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Media Peace Awards 2008 - WINNERS

Winners of the 30th Anniversary Media Peace Awards have been announced. Click here for further details.

Media Peace Awards 2008 - WINNERS & FINALISTS

Winners for the 2008 UNAA Media Peace Awards have been announced.
Please see below for a complete list of this year's Winners and Finalists.

Winners were announced at the 30th Awards Presentation Dinner held on Friday 24 October at the ANZ Pavilion, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.

MAJOR CATEGORIES

BEST PRINT

News

  • WINNER: Jill Margo & Steve Georgopoulos - The Australian Financial Review - "The Terminally Ill Deserve Better"
  • FINALIST: Leigh Dayton - The Australian - "On the trail of mass murder-Australians who helped bring Karadzic to justice"
  • FINALIST: Benjamin Doherty - The Age - "West Timor: A Forgotten People"

Feature

  • WINNER: Rory Callinan - Time Magazine - "Stolen Children"
  • FINALIST: David Leser - The Australian Women's Weekly - "Children Overboard: Two Women Two Stories"
  • FINALIST: Ruth Pollard - Sydney Morning Herald - "Mercy Girls"
  • FINALIST: Karen Kissane - The Age - "Series on the death of Joedan Andrews"

BEST TELEVISION

News

  • WINNER: Auskar Surbakti - SBS TV- News and Current Affairs- "Rebuilding Aceh Series"
  • FINALIST: Max Futcher - Channel Ten News - "Death of a Rebel"

 Current Affairs

 Documentary

 BEST RADIO

 BEST PHOTOJOURNALISM

 BEST ONLINE


SPECIAL CATEGORIES

 PROMOTION OF ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION

 PROMOTION OF MULTICULTURAL ISSUES

 PROMOTION OF POSITIVE IMAGES OF THE OLDER PERSON

 INCREASING UNDERSTANDING & AWARENESS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS & ISSUES

 INCREASING UNDERSTANDING & AWARENESS OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS & ISSUES

For information on past winners and finalists of the Media Peace Awards, please visit the Archives page.