The winners of the first News Awards for News Limited staff announced in Adelaide last night are:
SIR KEITH MURDOCH AWARD: Hedley Thomas (The Courier Mail)
NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR: The Australian
YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Liam Houlihan (Herald Sun).
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Eric Lobbecke (The Daily Telegraph).
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR: Jos Valdman (The Daily Telegraph).
ONLINE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: The Daily Telegraph's team of Claire Gould, Jenny Dillon, Drew Gibson and Stephen Birch.
EDITORIAL INNOVATION: Michael Carroll (Townsville Bulletin).
SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Mike Sheahan (Herald Sun).
SUB-EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Ian Gunn (The Australian).
BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Marshall Hall (Gold Coast Bulletin).
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: David Caird (Herald Sun)
SPECIALIST WRITER OF THE YEAR: Matt Price (The Australian)
FEATURES JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Mike Safe (The Weekend Australian Magazine)
