Nick McKenzie investigation leads Age's Kennedy Awards finalists
The awards, named in honour of the late Herald crime reporter Les Kennedy, this year attracted more than 900 entries of exceptional quality, Kennedy Foundation chairperson Carl Dumbrell said.
The Age 's nominations were led by Nick McKenzie's investigative series Building Bad, which looked into allegations of intimidation and corruption in the building industry.
It was nominated for outstanding investigative reporting in a joint Nine Network entry from The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review and 60 Minutes.
Senior reporter Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger are finalists in the outstanding business reporting category for their story Cash for the Boys, which looked at how underworld figures pulled the strings at ASX-listed technology group Dubber.
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Age senior writer Michael Bachelard and Age investigative reporter Charlotte Grieve were nominated for outstanding environmental reporting for their story on whether carbon offset schemes in the outback are working.
Foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott and photographer Kate Geraghty are joint finalists in the outstanding foreign correspondent category for their work on the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Former chief political correspondent, now European correspondent, David Crowe is nominated for outstanding columnist. Travel writer Andrew Bain and the Herald's Kate McClymont and Harriet Alexander were among other finalists.
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