The ABC won 12 of the 15 categories at the 2025 MEAA Tasmanian Media Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April McLennan was named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year for her investigative reporting, in particular her work on women who have experienced traumatic births<\/a> at Launceston General Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cApril\u2019s body of work exemplifies her investigative skill and commitment to public interest journalism,\u201d the judges said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHer ongoing coverage of issues within the Launceston General Hospital led to her powerful piece on women who\u2019ve experienced traumatic births, shining a light on the hospital\u2019s failure to respond to the women\u2019s concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cApril approaches her craft with compassion and sensitivity, ensuring her stories have integrity as well as impact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ABC\u2019s Airlie Ward received the Keith Welsh Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, a lifetime achievement award recognising her \u201cenduring dedication to Tasmanian journalism and her significant influence on the industry over many years\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full list of ABC winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2025 Journalist of the Year<\/strong> Keith Welsh Award for Outstanding Contribution<\/strong> Arts Reporting<\/strong> Best New Journalist<\/strong> Best News Image<\/strong> Best News Story<\/strong> Comment & Analysis<\/strong> Coverage of a Breaking News Event<\/strong> Excellence in Legal Reporting<\/strong> Feature, Documentary or Current Affairs<\/strong> Health Reporting<\/strong> Public Service Journalism<\/strong> The ABC won 12 of the 15 categories at the 2025 MEAA Tasmanian Media Awards. April McLennan was named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year for her investigative reporting, in particular her work on women who have experienced traumatic births at Launceston General Hospital. \u201cApril\u2019s body of work exemplifies her investigative skill and commitment to public interest journalism,\u201d … Continue reading “ABC\u2019s April McLennan named Tasmanian 2025 Journalist of the Year”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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