SA Media Awards 2022: winners

ABC 7:30 reporter Gabriella Marchant (pictured left) was the big winner at the South Australian Media Awards on the weekend, taking out Journalist of the Year and a whopping 5 other categories for her story, “Rhys’s Final Wish” on voluntary euthanasia.

Other wins went to Seven News and Foxtel’s History channel.

TV and related winners:

Best Rural/Regional Journalist
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC News, ABC Online and ABC Radio The World Today, “Body of work”

Coverage of Public Service Journalism
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online and ABC 7.30, “Rhys’s Final Wish”

Investigative Journalism
● Patrick Martin and Nicholas Harmsen, ABC, “SA Parliament’s expenses scandal continued”

Freelance Contribution
● Daniel Clarke, Foxtel History Channel, Binge and SA Weekend, “Body of work”

Visual Storytelling
● Lincoln Rothall and Evelyn Leckie, ABC News, “A line in the Sand”

Best TV/Video News Report
● Hannah Foord, 7NEWS Adelaide, “Port Hughes Murder”

Best TV Current Affairs or Feature
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC 7.30, “Rhys’s Final Wish TV”

Best Print/Text News Report supported by the University of South Australia
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online, “Rhys’s Final Wish Online”

Best News or Lifestyle Feature supported by the University of South Australia
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC Online, “Rhys’s Final Wish Online”

The Max Fatchen Award for Best Young Journalist
● Bec Whetham, ABC Landline and ABC Online, “Stories of hope”

Journalist of the Year
● Gabriella Marchant, ABC