The Newspaper Works announced the winners of the 2014 Newspaper of the Year awards in Sydney last night.
More than 1,000 entries were submitted to this year’s awards, known as the PANPAs, which cover newspapers, photography, advertising, marketing, environment and print and production. The awards were sponsored by Norske Skog.
A change of criteria for the Newspaper of the Year awards has placed greater emphasis on the quality of journalism, digital execution and the ability to record a growing audience.
The Newspaper Works CEO Mark Hollands said: “Newspapers from all over the Asia Pacific set an extremely high standard in their submissions and left our judges locked in debate over the major Newspaper of the Year winner.
“We have some of the best newspapers in the world and the Newspaper of the Year awards continue to attract great support despite the increasing commercial pressures on the industry and, therefore, newspaper colleagues. I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter, and in doing so, contributed to the sense of community of our industry.”
The 2014 Newspaper of the Year award winners are:
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
National / Metro The Courier-Mail
Regional Newcastle Herald
Community TheGympie Times
WEEKEND NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
The Weekend Australian
NON-DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR
Regional The Land
Community St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
TECHNOLOGY
PRINT CENTRE OF THE YEAR
Fairfax Media Print & Distribution, North Richmond, NSW
SINGLE-WIDTH
National / Metro Apple Daily Printing (Hong Kong)
Regional TheGeraldton Guardian
Community Bairnsdale Advertiser
DOUBLE-WIDTH
National / Metro The West Australian
Regional Sunshine Coast Daily
Community New Zealand Chinese Herald
PRE-PRINT OR SUPPLEMENT
Northern Daily Leader Tamworth Regional Council Supplement
ENVIRONMENT
News Corp Australia 1 Degree’s FY2014 Environmental Awareness Campaign
PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAIT
National / Metro Chef Trois – Matt Turner, The Advertiser, Adelaide
Regional Brave Shaylene – Addison Hamilton, Daily Advertiser
Community Girl & Her Horse – Matt Bedford, Armidale Express
FEATURES AND LIFESTYLE
National / Metro From Victoria with Love – Jason Edwards, Sunday Herald Sun
Regional Making a Splash – Brendan Radke, Gold Coast Bulletin
Community King Rocco – Justin Brierty, The Centralian Advocate
SPORT
National / Metro Hair Apparent – Wayne Ludbey, The Courier-Mail
Regional (TIE) Cricket at the Speed of Fright – Jon Gellweiler, South
Western Times
Heat Stroke – Jim Aldersey, Bendigo Advertiser
Community Jesse Rodgers – Jon Hewson, Mandurah Coastal Times
NEWS
National / Metro Haiyan Typhoon – Brendan Esposito, The Sydney Morning Herald
Regional Fires – Phil Hearne, Newcastle Herald
Community Ugly Side of Footy – Geoff Jones, Hawkesbury Gazette
DIGITAL
BEST MOBILE SITE
mX – App for Smartphones
BEST NICHE / SPECIALITY APP OR MICROSITE
The Canberra Times The Silent War
DIGITAL INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
The Straits Times, Singapore Communities Platform
NEWS SITE OF THE YEAR
National / Metro (TIE) Apple Daily, Taiwan (appledaily.com.tw) The Advertiser, Adelaide (advertiser.com.au)
Regional Newcastle Herald (theherald.com.au)
HEGARTY INDUSTRY SCHOLARSHIP
Mark Baker, Launceston Examiner, Fairfax Media
The Judges for the 2014 awards were:
Gai Le Roi, Paul Dovas, Simon Wake, Sunita Gloster, Nicole Boyd, Sophie Madden, Denise Shrivel, Peter Miller, Jane Schulze, John Sintras, Mark Harricks, Ray Black, Allison Whitelaw, Matthew Green, Rick Slowgrove, Grant Booker, Jenny Stiles, Dean Gould, Ashadi Hopper, Tom Cooper, Herbert Kieleithner, Scott Player, Jay Morgan, Ian Perrin, John Kroll, Kim Dalton, Warren Beeby, Rick Neville, Tony Gillies, Darrell Mullen, Peter Clark, Steve Packham, Peter Coleman, John Hancock, David Hovenden, Doug Wills, Gavin Ellis, Peter Cornelius, Glen Frost, Chris Pash, Justin Stone, Tim Burrowes, Brad Howarth, Marcelo Silva, Claudia Sagripanti, Joe Zeff, Andre Slade, Simon Sharwood, Mark Challinor, Richard De Nys, Stuart Cameron, Karyn Crawford, Bill Cain, Cheryl Senter, David Leeson, Geoff Hiscock, Jeff Darmanin, Andy Moger, Hugh Martin, Samantha Amjadhali, Malcolm Alder, Ian Moore (non-voting chair of Newspaper of the Year panel).
