Top recognition at SA Press Club Awards
InDaily and SALIFE reporters won top accolades at this year’s headline state journalism awards, fielding eight finalists.
Solstice Media’s Genevieve Meegan and Helen Karakulak were among those to win accolades at the SA Press Club Awards on Friday night.
Meegan won the Best Feature in Print or Online category for her beautifully written story Shining Luca’s Light.
She sensitively shared Julia Winter’s story about her adored four-year-old son Luca, who tragically died at the hands of his father 12 years ago.
While Karakulak was Highly Commended in two categories, Best Scoop of the Year in Any Medium for Shock Writers’ Week Call and Best Investigative Coverage of an issue or event in any medium also for Shock Writers’ Week Call.
Karakulak broke numerous stories around the demise of the nation’s longest-running Writers’ Week. It began with revealing Australian-Palestinian writer Dr Randa Abdal-Fattah had been quietly removed from the Adelaide Writers’ Week lineup, news that ultimately led to its implosion.
Meanwhile, Mike Smithson was Commended in the Best Columnist category for his Dissecting Mali series, the category won by former InDaily journalist and now ABC reporter Thomas Kelsall for State Politics Analysis.
Our team had eight finalists named in the awards, where Seven Network’s exclusive interview with the grandmother of missing South Australian boy Gus Lamont received the Gold Award.
Stay informed, daily
It was deemed by judges as the standout from nearly 200 entries across 19 categories.
The SA Press Club also acknowledged the career and contribution to the radio and television media industry of Jane Reilly who was given the SA Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award.
ABC journalist Briana Fiore won best scoop and news report for her coverage of the email bungle in the state election campaign.
While Seven’s Madison Stanley won Young Journalist of the Year and Olivia Gilmore Rankine was named Student Journalist of the year.
Want to see more stories from InDaily SA in your Google search results?
- Click here to set InDaily SA as a preferred source.
- Tick the box next to "InDaily SA". That's it.
