In this, our 7th year, the SA Media Awards has created an Advisory Panel of senior working South Australian journalists and media professionals, each respected in his or her field.
This panel, representing a cross-section of the industry, had responsibility for judging the silver and gold awards and in the future will also oversee the categories and criteria for the awards.
The panel members are:
Shauna Black (Chairperson)
Managing Editor
The Islander, Kangaroo Island
Matt Deighton
Editor-in-Chief
Messenger Community News
Lesley johns
Director
Precise Media
Greg Kelton
State Editor
The Advertiser
Alan Kennedy
representing the Walkley Advisory Board
Tony Love
National Wine Editor, Taste Liftout
News Limited
Professor Ian Richards
Postgraduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication, International
Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Geoff Roach
Columnist
The Advertiser
Dominique Schwartz
News Presenter
ABC Adelaide
Angelique Ivanica
Branch Secretary
Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Some of the Media Awards Advisory Panel at the 2010 SA Media Ball

