ABC journalists reporting on\u00a0South Australia’s\u00a0First Nations\u00a0Voice\u00a0to Parliament, the mental health crisis and sporting burnout were among the winners at the 2024 MEAA SA Media Awards.<\/p>\n
Angelique Donnellan won Best Television\/Video Feature for her\u00a07.30<\/em>\u00a0report, \u2018Call for Help<\/a>\u2019, which documented the story of a young man killed by police during a mental health crisis. The judges praised her sensitive handling of a difficult topic: \u201cThe reporter\u2019s ability to establish a deep and trusting connection with her subject was evident. This was an incredibly powerful, incisive and \u2013 above all \u2013 important piece of journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n Angus Randall won the Best Radio\/Audio News Reporting Award for\u00a0“National eyes on SA as it passes Voice legislation\u201d<\/a>, described as \u201ca sensitive and careful examination of the prospect of legislation for the people it would affect most.\u201d<\/p>\n In the Visual Storytelling category, Che Chorley won for his \u201cmasterful images [that] brought his subjects to life and conveyed a strong sense of place in two stories about outback South Australia. This is a feature photographer at the top of his game.\u201d<\/p>\n Nicholas Maher\u2019s \u2018explainers\u2019 on international crises in countries such as\u00a0Myanmar<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sudan<\/a>\u00a0took home the prize for Multimedia News or Feature.\u00a0\u201cIn a world of growing complexity and shortening attention spans, Nicholas Maher\u2019s ability to explain difficult issues in engaging, bitesize chunks on multiple platforms makes him a deserved winner in this category.\u201d<\/p>\n Awarded Best Rural\/Regional Journalist, Sophie Landau\u2019s collection of reports \u2018Connection, care, compassion\u2019 were praised as\u00a0<\/strong>original and well-researched demonstrations of the importance of building strong connections within the community. \u201cHer report about\u00a0Theo Nickolas Papageorgiou<\/a>\u00a0and the impact of his suicide on family, the local region and state mental health laws is particularly notable.\u201d<\/p>\n Cale Matthews\u2019 \u2018Sports Burnout\u2019<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0BTN<\/em>, which presented \u201ca sympathetic but informed view of how high-performing young people strive to find a balance between protecting their mental health, while still pursuing excellence\u201d, won Best Sports Report.<\/p>\n The ABC also fielded many finalists whose agenda-setting stories continue to lead to change and make an impact.<\/p>\n The full list of ABC winners and finalists:<\/strong><\/p>\n Television\/Video – Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio\/Audio \u2013 News reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n Text Format – Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n Visual Storytelling<\/strong><\/p>\n Multimedia News or Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Rural\/Regional Journalist<\/strong><\/p>\n Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique<\/strong><\/p>\n Investigative Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n Social Equity Report<\/strong><\/p>\n Sports Report<\/strong><\/p>\n The Max Fatchen Award for Best Young Journalist<\/strong><\/p>\n Related links \u2013 ABC journalism awards in 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n ABC journalists reporting on\u00a0South Australia’s\u00a0First Nations\u00a0Voice\u00a0to Parliament, the mental health crisis and sporting burnout were among the winners at the 2024 MEAA SA Media Awards. Angelique Donnellan won Best Television\/Video Feature for her\u00a07.30\u00a0report, \u2018Call for Help\u2019, which documented the story of a young man killed by police during a mental health crisis. The judges praised … Continue reading “ABC winners at 2024 SA Media Awards”<\/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-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","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=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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