2011 Award Winners
BEST REGIONAL NEWS STORY
Sponsored by Telstra
WINNER
Darren Linton
Shepparton News
“Muto faces the sack”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Danny Lannen
Geelong Advertiser
“Geelong’s walk”
COMMENDED
Kristy McDonald
The Spectator, Hamilton
“Legs up, who’s had a pap smear lately?”
Carlene Dowie and Kathryn Duxbury
Carisbrook Mercury
“Carisbrook floods”
Andrew Mole
The Weekly Times
“Ducks pay the bills”
BEST RURAL NEWS STORY
Sponsored by Victorian Farmers Federation
WINNER
Fiona Myers
The Weekly Times
“Roll barred”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Andrew Mole
The Weekly Times
“It’s a fruitless task”
Leslie White
The Weekly Times
“Down, down”
Cathy Walker
Shepparton News
“Political bullets fly”
BEST FEATURE STORY OR SERIES – ALL MEDIA
Sponsored by TAC
WINNER
Greg Muller
ABC Rural, Bush Telegraph
“Alpine cattle return to the national park” series
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Kristy McDonald
The Spectator, Hamilton
“Road safety” series
Andrew Mole
The Weekly Times
“Mission fades as time blows by”
BEST ONLINE STORY
Sponsored by Rural Finance
WINNER
The Courier Online, Ballarat
“The January floods”
HIGHLY COMMENDED BEST ONLINE STORY
Lucy Nash
ABC Gippsland
“Diary of a Showgirl”
Rebecca McLaren
ABC Local Radio, Horsham
“Rain Reshapes Grampians National Park”
BEST EDITING, SUB EDITING OR DESIGN
Sponsored by Department of Sustainability and Environment
WINNER
Natalee Ward
Farm magazine, The Weekly Times
“Where the wild things are”, “Out for a duck”, “French polish”
HIGHLY COMMENDED BEST EDITING, SUB EDITING OR DESIGN
Travis Kennedy
Home and Farm magazines, The Weekly Times
“Factory Worker” and “Hip Hops”
Mark Bogue
The Weekly Times
“Party Poopers”, “Pollie has a crack”, “A horse walks into a bar …”
BEST AGRICULTURE STORY
Sponsored by Dairy Australia
WINNER
Tim Lee
ABC Television, Landline
“Empire of the Sons”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Ebony Piera
WIN News
“McCain price dispute”
COMMENDED
Gemma Gadd
The Weekly Times
“High way or Subway for Wagyu”
BEST VIDEO VISION
Sponsored by Currie Communications
WINNER
Julian Fisher
Nine Network
“Rochester’s worst ever flood”
BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH
Sponsored by CBH
WINNER
Yuri Kouzmin
The Weekly Times
“Blood Bath”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jeremy Bannister
The Courier, Ballarat
“Deluge”
BEST FEATURE /GENERAL INTEREST PHOTOGRAPH
Sponsored by Redstick Strategic Communications
WINNER
Alex Ellinghausen
The Bendigo Advertiser
“Locust cleanup”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Kate Healy
Wimmera Mail Times
“Cultures Combine”
THE RAY FRAWLEY AWARD – YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Alex Sinnott
The Warnambool Standard
“Federal Election 2010”
JUDGES SPECIAL AWARD
Sponsored by NAB
WINNER
Alison Wynd
Geelong Advertiser
“A Journey into Africa”
HIGHLY COMMENDED
John M. Lewis
Shepparton News
“Billy Bell”
Tim Lee
ABC Television, Landline
“Rodeo Juniors”
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by RACV
Jeremy Bannister,
The Courier, Ballarat
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by RoyalAuto
Alison Wynd
Geelong Advertiser
RPCV would like to thank its 2011 awards sponsors:
Telstra
VFF
TAC
DSE
Dairy Australia
CBH
Redstick Strategic Communications
Currie Communications
Rural Finance
NAB
RACV
RACV RoyalAuto
