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Friday, July 11, 2014
SA based ABC Country Hour reporter, Laura Poole has won the national radio category of the 2014 Rabobank Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting.
Laura’s story, “Border tension over OJD” focused on how sheep producers were coping with the contentious regulations governing how the spread of sheep wasting disease, Ovine Johne’s Disease was being controlled. The radio piece was the culmination of considerable research and consultation by Laura with primary producers, sheep bodies and state regulators about the newly introduced OJD rules.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
South Australian freelance rural journalist, Tom Dawkins has been awarded the nation’s top print award for rural journalism.
Tom has won the prestigious 2014 Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists’ ‘Star Prize for Rural Writing’, which includes a trip to Scotland later this year to attend the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ Congress.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
South Australia-based staff writer with media company Coretext, Rebecca Jennings has been recognised internationally as a ‘Young Leader’ in agricultural journalism.
Rebecca became the successful Australian nomination for the 2014 IFAJ-Alltech Young Leaders in Agricultural Journalism award, before being selected as one of 10 winners from around the world. She will now join a select group of other young rural journalists in an intensive professional development program to be held in conjunction with the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) annual congress in Scotland in September.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014
A presentation made at the recent Rural Media SA luncheon commemorated the historic link between the RA&HS and Roseworthy Agricultural College.
A leather bound collectors’ edition of the RA&HS 175th Anniversary History Book, “Sharing the Good Earth; 175 Years of Influence and Vision” by noted author, Rob Linn was presented by the Roseworthy Old Collegians Association to the University of Adelaide.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Rural Media SA member, Professor Simon Maddocks is about to take up the prestigious role of Vice Chancellor of Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory.
Currently Director of Science Partnerships at the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Professor Maddocks is also a member of the University of Adelaide Governing Council and the Menzies School of Health Research.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
The 2013 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Award winners have been announced.
ABC journalist Leah MacLennan, and The Advertiser photographer Mark Brake, have taken home the major prizes at the 2013 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
UniSA’s emerging journalists and communications students are being encouraged to write or produce news stories about Rotary District 9500 and District 9520 projects and have them published in the media to promote the work and projects of Rotary.
Funded by the two Rotary Districts for three years, this initiative will provide Prizes of $700 for each of the three media streams – Broadcast (TV/Radio); Press; and Online/Social Media.
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Monday, October 21, 2013
All five living "Rural Media Icons" gathered together recently to witness the induction of Ian Doyle to the honoured status of "Rural Media Icon".
The "Rural Media Icons" were Angela Goode, Jon Lamb, Dick James, Norman Marston and Alan Richardson. Ian Doyle now joins this group as only the sixth person elevated to the status.
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Monday, October 21, 2013
One of the most popular and productive members of South Australia's rural media sector was recently indicted as a "Rural Media Icon".
Ian Doyle received this honour at a Rural Media South Australia luncheon held at the Adelaide Showground on 18th October.
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