SA media awards

The South Australia Media Awards were announced by the MEAA in Adelaide last night. Winners are:
Print News Report, Jeremy Roberts & Michelle Wiese Bockmann, The Australian
Print News Feature, Leisha Petrys, Sunday Mail & Roy Eccleston, The Australian
Print Lifestyle Feature, Elissa Doherty, Sunday Mail
Three Headings, Lawrie McCauley, News Limited
Page Layout, Shaun Hollis, Messenger Newspapers
Print Journalist, Roy Eccleston, The Australian (Silver Award)
News Photo, Ivon Perrin, Freelance
Sports Photo, Cameron Richardson, The Advertiser
Feature Photo, Grant Nowell, The Advertiser
Photographer, Brenton Edwards, The Advertiser (Silver Award)
Radio News Reporting, Simon Royal, Daniela Ritorto, Lachlan Parker, ABC
Radio Current Affairs Report, Tim Jeanes, ABC
Radio Feature, Andrew Costello, Austereo
Radio Broadcaster, Nance Haxton, ABC (Silver Award)
TV News Report, Jessica Adamson, Channel Seven
TV Current Affairs Report, Angelique Johnson & Ian Henschke, ABC
TV Feature, Network Ten, Abyss Productions and AusAid
TV News or Current Affairs Camera, Paul Martino, Channel Seven
TV Broadcaster, Krista Eleftheriou, ABC (Silver Award)
News Artwork, Peter MacMullin, The Advertiser
Feature Artwork, Ray Hirst, The Advertiser
Coverage of Suburban Affairs, Kara Phillips, Messenger Newspapers
Coverage of Rural/Regional Affairs, Tim Jeanes, ABC
Coverage of Social Equity Affairs, Ric Teague, Network Ten
Coverage of Sport, Richard Earle, The Advertiser
Public Relations Campaign – High Commendation – Rebecca Tape, communikate et al
Freelance Contribution, Max Anderson published in SA Life magazine
Journalism Student, Katherine Yeo (Silver Award)
Media Hall of Fame, Des Colquhoun (Gold Award)
Journalist of the Year, Jessica Adamson, Channel Seven (Gold Award)

Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards

Today's the last day for these annual international awards for aviation writers and broadcasters.

Orwells close

Nominations for the MEAA's Orwell Awards close today.

AIIA Awards announced

The Australian Internet Industry Association awards winners have been announced here.

Freelance convention Melbourne

MEAA's 9th Annual Freelance Convention is on in Melbourne 7-9 April 2006.

New story source

Mochila - the Media Marketplace starts working this weekend. It is a new idea in buying and selling stories for newspapers, magazines and websites using a website to do the exchange. Well worth a look.

Oncology award

The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) is calling for nominations from journalists with a commitment to high quality cancer reporting for its Luminous Award Australia 2006. There are two categories - print and broadcast - each worth $5,000 and the winner and highly commended entrants are nominated for the global competition.

iAwards 2006 nominations close

The Australian Information Industry Association iAwards close today. Finalists will be announced in 2 March and winners on 7 April 2006.

Press Council lunch

The Australian Aress Council 2006 Annual Address with AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty is on in Sydney 12.30-2.30 pm today. Tickets are still available.

.au web awards

Netguide magazine has published its 2005 Netguide Web Awards with winners and Highly Commended named here.

Media changes paper

A pdf of the full paper Meeting the Digital Challenge: Reforming Australia’s Media in the Digital Age is available from the department site at http://www.dcita.gov.au/broad/media_reform_options.

Public Right to Know conference

ACIJ's 2006 Public Right To Know conference is this weekend 11 & 12 March at University of Technology, Sydney.

ASTRA conference

The ASTRA (Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association) seventh annual conference starts tomorrow Thursday, March 9 at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.

iAwards finalists

The iAwards 2006 finalists announced.

Quill awards

Winners of the 2005 Quill Awards will announced in Melbourne tonight.

The winner of the 2005 Sensis Award for Student Journalism was Kate Stowell for her article 'A Democracy of Convenience' which was published in Eureka Street in January 2005 while Kate was studying at RMIT

Bar awards

Entries for the NSW Bar Association Media Awards entries close tomorrow, Wednesday 1 March 2006.

Churchill Fellowships close

Applications for Churchill Fellowships close today, Tuesday 28 February 2006.

Libraries Australia online

Online access to the combined catalogues of all the major libraries in Australia is now up and working. It is called Libraries Australia and is accessed through the National Library of Australia site. A few searches for material known to exist shows that the service throws up most of the hits at major libraries, with a few surprises at less well known libraries. It is certainly quicker than searching individual library catalogues.

MIA 118 out

The journal Media International Australia February 2006 issue (no 118) with the theme Creativity and Practice-led Research has been published and is being posted to subscribers.

iAwards 2006 close

The Australian Information Industry Association iAwards close today. Finalists will be announced 2 March and winners 7 April 2006.