddock – 1 NEWS/TVNZ
- Rosa Woods – The Dominion Post/Stuff
Videographer of the Year. Sponsored by Canon
- Jason Dorday – Stuff
- Tim Flower – VICE
- Mike Scott – NZ Herald/NZME
- Chris Skelton – Stuff
- Rosa Woods – The Dominion Post/Stuff
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