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TP McLean Sports Journalism Award Finalists Announced
13 Nov 2009
The New Zealand Sports Journalists Association Inc has announced the
finalists for the 2009 Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism
Awards sponsored by SPARC.
More than 220 entries were received across the 13 categories. One of the category winners will go on to take the Supreme SPARC Sports Journalist of the Year title plus a cash prize of $2,000.
The winners will be announced at the TP McLean Awards Dinner at the Spencer on Byron Hotel in Auckland on Friday, December 04.
Five previous supreme award winners are among this year’s finalists – Dylan Cleaver ( Herald on Sunday), Andrew Cornaga ( Photosport), Wynne Gray (New Zealand Herald), Marc Hinton ( Fairfax Media) and Phil Reid ( Dominion Post).
A new category introduced for the first time in 2009 is the SPARC/NZSJA Sports Journalism Scholarship which provides two young journalists a $1,000 cash prize plus a week in Wellington and Auckland, spending time with key sports leaders and organisations to gain a wider understanding of sports governance in New Zealand.
The finalists for the 2009 Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards are:
The Golf House Award for Sports News Print
Wynne Gray New Zealand Herald
Geoff Longley The Press
Jonathan Millmow Dominion Post
Gregor Paul Herald on Sunday
The Golf House Award for Sports News Broadcast
Hamish McKay TV3
Michelle Pickles TV3
Craig Stanaway TVNZ
Wilson Award for Sports Radio
Matt Gunn Radio Sport, Auckland
Willie Lose Newstalk ZB, Auckland
Nigel Yalden Newstalk ZB, Hamilton
Telecom Award for Sports Television
Michael Holland TVNZ
Hamish McKay TV3
Michelle Pickles TV3
Craig Stanaway TVNZ
Millennium Hotels Award for Sports Column/Opinion
Michael Burgess TVNZ
Michele Hewitson New Zealand Herald
Martin Tasker TVNZ
Steinlager Award for Sports Feature Writing – Magazines
Marc Hinton Fairfax Media
Gregor Paul Herald on Sunday
Robert Tighe Freelance Auckland
Steinlager Award for Sports Feature Writing – Newspapers
Dylan Cleaver Herald on Sunday
Tracey Cooper Waikato Times
Greg Ford Sunday Star-Times
New Zealand Herald DJ Cameron Young Writer Award
Simon Plumb North Shore Times
Simon Walster Truth Weekender
Sam Worthington Dominion Post
SPARC Award for Recreation/Adventure/Lifestyle Reporting
Pete Cronshaw TVNZ 20/20
Michael Holland TVNZ
Jamie Troughton Bay of Plenty Times
SPARC Award for Sports Photography Portfolio
Andrew Cornaga Photosport Auckland
Dave Lintott Freelance Wellington
Phil Walter Getty Images Auckland
SPARC Award for Sports Photography – Best Single Photo
Andrew Cornaga Photosport Auckland
Phil Walter Getty Images Auckland
SPARC Award for Recreation/Adventure/Lifestyle Photography
Peter Drury Waikato Times
Brett Phibbs New Zealand Herald
Phil Reid Dominion Post
SPARC/NZSJA Sports Journalism Scholarship
Aaron Lawton Sunday News
Dana Johannsen New Zealand Herald
Sam Worthington Dominion Post
Penny Ydgren TV3
For further information contact:
Armin Lindenberg
Secretary
NZSJA
Ph: (09) 520 4427
Email: arminl@xtra.co.nz
or John Tulloch
SPARC Communications manager
021 953 349
john.tulloch@sparc.org.nz
Updated | 13 Nov 2009.
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