Canon awards rate Waikato tops

The Waikato Times weekend edition beat out some heavyweight competition to claim the Canon Newspaper of the Year award at this year’s Canon Media Awards. An audience of around 450 attended a black tie dinner at Te Papa Museum in Wellington to hear the winners announced. Awards recipients comprised newspapers, magazines, websites, writers, columnists, cartoonists, reviewers, and photographers were The judges, who included Australian newspaper bosses Campbell Reid and Brett McCarthy ‘s news chief and West Australian newspaper editor Brett McCarthy. said the Waikato Times stood out this year for ambition, bold design and provocative journalism aimed directly at its readership. Generating no small amount of interest, the awards attracted 1603 entries in 64 categories. Jonathan MacKenzie, editor at the Waikato Times, said he thought the award reflected the hard work his team had put into the paper over the past couple of years. He said, “”Staff have weathered many changes but have adapted well and continue to produce stories, photos and videos which are relevant and important to our community and readers.” The New Zealand Herald took out the plus 30,000 circulation newspaper gong and the Taranaki Daily News won the minus 30,000 circulation award. Home magazine won Magazine of the Year and Kapi-Mana News won Community Newspaper of the Year. Kim Conner, managing director for Canon New Zealand managing director said the calibre of this year’s submissions reflected what it meant to be the best of New Zealand journalism. Award winners: Best newspaper front page The New Zealand Herald Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine (NiM)Your Weekend – Fairfax Media Newspaper of the year +30,000 The New Zealand Herald Newspaper of the year -30,000 Taranaki Daily News – Fairfax Media Weekly newspaper of the year Waikato Times Weekend Community newspaper of the year Kapi-Mana News – Fairfax Media Magazine of the year HOME – Bauer Best trade/specialist publication and/or site Pro Photographer – Kowhai Media Best magazine design Micheal Hanly & Carolyn Lewis – Metro Canon Newspaper of the Year Waikato Times and Waikato Times Weekend nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Junior Jessica McAllen – The Spinoff/Sunday Star-Times nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Senior Donna Chisholm – North & South, NZ Listener Editorial Leader of the Year Barbara Fountain – New Zealand Doctor Wolfson Fellowship Rebecca Macfie – NZ Listener Photographer of the Year Stephen Parker – Rotorua Daily Post Junior Photographer of the Year Grant Matthew – Fairfax Media Videographer of the year Iain McGregor – The Press Best news photo Peter Drury – Waikato Times/stuff.co.nz Best news video Andy Jackson – Fairfax Media Best feature photo Andy Jackson – Fairfax Media Best feature video Mike Scott – Fairfax Media Best portrait photo Stephen Parker – Rotorua Daily Post Best sports photo Stephen Parker – Rotorua Daily Post Best sports video Nick Reed – The New Zealand Herald Best photo essay slideshow Richard Robinson – NZ Geographic Best environmental photo Richard Robinson – NZ Geographic Reporting Reporter of the year Matt Nippert – The New Zealand Herald Junior reporter of the year Chloe Winter – The Dominion Post Regional journalist of the year Aaron Leaman – Waikato Times Community journalist of the year Kris Dando – Kapi-Mana News Business Matt Nippert – The New Zealand Herald Politics Joint Winners – Jared Savage and Bernard Orsman – The New Zealand Herald Crime & justice Jared Savage – The New Zealand Herald Health Ben Heather – The Dominion Post Science & technology Jamie Morton – The New Zealand Herald Lifestyle Kim Knight – Sunday Star-Times Arts & entertainment Kim Knight – Sunday Star-Times Sport Dana Johannsen – The New Zealand Herald Genera lLincoln Tan – The New Zealand Herald Feature writer of the year Mike White – North & South Junior feature writer of the year Tess McClure – The Press/RNZ Business Anne Gibson – The New Zealand Herald Politics Rebecca Macfie – NZ Listener Crime & justice Mike White – North & South Health Rebecca Macfie – NZ Listener Science & technology Donna Chisholm – NZ Listener Lifestyle Naomi Arnold – Metro Arts & entertainment Hayden Donnell – 1972 Magazine/The Pantograph Punch Sport Peter Malcouronne – Metro General Michelle Duff – Your Weekend Opinion writer of the year Rachel Stewart – Taranaki Daily News/Manawatu Standard Business Chris Barton – The New Zealand Herald Politics Jane Clifton – NZ Listener Humour/satire Alex Casey – The Spinoff Sport Paul Thomas – NZ Listener General Toby Manhire and Toby Morris – RNZ Online Reviewer of the Year Simon Wilson – Metro Cartoonist of the Year Sharon Murdoch – Sunday Star-Times/The Press Best headline — no winner — Student journalist of the year Tommy Livingston – The Dominion Post Best investigation Faces of Innocents Project Team – Fairfax Media Scoop of the year Luke Appleby – TVNZ Best editorial campaign or project Forgotten Millions -The New Zealand Herald Best coverage of a major news event Wellington Floods – The Dominion Post/stuff.co.nz Best innovation in storytelling Money in Politics – The New Zealand Herald Website of the year The Wireless Best news site or app TVNZ One News Now – www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news Best sports sitenzherald.co.nz Best lifestyle / entertainment site The Spinoff – www.thespinoff.co.nz Best blog site Public Address Best digital artwork or graphics Harkanwal Singh – insights.nzherald.co.nz Best print artworks or graphics Richard Dale – The New Zealand Herald