SA Media Awards :: JudgesEach judging panel comprises one senior industry representative, one educator
and one prominent independent person.
In 2009 the judges are:
The Hon. Dr lynn arnold, ao
Chief Executive Officer
Anglicare SA
sENATOR sIMON bIRMINGHAM
Liberal Senator for South Australia
Kathryn Bowd
Undergraduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication, International
Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Bryan Charlton
Freelance Photographer
Susan Clearihan
Councillor
Adelaide City Council
Helen Covernton
Former Journalist
Marina Emsley
Freelance Journalist
Janet Giles
Secretary
SA Unions
Leanne Glenny
Acting Public Relations Program Director, School of Communication, International
Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Professor Kerry Green
Head of School of Communication, International Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Karen Grogan
Executive Director
SA Council of Social Service
Ian Hutchison
Lecturer in Media Production, School of Communication, International Studies
and Languages
University of South Australia
ALex Kennedy
Director
The Write Connection
and former Journalist
Melissa King
Senior Consultant, Hughes PR
and former Journalist
Julia Lester
Former ABC Radio Journalist
Ken Macpherson
Acting Ombudsman
Office of the South Australian Ombudsman
Assoc. Professor Haydon Manning
Assoc. Professor, School of Political & International Studies
Flinders University
Katrina McLachlan
Sessional Lecturer in Journalism, School of Communication, International Studies
and Languages
University of South Australia
The Hon. Dr Kemeri Murray, AO
Retired Family Court Judge
Professor Ian Richards
Post Graduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication, International
Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Geoff Rischbieth
Businessman and Philanthropist
Phil Robins
Retired Advertiser Journalist
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, International Studies and Languages
University of South Australia
Pam Simmons
Guardian for Children and Young People
david Sweet
Sessional Lecturer in Journalism & Public Relations, School of Communication,
International Studiesand Languages
University of South Australia
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 2009 SA Media Ball