{"id":2014,"date":"2025-11-13T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:31:30","slug":"abc-duo-named-west-australian-journalists-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/abc-duo-named-west-australian-journalists-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC duo named West Australian Journalists of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted&nbsp;2h ago2 hours ago,&nbsp;updated&nbsp;2h ago2 hours ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/fc8915c6387a7640b73a548fca26c6ae?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=485&amp;cropW=862&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" alt=\"WA Media Awards\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC Radio Perth Mornings presenter Nadia Mitsopoulos and producer Alicia Hanson have been named the joint West Australian Journalists of the Year at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-09\/abc-stories-recognised-at-meaa-awards-\/105989352\">WA Media Awards<\/a>&nbsp;for their reporting on the collapse of Perth builder Nicheliving, along with Seven News&#8217; Geoff Parry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judges said: &#8220;Their tenacious and courageous reporting held powerful figures to account, prompted government intervention and the suspension of the company&#8217;s licence, ultimately leading to legislative change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Their investigations and compelling use of their respective mediums achieved tangible outcomes and exemplified journalism in the public interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether ABC teams and journalists won an outstanding 10 awards, across categories including Culture and Arts Report, Legal Affairs Report, New Journalist or Cadet, Regional &amp; Community \u2014 Three News Stories\/Features, Science and Environmental Report, Social Equity Report, Feature Photograph\/Photographic Essay, Audio News Story and Multimedia Feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full list of ABC winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALL MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Culture and Arts Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gianfranco Di Giovanni and Angus Mackintosh, ABC, &#8220;Interactive Art and Games&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal Affairs Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mya Kordic and Esse Deves, ABC, &#8220;State&#8217;s Most Vulnerable Child&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Journalist or Cadet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Andrew Williams, ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional &amp; Community \u2014 Three News Stories\/Features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Erin Parke, ABC, &#8220;Missing Men&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Science and Environmental Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rhiannon Shine, ABC, &#8220;Rock Study Revelations&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social Equity Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dunja Karagic and Mya Kordic, ABC, &#8220;Inside the Classes Where Violent Men Work to Change Their Behaviour&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PHOTOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feature Photograph \/ Photographic Essay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cason Ho, ABC, &#8220;Weaponising the State&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RADIO\/AUDIO JOURNALISM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audio News Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alicia Hanson and Nadia Mitsopoulos, ABC, &#8220;Niche Nightmare Over: Hundreds Can Finally Finish Homes&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MULTIMEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Multimedia Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Charmayne Allison and Xavier Martin, ABC, &#8220;The Pintupi Nine&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>West Australian Journalist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alicia Hanson &amp; Nadia Mistopoulos, ABC, &#8220;Niche Nightmare Over&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted&nbsp;2h ago2 hours ago,&nbsp;updated&nbsp;2h ago2 hours ago ABC Radio Perth Mornings presenter Nadia Mitsopoulos and producer Alicia Hanson have been named the joint West Australian Journalists of the Year at the&nbsp;WA Media Awards&nbsp;for their reporting on the collapse of Perth builder Nicheliving, along with Seven News&#8217; Geoff Parry. The judges said: &#8220;Their tenacious and courageous &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/abc-duo-named-west-australian-journalists-of-the-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABC duo named West Australian Journalists of the Year&#8221;<\/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-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","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=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2015,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}