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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Former editor of the Stock Journal and current principal of agricultural communications firm, AgCommunicators, Deanna Lush has just been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.
Deanna’s Fellowship will permit her to investigate communication, education and engagement methods to improve understanding of agriculture across the community. It will take her to Canada, USA and UK.
Deanna Lush in her role as Rural Photography Award Judging Panel Chair, providing comments at the 2016 Awards
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Tuesday, February 07, 2017
A humorous touch up with a yellow paintbrush in a field of golden canola has been selected as Australia’s best in a prestigious rural photo contest.
Multi-award winning Adelaide Advertiser photographer Tait Schmaal captured the image of a happy South Australian farmer trying to improve on Mother Nature. The Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists Rural Photography Award carries $1,000.00 prize money for the winner and entry into the World Star Prize Competition.
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
Leigh Radford was recently honoured by Rural Media SA and his peers when he was bestowed the rare honour of being inducted to the status of “Rural Media Icon”.
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
From a large number of outstanding entries, ABC Rural journalist Cassandra Steeth and freelance photographer Jacqui Bateman, working for the Stock Journal, have taken home the major prizes at the 2016 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards announced at the Adelaide Showground today.
Cassandra Steeth is the ABC Rural Radio reporter in Mount Gambier. Cassandra had her locally produced regional and rural stories broadcast on Radio National’s The World Today and Off Track and posted them on the Radio National online website.
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Friday, November 25, 2016
ABC Rural Journalist, Danielle Grindlay may have illustrated her superb abilities when she took out both the Best Rural Journalist - Radio and the Best Rural Journalist - Online awards in RMSA's Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards in 2015, however she was still keen to increase her abilities in reporting on rural issues.
Danielle successfully applied to the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists for an IFAJ-Alltech Young Leaders in Agricultural Journalism Award to enable her to travel overseas to study rural media at an international level. The annual award recognises the industry’s rising stars who have leadership potential and as Australia's entrant, Danielle was fortunate to win one of the ten international awards allocated by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) for 2016.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
A radio story by former Executive Producer and Presenter of ABC’s South Australian Country Hour, Caroline Winter has been named the ‘Best Radio Story’ at the recent SA Press Club Awards.
Caroline’s investigative nine-minute story, “Does Zambia have what it takes to become the food bowl of Africa” gained the award ahead of stories submitted by radio journalists from all sectors of the media industry.
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Monday, November 14, 2016
Prominent South Australian rural journalist and Australian Head of ABC Rural & National Programs, Leigh Radford was recently bestowed the rare honour of being inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation in recognition of exceptional service and commitment to rural and regional Australia.
Through his role with ABC Rural for over 30 years and as an active contributor to ARLF initiatives, Leigh has sought to advocate and champion the people and issues of rural Australia. As a long term committee member of Rural Media SA and current Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists delegate to the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists, Leigh has also provided high level leadership to everyone working in rural media.
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Saturday, September 24, 2016
Recipient of the 2016 Young Rural & Regional Journalist Professional Development Award was Loxton based journalist Stephanie Thompson, a senior journalist with the Taylor Group’s Loxton News.
Convened by Rural Media SA and the RA&HS Education Foundation, the award provided Stephanie with a unique opportunity to undertake two days of professional development partnering ABC Radio Rural Department reporters at the 2016 Royal Adelaide Show.RMSA President, Ian Doyle; Award recipient, Stephanie Thompson; RA&HS President, Rob Hunt; ABC Rural’s Deb O’Callaghan
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Thursday, September 08, 2016
Significant peer recognition and a total of $6,000 in prize money plus trophies is on the table in this year’s prestigious 2016 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Awards.The Awards were launched by Chris Marks (Telstra) and Brett Smith (RBS) at the recent Rural Media SA Royal Show Breakfast. Individual awards will be given to the best journalists in print, radio, television and online media and new regional print and photojournalism awards with significant prize money is being offered for each category. Winners of the four specialist awards will then compete for the overall 2016 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Journalist of the Year Award, carrying an additional $750 in prize money.
Three separate awards will also be offered for photography, with individual prizes for portfolios of work relating to agricultural production, people, and nature and landscape. The winner of each category will receive $375. Winners of the three specialist awards will then compete for the major 2016 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Photographer of the Year Award, carrying $750 in prize money.
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