Clarion Awards 2016: winners

Winners in the 2016 Queensland Clarion Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced on Saturday night.

Sarah Elks of The Australian was named the 2016 Queensland Journalist of Year.

ABC dominated the TV categories while Kay McGrath of Seven News was awarded with an Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.

TV and related categories:

Television – Current Affairs, Feature Documentary
Mark Willacy & Ben Hawke, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Into the Zone

Television – The John Bean Award for News and Current Affairs Camerawork
Luke Dorrington, Seven Network, North Queensland Drought

Television News Report
Darren Curtis, Nine Network, Jakarta Bombing

Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism
Kay McGrath, Seven Network

All Media – Broadcast Interview
Kay McGrath & Paula Doneman , 7 News, Terry Lewis’s Last Card

All Media – Rural Journalism
Kirstin Murray, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Baby Cash

All Media – Social Issues Reporting
Heidi Davoren, Matthew Liddy, Lucy Fahey, Ben Spraggon & Colin Gourlay, Australian
Broadcasting Corporation, These women are not just statistics

All Media – Sports Journalism
Nance Haxton, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Why are boxers dying in Queensland?

Source: Mediaweek