The SA Media Awards Advisory Panel is made up 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, has responsibility for judging the silver and gold awards and in the future will also oversee the categories and criteria for the awards.

Tony Agars 
NewsDirector, Channel 9 South Australia

Shauna Black (Chairperson)
Managing Editor, The Islander, Kangaroo Island

Matt Deighton
Editor-in-Chief, Messenger Community News

Samela Harris
Senior Journalist, News Limited

Angelique Ivanica
SA Branch Secretary, Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance

Lesley Johns
Director, Precise Media

Alan Kennedy
Representing the Walkley Advisory Board

Ian Osterman
Editor, Mt Barker Courier

Professor Ian Richards
Postgraduate Journalism Program Director, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages. University of South Australia