Community & Business
21 October, 2024
Gilgandra wins for Best Sports Story CPNSW 2024 awards
2024 Country Press NSW Awards of Excellence
2024 Country Press NSW Awards of Excellence
Best Sports Photograph: Parkes Champion Post (winner), The Courier (runner-up).
Best Human-Interest Photograph: Wellington and District Leader (winner), Riverine Grazier (runner-up).
Best News Photograph: Wellington and District Leader (winner), Coonabarabran Times (runner-up).
Best Front Page Under 700 Copies Weekly: Tumbarumba Times (winner), Grenfell Record (runner-up).
Best Front Page Over 700 Copies Weekly: The Courier (winner), Riverine Grazier (runner-up).
Best News Story: Riverine Grazier (winner), The Bugle (runner-up).
Best News Coverage: The Courier (winner), Coonabarabran Times (runner-up).
Best Editorial Column: Tony Bosworth, West Wyalong Advocate
Best Sports Story: The Gilgandra Weekly (winner), Deniliquin Pastoral Times (runner-up).
Judges’ comments: “If news is the head, then sport is the heart and soul of country newspapers. It was a pleasure to judge this section and they were all worthy of acknowledgement for very different reasons. Emily Middleton’s ‘Equity in Sport’ stood out as a great example of bringing that local lens onto a topic of national interest in profiling the struggles of the women’s rugby teams in and around the Gilgandra community. This insightful, well-researched story represented a budding issue in the community and presented it as part of a broader social discussion. I commend Emily on the evidence-led newswriting of this piece.”
Best Sports Coverage: Dubbo Photo News (winner), Cowra Guardian (runner-up).
Best Technical Innovation: Cobar Weekly.
Best Special Publication: Riverine Grazier (winner), Southern Riverina News (runner-up).
Best House Advertisement: Young Witness (winner), The Courier (runner-up).
Best Print Advertisement: Riverine Grazier and Dubbo Photo News (equal winners).
Best Advertising Feature: Gunnedah Times (winner), Cobar Weekly (runner-up).
Best New Advertising Product: Deniliquin Pastoral Times.
Young Journalist of the Year: Lily Plass (winner), Cara Kemp (runner-up).
Journalist of the Year: Sharon Bonthuys, Narromine Star (winner), Sam Woods, Gunnedah Times (runner-up).
Best Paid Newspaper: Gunnedah Times (winner), Coonamble Times (runner-up).
Best Small Publisher: Narromine Star (winner), Tumbarumba Times (runner-up).
Best Free Newspaper: Dubbo Photo News (winner), Hunter River Times and The Bugle (equal runner-up).
