Kennedy Awards 2012: nominees

Nominees have been announced in the inaugural Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism.

These have been established in honour of crime reporter Les Kennedy (pictured) who died last year.

Amongst the nominees are television journalists, presenters and cameramen from ABC, TEN, Nine, Seven and SBS.

They include Matt Doran, Quentin McDermott, Tracy Grimshaw, Paul “Bowie” Bousfield and Paul Kadak, whose recent story on the death of Molly Lord currently sees Seven News in the midst of a social media backlash.

The awards will be hosted by Ellen Fanning in Sydney on August 10.

TV finalists include:

Most Outstanding Crime Reporting
Matt Doran, Network Ten
Yoni Bashan, The Sunday Telegraph
Lisa Davies, Iilya Gridneff, Dan Proudman, Fairfax

Outstanding Team Player, the Cliff Neville Award
Lisa McMillan, SBS
James Hamilton, Today Tonight, Seven Network
Michael Thompson, The Ray Hadley Show 2GB

Outstanding Mentor
Claudia Taranto, ABC
Mike Bowers, The Global Mail
David Richardson, Today Tonight, Seven Network

Outstanding Sport Reporting, sponsored by the Seven Network
Jonathan Marshall and Neil Breen, The Sunday Telegraph
Quentin McDermott, ABC Four Corners
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, ABC 7.30

Young Journalist of the Year
Rosie Squires, The Sunday Telegraph
Hugh Whitfeld, Seven News, Sydney
Joel Tozer, The Global Mail

Outstanding Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, sponsored by Coles
Mike Bowers, The Global Mail
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, ABC 7.30
Gordon Weiss – The Global Mail

Outstanding Television Camera Coverage, the Gary Ticehurst Award
Paul “Bowie” Bousfield, Nine Network
Paul Walker, Seven News, Sydney
Mitch Wall, Nine News, Sydney

Outstanding Television News Reporting, sponsored by Network TEN
Lachlan Kennedy, Network TEN
Paul Kadak, Seven Network
Matt Doran, Network TEN

Outstanding Television Current Affairs
Tracy Grimshaw, A Current Affair, Nine Network
Quentin McDermott, ABC Four Corners
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, ABC 7.30

Outstanding Court Reporting
Lizzie Pearl, Nine Network
Paul Bibby, The Sydney Morning Herald
Quentin McDermott, ABC Four Corners

Source: The Australian