2017 Canon Media Awards

2017 Canon Media Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in New Zealand print and online media.
Sponsored by	Canon New Zealand
Date	19 May 2017
Location	The Langham, Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Hosted by	Newspaper Publishers' Association
Website	www.canon.co.nz/explore/canon-media-awards
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The 2017 Canon Media Awards were presented on 19 May 2017 at , Auckland, New Zealand. Awards were made in the categories of digital, feature writing, general, magazines, newspapers, opinion writing, photography, reporting and videography. The Wolfson scholarship, health journalism scholarships, and awards for editorial executive and outstanding achievements, were also presented.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Winners[]

Digital[]

• Best Blog Site:
• Best News Website or App: Newshub
• Website of the Year: NZ Herald

Feature Writing (long-form, +2500 words)[]

• Best Feature Writer - Junior: , and New Zealand Geographic
• Feature Writer - arts and entertainment: , Metro
• Feature Writer - business and politics: , Metro
• Feature Writer - crime and justice: , Metro
• Feature Writer - general: , RNZ
• Feature Writer - health and lifestyle: , NZ Herald
• Feature Writer - sport: , NZ Herald
• Feature Writer of the Year: , North & South
• Feature Writer of the Year (runner-up): , magazine, North & South and RNZ

Feature Writing (short-form, up to 2500 words)[]

• Best Feature Writer - Junior: , Taranaki Daily News
• Feature Writer - arts and entertainment: , The Press
• Feature Writer - business and politics: , The Wireless
• Feature Writer - crime and justice: Jared Savage, NZ Herald
• Feature Writer - general: , Sunday Star-Times
• Feature Writer - general (runner-up): , The Spinoff
• Feature Writer - health and lifestyle: , NZ Herald
• Feature Writer - sport: , Sunday Star-Times
• Feature Writer of the Year: , The Dominion Post and Sunday Star-Times

General[]

• Best artwork/graphics: Toby Morris, RNZ and The Wireless
• Best artwork/graphics (runner-up): , NZ Herald
• Best headline: , Manawatu Standard
• Best headline (runner-up): , Marlborough Express
• Best trade/specialist publication and/or website: , magazine
• Cartoonist of the Year: Sharon Murdoch, Sunday Star-Times, The Dominion Post and The Press
• Cartoonist of the Year (runner-up): Toby Morris, RNZ and The Wireless
• Reviewer of the Year: Duncan Greive, NZ Herald and The Spinoff

Magazines[]

• Best magazine design:
• Best magazine design (runner-up):
• Best newspaper-inserted magazine: Your Weekend/The Dominion Post, The Press and Waikato Times
• Magazine of the Year: New Zealand Geographic

Newspapers[]

• Best newspaper front page: Weekend Herald
• Canon Community Newspaper of the Year:
• Canon Newspaper of the Year: Weekend Herald
• Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation): NZ Herald
• Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation): Nelson Mail
• Weekly Newspaper of the Year: Weekend Herald

Opinion Writing[]

• Opinion Writer - business and politics: , , RNZ and The Spinoff
• Opinion Writer - general: Lizzie Marvelly, Weekend Herald
• Opinion Writer - humour/satire: Steve Braunias, NZ Herald
• Opinion Writer - sport: , NZ Herald
• Opinion Writer of the Year: Duncan Garner, The Dominion Post

Photography[]

• Best feature photo: , New Zealand Geographic
• Best general photo: , Hawke's Bay Today
• Best news photo: , Otago Daily Times
• Best photo (junior): , Waikato Times
• Best photo essay: , NZ Herald
• Best portrait photo: , Metro
• Best sports photo: , NZ Herald
• Photographer of the Year: , NZ Herald

Reporting[]

• Best coverage of a major news event: "Kaikoura earthquake", Stuff, , The Dominion Post, The Marlborough Express and The Press
• Best editorial campaign or project: "#buythisbeachNZ", Stuff
• Best editorial campaign or project (runner-up): "Panama papers" RNZ, TVNZ and Nicky Hager
• Best investigation: , NZ Herald
• Best Reporter (Junior): , Stuff and Waikato Times
• Best (single) news story: and , NZ Herald
• Business Journalist of the Year: , Interest
• Business Journalist of the Year (runner-up): and , NZ Herald
• Community Journalist of the Year: , Mountain Scene
• Regional Journalist of the Year: , Stuff and Waikato Times
• Reporter - arts and entertainment: , Stuff and The Press
• Reporter - crime and justice: , , and Paula Penfold (Stuff Circuit team)
• Reporter - general: , Weekend Herald
• Reporter - health and lifestyle: , NZ Herald
• Reporter - Maori and ethnic affairs: , Maori Television
• Reporter of the Year: , NZ Herald
• Science and Technology Award: , New Zealand Geographic
• Sports Journalist of the Year: , NZ Herald
• Sports Journalist of the Year (runner-up): , Sunday Star-Times
• Student Journalist of the Year: , Manawatu Standard

Videography[]

• Best feature video: , NZ Herald
• Best news video: , Stuff
• Best sports video: , and , NZ Herald
• Videographer of the Year: , Stuff
• Videographer of the Year (runner-up): , NZ Herald

nib Health Journalism Scholarships[]

• nib Health Journalism Scholarship - Junior: , Stuff
• nib Health Journalism Scholarship - Senior: , NZ Herald AND , Stuff and Waikato Times

Editorial Executive of the Year[]

• , head of digital media, RNZ

Wolfson Fellowship[]

• , Editor of the Weekend Herald and Herald on Sunday

NPA Outstanding Achievement Awards[]

• Donna Chisholm, feature writer and editor
• , photographer
• , 50 years' publishing
• , 25 years' archiving cartoons

References[]