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9th Annual NRMA
KENNEDY AWARDS
Excellence in Journalism
2020 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
Supporting the Kennedy Foundation – Compassion in Confidence
SUITE 303, LEVEL 3, 65 YORK ST SYDNEY NSW 2000
www.kennedyawards.com.au
A.B.N 35 911 587 298
The Australian Media’s Night of Nights
The NRMA Kennedy Awards for
Excellence in Journalism have grown
into one of the most prestigious events
on the national media calendar. In 2020
the Kennedys will be staged for the 9th
year since the passing of legendary
Sydney Journalist Les Kennedy. The
awards named in his honour celebrate
the careers of other greats and
recognize the outstanding efforts of
those following in their footsteps across
34 competitive categories. The Gold
Spirax for the Kennedy Journalist of the
Year is the richest prize in Australian
2019 Lifetime Achievement recipient Brian Henderson,
journalism, with the winner also
the legendary Nine newsreader
collecting $25,000.The awards also raise
funds and awareness for the Kennedy
Foundation, supporting media
professionals in hardship, with
compassion in confidence. The 2020
NRMA Kennedy Awards gala will be held
at Royal Randwick on Friday August 7 in
the Grand Ballroom of Royal Randwick,
Sydney
LEFT: MC Sylvia Jeffreys and sponsors
of Outstanding Photography Awards
Salty Dingo at the 2019 Kennedy
Awards for Excellence .
2020 KENNEDY AWARDS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
CURRENT SPONSORS
2019 Kennedy Prize Winner
Anne Connolly of the ABC’s
Four Corners program wins
the Gold Spirax for her
excellent series of stories that
led to a Royal Commission in
her disturbing revelations
about the state 0f aged care
services in Australia.
AWARD CATEGORIES
1. Outstanding Crime Reporting
2. Regional Broadcast Reporting
3. Regional Newspaper Reporting
4. NSW Racing Writer of The Year
5. Outstanding Radio Journalism
6. Outstanding Podcast
7. Outstanding News Photography
8. Outstanding Portrait
9. Outstanding Sports Photography
10.Outstanding Online Video
11. Power of The Lens People’s Choice
12. Team Player and Mentor
13. Outstanding Sport Reporting
14. Outstanding Travel Writing
15. Young Journalist of The Year
16. Lifetime Achievement
17. Indigenous Affairs Reporting
18. Outstanding News Camera Coverage
19. Outstanding Television News Reporting
20. Outstanding TV Current Affairs Long Form
21. Outstanding Nightly TV Current Affairs
22. Outstanding Finance Reporting
23. Outstanding Court Reporting
24. Outstanding Consumer Affairs Reporting
25. Outstanding Columnist
26. Outstanding Illustration or Cartoon
27. Outstanding Online News Breaking
28. Outstanding Reporting on The Environment
29. Scoop of The Year
30. Outstanding Investigative Reporting
31.Outstanding Feature Writing
32. Outstanding Foreign Correspondent
33. Outstanding Political Reporting
34. Journalist of the Year
2019 Young Journalist of the Year Ange McCormack of Triple J
THE HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY AWARDS On Friday, August 10, 2012, NSW’s finest journalists gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney to celebrate the memories and legacies of six industry legends. Les Kennedy, Cliff Neville, Sean Flannery, Paul Lockyer, Peter Ruehl and Gary Ticehurst were all masters of their craft – dedicated, passionate professionals who entertained, enlightened, and informed millions of Australians over the past five decades. The idea for the awards was hatched in a pub when Les’ close friends combined with his former editors, mates and family in February 2012. They had a plan to preserve Les Kennedy’s memory in something far more profound than the beer-soaked sentiment of bar banter. They realised that unlike the other states and territories New South Wales did not properly recognise journalists doing battle in one of the world’s most competitive news markets. The committee aimed to launch the Kennedy Awards on Friday August 10, 2012, the first anniversary of Les Kennedy’s death at the age of 53. It was a tough deadline, not just because of the logistics, sponsors and media support that needed addressing and securing. This was to be a very emotional journey. There was no looking back after the Premier agreed to present the Kennedy Award for NSW Journalist of the Year. From that point the doors flew open in a remarkably enthusiastic and passionate response from sponsors, led by NRMA Motoring and Services, our naming rights partner since 2014. On August 10, 2011, more than 250 people gathered at the Kauri Foreshore Hotel in Glebe to farewell the legend who was the inimitable, irrepressible Les Kennedy. It was to be a last goodbye to Les, but he died just eight hours earlier. It became an extraordinary celebration of a life lived large by one of the true characters in Australian journalism. At Les’ impromptu wake, chain- smoking tabloid warriors rubbed shoulders with the corduroy of broadsheet aficionados, senior cops clinked glasses with lawyers and barristers representing the underworld and many young journalists — mentored by Les – were there. Along with the amber fluid flowed myriad tributes. Les’ farewell was a truly remarkable gathering. It was the inspiration for what has become Australia’s most spirited annual celebration of quality journalism, now offering the nation’s richest media award – the $25,000 Kennedy Prize.
The Kennedy Foundation
The NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism is produced by the Kennedy
Foundation – a registered charity supporting news media professionals in tough times.
Foundation funds are primarily raised from sponsorship of the annual NRMA Kennedy
Awards for Excellence in Journalism staged in early August, around the anniversary of
Les Kennedy’s death from cancer at the age of 52 in 2011.
Les Kennedy (right) was a champion of shoe leather journalism, the antithesis of a
newsroom-tethered phone jockey as he established an enviable network built on the
kind of trust that can only be established with face-to-face contact.
The Kennedy Foundation promotes strong camaraderie among news media
professionals – to protect and support them in what can be a tough game. We know
the intensity of competition between rival media organisations can take a heavy
emotional, physical and financial toll but the foundation believes the bond formed on
the road can never be broken.
Since the inaugural Kennedy Awards in 2012 we have also raised funds and awareness
for the Charles Perkins Trust for Students and Young People, the children’s cancer
charity RedKite, the Aboriginal Medical Service, the ANZUP Below the Belt Cancer
Trials and Life Education Australia.
In conjunction with the University of Technology Sydney and Paradigm Resources the
Kennedy Foundation has also established the Les Kennedy Scholarship for Indigenous
Journalism Students.
Les Kenn
All applications to the Kennedy Foundation for assistance will be considered, with the
utmost compassion in the strictest of confidence, for colleagues who have fallen on
hard times whether through illness, injury, family grief or unemployment.
The Foundation was first established from humble origins in November 2013 through
the vision, drive and commitment of Les Kennedy’s close friends and colleagues, the
pro bono legal services of Sydney law firm, Kennedys and the support of Racing NSW
and its Chief Executive, Peter V’Landys.
Led by chairman Mr Simon Dulhunty, Les’ former editor at The Sun-Herald, the
foundation board includes Siobahn Fogarty, Simon Bouda, Mike Duffy, Julianne
Horsman, Rebecca Richardson, Taylor Auerbach and Rocco Fazzari.
All inquiries regarding sponsorships and donations can be made via our website
kennedyawards.com.au or by contacting anna@kennedyawards.com.au
9th Annual NRMA Kennedy Awards
August 7th 2020
Royal Randwick
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