Sport Australia congratulates the following finalists for the prestigious Sport Australia Media Awards, with winners to be announced at a gala ceremony in Sydney early next year.
There was strong contention for places among the finalists this year, Sport Australia receiving more than 350 entries.
The Sport Australia Media Awards (#SportAUSMediaAwards) have been running since 2002 and are Australia's only awards dedicated to recognising excellence in sports journalism, broadcasting, production and photography.
Finalists will be invited to a gala dinner in Sydney on Thursday, 13 February, 2020. The ceremony will also honour a new recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for sports journalism, last awarded to Dennis Cometti AM.
Best reporting of an issue in sport
- Shark Island Productions, 'The Final Quarter'
- Jamie Pandaram, 'Israel's holy war', News Corp Australia
- Phil Lutton, Damian Ryan, 'The Shayna Jack Doping Case', Nine-Fairfax
- Triple M, 'Concussion in the AFL - Paddy McCartin's story'
- Michael Carayannis, 'The best there never was', Daily Telegraph
- Samantha Lane, 'Adam Goodes: My love for the game died inside me', The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Best individual sport coverage – broadcast
- Brenton Speed, Fox Sports Australia
- Corbin Middlemas, ABC
- Gerard Whateley, SEN Radio and Fox Footy
- Tracey Holmes, ABC
Best individual sport coverage – written
- Jessica Halloran, News Corp Australia
- Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend
- Mark Robinson, The Herald Sun
- Phil Lutton, The Sydney Morning Herald
- Will Swanton, The Australian
Best individual sport coverage – digital
- Mary Konstantopoulos, Ladies Who League
- Samuel Ferris, Cricket Australia
- David Weiner, Optus Sport
- Jamie van Leeuwen, ESPN
Best coverage of a sporting event
- ABC, 'Invictus Games Sydney 2018'
- Seven Network, 'Cox Plate 2018'
- Optus Sport, 'FIFA Women's World Cup 2019'
- The Age, 'The Ashes'
Best sport profile – broadcast
- Richard Bayliss, 'Top Tier Towns', Optus Sport
- Josh Cable, Marcus Cobbledick, 'Collingwood: From the Inside Out', Good Thing Productions
- Michael Chammas, 'Benji Marshall: A long walk to 300 NRL games', NRL.com
- On The Mark, 'Travis Varcoe', Fox Footy
Best sport profile – written
- Martin Smith, 'Rebuilding Burt: How cricket changed a life', cricket.com.au
- Nick Walshaw, 'Braidon Burns', Daily Telegraph
- Peter Badel, 'Broncos at War', The Courier Mail
- Samantha Lane, 'Adam Goodes', The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
- Will Swanton, 'Steph Gilmore', The Australian
Best coverage of sport for people with disability
- ABC, 'Invictus Games Sydney 2018'
- Amanda Smith, 'Blind Tennis', Sporty ABC Radio National
- Catherine Marciniak, 'Leagueability', ABC
- Matthew Carmichael, Seven Network
Best regional, rural and suburban sport coverage
- Anthony Pancia, 'Coverage of the 2019 Margaret River Pro', ABC
- Jennifer Browning, 'Saving the Coonamble Golf Club', ABC Western Plains
- Michael Parris, 'A male-only tennis club meets its match', Newcastle Herald
- Stuart Walmsley, RUGBY.com.au
Best sports photography
- Darren England, 'Kurtis Patterson classic catch', Australian Associated Press
- Michael Willson, 'The Kick', AFL Photos
- Hamish Blair, 'Emerging from the shadows', Australian Associated Press
- Quinn Rooney, 'Water Drops', Getty Images
Best depiction of inclusive sport
- Joanna Lester, 'Power Meri', Media Stockade
- Reece Homfray, 'The beating heart of Australian Rules', The Advertiser
- Robert Drane, 'African appearance', NEXT Media
- The Outer Sanctum, ABC
Best contribution to sport via digital media
- Wide World of Sports, 'The home of rugby league', Nine Network
- The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Sport explainers'
- RUGBY.com.au
- The Herald Sun, 'Sacked'
Best analysis of sport business
- Jamie van Leeuwen, 'Inside Tasmania's push for an AFL team', ESPN
- John Stensholt, The Australian
- Tracey Holmes, 'The Global Swimming Wars', The Ticket ABC
- The Business of Sport, Sky News
Previous winners of the Sport Australia Media Awards can be found here.
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