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Newsroom awards celebrate The Citizen’s second anniversary

Winners of The Citizen Newsroom Awards have been announced. The awards are proudly sponsored by the Faculty of Arts Office of Graduate Studies and  recognise the work of University of Melbourne students enrolled in the Master of Journalism, who have published work on The Citizen in the previous year. Awards were offered in each of four categories, with the winners announced at a ceremony on Friday, 17 April. 

 

• BEST NEWS STORY •

Life on Manus Island a state of despair, documents show

By Rose Iser, Michael Roddan, Chris Shearer, Bec Zajac

Also commended:
Unis, residential colleges ditch plans for sharing data on campus sex assaults
By Kate Stanton
Hospital’s undercover legal service latest check on violence against women
By Bec Zajac

• BEST FEATURE STORY •

Family First puts its family front and centre in election push

By Elyas Khan, Daryl Holland, Keryn Reynolds

Also commended:
Cancer trials offering hope, prolonging lives
By Julie Milland
Power and gender: how schools are taking a lead in the campaign to end violence against women
By Bec Zajac

• BEST AUDIO-VISUAL/MULTI-MEDIA STORY • 

Afghan war’s hidden toll

(Citizen TV: 9m41s – 14m52s)

By Bessie Byrne

Also commended:Zoo’s east-west dilemma   (Citizen TV report: 50s – 6m46s)
By Rose Iser
Songster Albert Salt takes his music to a high with a little help from Triple J
By Emily Robyn

• BEST INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIO •

Bec Zajac

Also commended:

Krati Garg

Daryl Holland

Julie Milland

The small print:
Broadly, key elements considered by judges were: originality of the work, topicality, strength and structure, objectivity and creativity. Additional considerations included whether the story had impact beyond The Citizen and whether it was co-published or re-published by another media outlet. The portfolio award was awarded for a series of reports published throughout 2014. A short-list of three entries in each category were compiled by The Citizen editors and Master of Journalism teaching staff. The winners were selected by a panel of judges drawn from the Advisory Board and fellows of the University’s Centre for Advancing Journalism.
Categories Media
Date published April 20, 2015
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