ABC dominates SA/NT Rural Media and Communicators awards
The ABC dominated at the Rural Media and Communicators SA/NT awards on Friday, with Kristy O’Brien from the Darwin newsroom named Rural Journalist of the Year.
O’Brien was also Best Rural Broadcast Journalist for audio/radio and for video/television.
ABC Riverland Rural reporter Eliza Berlage was named Best Rural Broadcast Journalist for digital/online; Broken Hill news reporter Bill Ormonde Best Rural/Regional Photojournalist; and Adelaide cinematographer Tony Hill won the Best Rural Photographer Award – Nature/Landscape/Rural Scenes.
Full list of ABC winners and highly commended:
JOURNALISM
2024 Rural Journalist of the Year
Winner: Kristy O’Brien, ABC NT
2024 Best Rural Broadcast Journalist – Audio / Radio
Winner: Kristy O’Brien, ABC NT
2024 Best Rural Broadcast Journalist – Video / Television
Winner: Kristy O’Brien, ABC NT
2024 Best Rural Broadcast Journalist – Digital / Online
Winner: Eliza Berlage, ABC Riverland
Highly commended: Bill Ormonde, ABC Broken Hill
PHOTOGRAPHY
2024 Best Rural Photographer Award – Nature/Landscape/Rural Scenes
Winner: Tony Hill, ABC TV
Best single photograph: Tony Hill, ABC TV
2024 Best Rural/Regional Photo Journalist Award
Winner: Bill Ormonde, ABC