Advertising Age has announced its A-List Award winners for 2009, with Women’s Health named Magazine of the Year, The Atlantic’s James Bennet named editor of the year, and a few other hat-tips to media innovation this year.
Journalism awards
Rolling Stone’s Obama named Cover of the Year
A Rolling Stone cover featuring Barack Obama has been named Cover of the Year by the American Society of Magazine Editors, beating out Bernie Madoff as The Joker and perhaps the most delicious looking cover ever for the honours.
Walkleys schmalkleys: excuse us while we dine on these sour grapes
It seems that one of the major criteria for winning a Walkley is already having won one. This year is no different with a list of the usual suspects fronting up for another gong.
The 2009 Walkley finalists
The nominees for the 2009 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism have been announced. Crikey didn’t get any love, but it’s nice to see such a diverse field of three whole media organisations sweep the pool.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Playing both sides of the Hockey field
Joe Hockey has been out locking in the support of Liberal moderates, The Age is still trying to slash funding for journalism awards, Fairfax pull stumps on “the best paper that Colac has ever had” are more hot tips.
Fairfax prevails in print, News dominates digital at Newspaper Awards
The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual awards were held last night, with News Digital Media winning in several online categories, but Fairfax picking up the most prestigious Newspaper of the Year award for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Julia Medew named Young Australian Journalist of the Year
Age journalist Julia Medew won the Young Australian Journalist of the Year award last night for her reporting on “ghost wards” in Victorian hospitals.
Wankley Awards: Chris Mitchell’s climate change award
Most editors would beg an oil and energy lobby group to take their trophy back. Not Chris Mitchell.
Jailed Azerbaijani newspaper editor wins media award
Azerbaijani newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has been given a special award for “journalism under threat” in the Amnesty International Media Awards.
The award for the most bitterly ironic media award goes to…
Why is Syracuse University giving a journalism award to Arianna Huffington — a woman who thinks journalists should work for free? asks Simon Dumenco.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
The letters pages of The Australian ran a piece of correspondence from former PM Paul Keating today. Unfortunately, they omitted the final paragraph…
The ties that bind: how big pharma buys a good press
While efforts are underway in Australia and elsewhere to disentangle the ties between doctors and drug companies (as reported in Crikey yesterday), the spotlight should also be illuminating another influential profession’s conflicts of interest.
