Clarion Awards 2022: winners

The winners of the 2022 Queensland Clarion Awards were announced in Brisbane on Saturday.

The ABC Four Corners team of Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman were jointly awarded the Journalist of the Year award for their report, ‘State Control’.

There were further wins for ABC, SBS and Seven.

Director of 7NEWS for Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Neil Warren said: “It’s a great honour for such a hard-working dedicated news team, filled with terrific people who always have each other’s backs. They’re mates, operating in an environment that feels like family and this makes a difference. They are a team dedicated to responsible, honest reporting and getting the facts right.

“Special mention to Pat Welsh who deserves every bit of this award. So much talent and such dedication over so many years. Pat is 7NEWS, a legend of TV sport, and we’ll miss him when he retires at the end of this year.”

TV and related awards:

Rural Journalism
Nathan Morris, Baz Ruddick and Jeremy Story Carter, ABC, “Boom, Bust and Mistrust”

Health & Science Reporting
Emily Sakzewski, Georgina Piper, Colin Gourlay and Matt Liddy, ABC News, “This is what long COVID feels like”

Multicultural Reporting
Stefan Armbruster, SBS, “Citizenship, an asylum boat tragedy and children in detention”

Indigenous Issues Reporting
Michael Atkin, ABC, “A First Nations Family’s Desperate Plea for Answers – What Happened to Ms Bernard?”

Broadcast Interview
Seven News Team, Seven Network, “Beach Rescue”

Innovation
Colin Gourlay, Georgina Piper, Tim Leslie, Cristen Tilley and Matt Liddy, ABC News, “The Australian Election map has been lying to you”

New Journalist of the Year
Ellie Grounds, ABC, “Body of Work – ABC Western Queensland and triple j Hack”

Television/Audio Visual categories

TV News Report
Seven News Team, “Flood Disaster”

TV Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special Broadcast
Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman, Four Corners, ABC, “State Control”

The John Bean Memorial Award for Television Camerawork
Michael Lloyd, ABC, “Fighting for Equality”

Regional and Community categories

Regional and Community – Broadcast Report
Nathan Morris, Baz Ruddick and Jeremy Story Carter, ABC, “Boom, Bust and Mistrust”

Investigative Journalism
Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman, Four Corners, ABC, “State Control”

2022 Journalist of the Year
Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman, Four Corners, ABC, “State Control”