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Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
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- Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald journalists scoop the pool at Kennedy Awards
Journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have scooped the pool at the 2025 Kennedy Awards, taking home eight major prizes. Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie was named journalist of the year for the third time for a body of work that included the Building Bad series, which exposed high-level corruption and organised crime links at construction union the CFMEU. The investigation, which won the Gold Walkley last year, also garnered The Age, Herald, Australian Financial Review, and Nine's 60 Minutes, the award for outstanding investigative reporting. Herald health reporter Angus Thomson was named young journalist of the year for work including an investigation exposing high blood lead levels among Indigenous children in the mining town of Broken Hill, and a series of exclusive reports on Sydney's troubled Northern Beaches Hospital. Testament to the success of cross-platform collaboration at Nine, the Herald 's Eryk Bagshaw, Clare Sibthorpe and Bianca Hrovat and 60 Minutes ' Natalie Clancy won the award for outstanding television current affairs reporting for their exposure of sexual assault and migrant worker exploitation in Sydney's restaurant industry. Photographer Flavio Brancaleone claimed two awards for his arresting images from the Vatican of the funeral of Pope Francis, including the prize for outstanding news photography. The public voted his image of the late pope lying in state the winner of the 'Power of the Lens' award. The Age journalists Michael Bachelard and Charlotte Grieve won the prize for outstanding reporting on the environment for their story on carbon offsets, 'Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?' In recognition of the unseen work that is the backbone of the Herald newsroom, associate editor Kathryn Wicks was named mentor of the year. She shared the award with 60 Minutes executive producer Kirsty Thompson.
The Age
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
The Sydney Morning Herald journalists scoop the pool at Kennedy Awards
Journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have scooped the pool at the 2025 Kennedy Awards, taking home eight major prizes. Investigative reporter Nick McKenzie was named journalist of the year for the third time for a body of work that included the Building Bad series, which exposed high-level corruption and organised crime links at construction union the CFMEU. The investigation, which won the Gold Walkley last year, also garnered The Age, Herald, Australian Financial Review, and Nine's 60 Minutes, the award for outstanding investigative reporting. Herald health reporter Angus Thomson was named young journalist of the year for work including an investigation exposing high blood lead levels among Indigenous children in the mining town of Broken Hill, and a series of exclusive reports on Sydney's troubled Northern Beaches Hospital. Testament to the success of cross-platform collaboration at Nine, the Herald 's Eryk Bagshaw, Clare Sibthorpe and Bianca Hrovat and 60 Minutes ' Natalie Clancy won the award for outstanding television current affairs reporting for their exposure of sexual assault and migrant worker exploitation in Sydney's restaurant industry. Photographer Flavio Brancaleone claimed two awards for his arresting images from the Vatican of the funeral of Pope Francis, including the prize for outstanding news photography. The public voted his image of the late pope lying in state the winner of the 'Power of the Lens' award. The Age journalists Michael Bachelard and Charlotte Grieve won the prize for outstanding reporting on the environment for their story on carbon offsets, 'Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?' In recognition of the unseen work that is the backbone of the Herald newsroom, associate editor Kathryn Wicks was named mentor of the year. She shared the award with 60 Minutes executive producer Kirsty Thompson.
