10 September 2018
Nominations for the 2018 Sport Australia Media Awards are now open, with journalists, broadcasters, producers and photographers encouraged to apply.
For 17 years the Sport Australia Media Awards (formerly the Australian Sports Commission Media Awards) have acknowledged the important role of Australia’s media industry in telling sport’s most unique, influential and inspirational stories.
The Sport Australia Media Awards are the only awards dedicated to recognising excellence in Australian sports journalism, production and photography.
Industry professionals who have produced outstanding work in sports media during the qualifying period (from 28 October 2017 to 19 October 2018) are encouraged to submit entries for the awards.
Nominations strictly close Monday October 22, 2018, and finalists will be notified in early December. Finalists in the Sport Australia Media Awards will be invited to a gala dinner and presentation in Melbourne on Thursday 7 February 2019. The ceremony will also honour a new recipient of the Lifetime achievement award for sports journalism, last year awarded to Debbie Spillane.
Entry details are available at sportausmediaawards.awardsplatform.com and award categories for nomination include:
- Best reporting of an issue in sport
- Best individual sport coverage – broadcast
- Best individual sport coverage – print
- Best individual sport coverage – digital
- Best coverage of a sporting event
- Best sport profile – broadcast
- Best sport profile - print
- Best coverage of sport for people with disability
- Best regional, rural and suburban sport coverage
- Best sports photography
- Best depiction of inclusive sport
- Best contribution to sport via digital media
- Best analysis of sport business
More information about the awards is available here.
About Sport Australia
Sport Australia is the Australian Government’s lead sport agency. Our vision is for Australia to be the world’s most active sporting nation, known for its integrity, sporting success and world leading sports industry. Our mission is to enable more Australians to move more often, to build the capability of sport through a robust, connected industry and to engender national pride and inspiration through achieving international sporting success.