SA media stars shine
ABC TV's Michael Sexton was named South Australian Journalist of the Year at
the fifth annual SA Media Awards Ball at the Adelaide Festival Centre Banquet
Room on Saturday, April 19.
Sexton, from The 7.30 Report, took out the gala event's top prize after also
being honoured as Best TV Broadcaster and winning the Best Coverage of Youth Affairs
award.
The win rounded out a big night for the ABC, which won nine of the 32 awards
presented, including Best Radio Broadcaster for Peter Goers.
Former Independent Weekly and now Messenger Community News on-line editor Greg
Barila took out the Best Print Journalist award, while Channel 7's Caroline Kelly
won her second consecutive Young Journalist of the Year award.
The Advertiser's Alice Prokopec was named Best Photogrpaher and also won for
Best News Photo, while Jessica Marshallsay was awarded the Julie Duncan Memorial
Award for Most Outstanding Student Journalism.
Another South Australian journalism icon was inducted into the Hall of Fame at
the awards for his legacy of groundbreaking and fearless investigative reporting.
Walkley Award winner and former Advertiser journalist Stewart Cockburn joins earlier
inductees Max Fatchen, Kevin Crease, Des Colquhoun, John Doherty and Michael Atchison
on the Hall of Fame honour board.
The SA Media Awards recognise excellence in the media and reward South Australian
journalists whose commitment to excellence best informs South Australians and
the nation.
For all winners, click here.


