Hosted by MEAA in partnership with the NT Press Club, the NT Media Awards showcase the very best of the Territory’s journalism, broadcasting, photography, and more.

Rub shoulders with industry professionals, spend some down time with your competitors, and enjoy a night of entertainment and inspiration.

Tickets: MEAA Members $93.50 | General $111.40

2024 NT MEDIA AWARDS FINALISTS

TEXT: News Coverage

• Charmayne Allison (ABC) “Alice Springs Lawyer Crisis”
• Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham, Matilda Colling (Freelance, published in The Weekend Australian) “NT Schools in Crisis”
• Christopher Walsh (NT Independent) “Shares Scandal: The Fall of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles”

TEXT: Best Feature Writing

• Matt Garrick (ABC) “Force of the North”
• Kylie Stevenson (Freelance published in The Weekend Australian Magazine) “Profile: Yingiya Guyula”
• Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham, Matilda Colling (Freelance, published in The Australian/The Weekend Magazine) “NT Schools in Crisis” 

TEXT: Magazine or Lift Out: 

No award this year as per judges’ decision

TV/RADIO: Best News Coverage

• Jane Bardon (ABC) “Toxic Territory: Who Cares?” 
• Matt Cunningham (SKY News Australia) “Spotlighting Territorian News” 
• Lee Robinson (ABC) “Alice Springs Curfew”

TV/RADIO: Best Current Affairs or Feature

• Matt Garrick, Raveen Hunjan, Shaun Kingma, Fred Shaw (ABC) “Community Under Curfew” 
• Kristina Kukolja (ABC) “Justice but not in my language”
• Lillian Rangiah (ABC) “Outback Investigations”

TV/RADIO: Excellence in Radio Broadcasting

• Alex Barwick, Piia Wirsu, Grant Wolter, Elsa Silberstein, Blythe Moore (ABC) “Expanse: Spies in the Outback” 
• (A)manda Parkinson, Adam Steer, Jo Laverty, Shanelle Tobin (ABC) “Voices of the NT domestic violence crisis – ABC Long Breakfast”
• Elsa Silberstein (ABC) “The Heart Behind the Headlines of Alice Springs”

BEST ONLINE COVERAGE

• Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham, Matilda Colling (Freelance, published in The Weekend Australian/The Australian) “NT Schools in Crisis”
• Lillian Rangiah, Shane Schafer (ABC) “Speaking to New Audiences” 
• Jason Walls (NT News) “Crime Territory”

BEST SPORTS JOURNALISM

• Myles Houlbrook-Walk (ABC) “Body of Work”  
• Lillian Rangiah (ABC) “Remote sport trials and triumphs” 
• Steve Vivian (ABC) “Body of Work”

BEST CRIME/COURT REPORTING

• Liam Mendes (The Australian) “Body of Work”
• Melissa Mackay (ABC) “Kumanjayi Walker Inquest” 
• Jason Walls (NT News) “Jovi’s Boys”

PETE DAVIES MEMORIAL CAMPAIGNING JOURNALISM AWARD

• Jane Bardon (ABC) “Months of malnutrition, homes left to burn, & Remote communities haven’t heard of The Voice: The indigenous communities which feel abandoned”
• Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham, Matilda Colling (Freelance, published in The Weekend Australian) “NT Schools in Crisis”
• Jason Walls (NT News) “The Man Who Vanished”

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORTING

• Jane Bardon (ABC) “‘Help me Mummy’: Grieving mother pleads for governments to fix remote health clinics”
• Kylie Stevenson, Caroline Graham, Matilda Colling (Freelance, published in The Weekend Australian/The Australian) “NT Schools in Crisis”
• Jason Walls (NT News) “The Man Who Vanished”

VISUAL STORYTELLING

• Alexandra Barwick, Angela Heathcote, Sharon Gordon, Grant Wolter, Isaac Egan (ABC) “Expanse: Spies in the Outback”
• (A)manda Parkinson (Freelance, published by ABC, The Guardian Australia) “The women changing the NT”
• Rebecca Parker (Freelance, published in The Weekend Australian) “NT Schools in Crisis”

MARCHBANKS YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

• Sierra Haigh (NT News)
• Lillian Rangiah (ABC)
• Isabella Tollhurst (ABC)