SA Media Awards :: JudgesEach judging panel comprises one senior industry representative, one educator
and one prominent independent person.
In 2008 the judges were:
Hon. Dr lynn arnold, ao
Chief Executive Officer
Anglicare SA
Kathryn Bowd
Undergraduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication
University of South Australia
chris brice
Former Journalist with the Advertiser
Senator Grant Chapman
Liberal Senator for South Australia
Sue Foster
Director, Child Protection, Families SA
Department of Families and Communities
Janet Giles
Secretary
SA Unions
Leanne Glenny
Acting Public Relations Program Director, School of Communication
University of South Australia
Professor Kerry Green
Head of School of Communication
University of South Australia
Karen Grogan
Executive Director
SA Council of Social Service
bill guy
Freelance journalist and author
and former foreign editor with the Advertiser
Ian Hutchison
Lecturer in Media Production, School of Communication
University of South Australia
martin jacka
Wildlife and freelance photographer
and former photographer with the Advertiser
Lesley johns
Director
Precise Media Management
and former Journalist
ALex Kennedy
Director
The Write Connection
and former Journalist
Assoc. Professor Haydon Manning
Senior Lecturer, School of Political & International Studies
Flinders University
David Matthews
Former Journalist with The Advertiser
Katrina McLachlan
Sessional Lecturer in Journalism, School of Communication
University of South Australia
Hon. Dr Kemeri Murray, AO
Retired Family Court Judge
Professor Ian Richards
Post Graduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication
University of South Australia
John Scales
Former Editor of The Advertiser
Dr Pamela Schulz
Sessional Lecturer in Post Graduate Communications Management
University of South Australia
and Private Consultant
Neelu Sharma
Sessional Lecturer in Journalism, School of Communication
University of South Australia
Pam Simmons
Guardian for Children and Young People
david Sweet
Sessionnal Lecturer in Journalism & Public Relations, School of Communication
University of South Australia
Peter Vaughan
Chief Executive Officer
Business SA
SENATOR DANA WORTLEY
Labor Senator for South Australia,
former Branch Secretary, Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
and former journalist
and former journalist
Some of the judges at the 2008 SA Media Ball