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Fairfax Media nominated for 85 finalists in Newspaper of the Year Awards
Fairfax Media has scored an impressive 85 finalists in this year’s PANPA Newspaper of the Year Awards.
The finalists were announced by PANPA last night following a 53-strong judging panel from around the world.
The Sydney Morning Herald, which was named Newspaper of the Year in 2009, has been named a finalist in this category again in 2010.
The awards recognise excellence in newspapers, websites, photography, marketing and excellence in print and production and received entries from the Asia-Pacific region.
Fairfax Media CEO Brian McCarthy said: "The PANPA Awards are considered to be the most prestigious awards in the region and we are delighted to have achieved 85 finalists in Australia and New Zealand among such intense competition.
“It is also pleasing to see that Fairfax has been recognised across its print and digital, including our new iPad and iPhone apps for Sport & Style and My Career. This demonstrates our integrated approach to distributing content is hitting the mark.â€
Fairfax Media’s finalists include:
• Newspaper of the Year 90,000+ daily – The Sydney Morning Herald
• Newspaper of the Year 90,000+ non-daily – St George and Sutherland Shire Leader
• Newspaper of the Year 25,000-90,000 daily – Border Mail; Canberra Times, Dominion Post and Newcastle Herald
• Newspaper of the Year 25,000-90,000 non-daily – The Land
• Newspaper of the Year 10,000-25,000 daily – The Courier (Ballarat); The Standard (Victoria); and Timaru Herald
• Newspaper of the Year 10,000-25,000 non-daily – Stock Journal
• Newspaper of the Year 0-10,000 daily – South Coast Register and Stock and Land
• Sunday Newspaper of the Year – Sunday Star Times and The Sun-Herald
• News Site of the Year (national/metro) – theage.com.au and stuff.co.nz
• News Site of the Year (regional/suburban/local) – Fairfax Community Network
• Specialist Site of the Year – Essential Baby (Fairfax Digital) and The Vine (Fairfax Digital)
• Innovation in Digital Publishing – My Career iPhone app (The Age), Sport & Style iPad app (Fairfax Magazines)
• Marketing – Branding 90,000+ - The Age – Business Day relaunch; The Sun-Herald City2Surf; The Sydney Morning Herald – Sport & Style iPad app; The Sydney Morning Herald – International Food Festival
• Marketing – Branding 25,000-90,000 – Dominion Post – A Fresh Look; Illawarra Mercury – Babies 2009
• Marketing – Branding 10,000-25,000 – Nelson Mail – Sayings
• Marketing – Cause Related – 10,000-25,000 – Nelson Mail – Aim High
• Marketing – Circulation – 90,000+ - The Age –Tropfest DVD, The Sydney Morning Herald – Tropfest DVD, The Sydney Morning Herald – 12 Days of iTunes Christmas; The Sydney Morning Herald – Leunig Calendar and Cards
• Marketing – Circulation – 25,000-90,000 – Dominion Post – Easy Rider
• Marketing – Circulation – 10,000-25,000 – Nelson Mail – WoW
• Marketing – Classified Advertising – 90,000+ - The Sydney Morning Herald – Domain Vendor DVD
• Marketing – Classified Advertising – Illawarra Mercury – Babies of 2009
• Marketing – Classified Advertising – 10,000-25,000 – Timaru Herald – salesman
• Marketing – Display Advertising 90,000+ - The Age – The Paw; The Age – Beer Case Study
• Marketing - Display Advertising 25,000-90,000 – Dominion Post – Wellingtonians Get It
• Marketing – Display Advertising 10,000-25,0000 – Nelson Mail – Sale; Nelson Mail – Free Brains
• Marketing Events – 90,000+ - The Age – Epicure; The Age – Good Food Guide Awards; The Sun-Herald Run4Fun; The Sun-Herald – City2Surf; The Sydney Morning Herald – Transport Enquiry; The Sydney Morning herald – NSW Wine Week
• Marketing –Events – 25,000-90,000 – Illawarra Mercury – Bluescope Youth Band Competition
• Marketing – Sponsorship – 90,000+ - The Age – Melbourne Racing Club
• Marketing –Sponsorship – 25,000-90,000 – Illawarra Mercury – St George Dragons; Illawarra Mercury – Wollongong Hawks
• Marketing – Young Readers – 90,000+ - the Age Super Quiz
• Marketing – Young Readers – 25,000-90,000 – Illawarra Mercury – Young Readers
• Marketing – Young Readers – 10,000-25,000 – The Courier (Ballarat) – Where is it? 2009
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – News (national/metro) – Kent Blechynden, Dominion Post – Sledgehammer Man; Melissa Adams, Canberra Times – Police Stand-off
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – News (regional/suburban/local) – Brent McGilvray, Northern District Times – Mega Michael; John Russell, Border Mail – Gerogery Fires
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – Feature (regional/suburban/local) – Kitty Hill, The Newcastle Herald – Different; Kylie Pitt, Hawkesbury Courier – Butt Rd, Cinders Limits; Simone De Peak,The Newcastle Herald – Grovin’ the Mo
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – Sport (national/metro) – Dallas Kilponen, The Sydney Morning herald – Sydney to Hobert Yacht Race; Kent Blechynden, Dominion Post – Ocean Swims; Ross Giblin, Dominion Post – Mudmen; Vince Caligiuri, The Age – Federer
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – Sport (regional/suburband/local) – Geoff Jones, Hawesbury Courier – The Big Men Fly; Peter Gleeson, Port Macquarie News – Ironman
• Newspaper Photograph of the Year – Portrait (national/metro) – Joe Armeo, The Age – John Olsen
• Technical Excellence – Newspapers Printed on a double-width press 90,000+ - Australian Financial Review; The Sun-Herald
• Technical Excellence – Newspapers Printed on a double-width press 25,000- 90,000 – Canberra Times; North Shore Times
• Technical Excellence – Newspapers Printed on a double-width press 0-25,000 – Australian Financial Review (Queensland); Daily Advertiser
• Technical Excellence – Newspapers Printed on a single-width press 25,000- 90,000 – The Land; Mandurah Mail
• Technical Excellence – pre-print or supplement – Canberra Times – Babies 2009; Canberra Times – Heritage Festival 2009; Mandurah Mail – Harcourt Buyers Guide
• Technical Excellence – Innovation in Pre-production processes or technology – The Age – New Insert Tool; The Sun-Herald – Harvey Norman 3D; The Sydney Morning herald – Toyota transparent wraparound
• Technical Excellence – environment, health & safety – The Age Print Centre; Fairfax Media
The Newspaper of the Year Awards will be held at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont Sydney on August 26.
For more information, please contact:
Rochelle Burbury
Access Public Relations
M: 0408 774 577
E: rochelle@accesspr.com.au
Marissa La Spina
Access Public Relations
M: 0422 775 228
E: marissa@accesspr.com.au