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Sunday, August 14, 2016

2015/2016 RMSA President’s Report (Aug 2016)

Extracts from Ian Doyle’s 2015/2016 RMSA President’s ReportPresented to 2016 RMSA AGM

When I think of 2015/2016, I think of fewer and better - fewer meetings and bigger and better audiences. I think generally we achieved our aim of providing quality speakers to talk about relevant and current topics of interest to our Members and Corporate supporters. ...

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Friday, July 15, 2016

Prue Adams named Best Rural Broadcast Journalist in the World by IFAJ (July 2016)

RMSA member and SA reporter for ABC Television’s Landline program, Prue Adams has blitzed the competition internationally by being named the Best Rural Broadcast Journalist in the World by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists at its conference in Bonn, Germany.

Prue’s winning story, “The Quiet Curse” had previously won best broadcast story awards in South Australia and nationally. She was on hand in Bonn to receive the Award. ...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Advertiser's Dean Martin is Nation's best Rural Photographer (March 2016)

In a sea of green fruit-laden vines, a single red tomato hanging in the air commands attention. The tomato tossing image captured by Adelaide Advertiser photographer Dean Martin has been judged Australia’s best rural photo for 2016.

Dean led Adelaide Advertiser photographers who completed a clean sweep of the three Australian awards this year. The overall winning photo was taken at the Sundrop Farms giant new greenhouse facility at Port Augusta with head grower Adrian Simkins obliging for the camera. ...

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Friday, June 17, 2016

Prue Adams takes out National Broadcast Award (June 2016)

SA based ABC Landline senior reporter, Prue Adams has taken out the major prize in the 2016 Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists' (ACAJ) Star Prize Awards for Excellence in Rural Broadcasting.

Prue Adams won the Rabobank Star Prize for Excellence in Rural Broadcasting for her Landline story The Quiet Curse. (Click story title to view video). This broadcast story will now represent Australia at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists' (IFAJ) Awards to be announced at its next congress in Bonn, Germany in July. ...

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

2015 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Media Award Winners Announced (Dec 2015)

From a large number of outstanding entries, ABC journalist Prue Adams and News Limited photographer Matt Turner have taken home the major prizes at the 20th anniversary 2015 Telstra & Rural Business Support Media Awards announced at the Adelaide Showground.

Prue Adams came through the adjudication process after clearly winning the television section. This is her third major Rural Media South Australia (RMSA) journalism title, previously winning in 1997 and 2008. She has worked on the ABC Landline program for 20 years, matching the time span of these awards. ...

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Thursday, October 01, 2015

Jacinta Rose awarded RMSA Fellowship to IFAJ Pre-Congress Tour (Oct 2015)

Young Stock Journal rural journalist, Jacinta Rose has been awarded Rural Media SA’s Fellowship to attend the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ (IFAJ) Pre-Congress Tour in Cairns.

Themed “Hot Tropics 2015 - Farming Australia's Far North” and jointly organised by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ) and the Queensland Rural Press Club, the IFAJ Pre-Congress Tour spanned from 8th-12th October 2015 in Cairns and Sydney. ...

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Thursday, October 01, 2015

2015 Young Rural & Regional Journalist Professional Development Award Recipient Announced (Oct 2015)

Ceduna based editor of the West Coast Sentinel, Vanessa Binks has been announced as the recipient of the “2015 Young Rural & Regional Journalist Professional Development Award.”

The award provided Vanessa with the unique opportunity of experiencing a two-day tailored education program involving metropolitan media experiences of her choice related to the Royal Adelaide Show. ...

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Wednesday, September 09, 2015

2015 Rural Media Awards – entries close November 1 (Sept 2015)

Significant peer recognition and a total of $6,000 in prize money plus trophies is on the table in this year’s prestigious 2015 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 2015 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 2015 Telstra & Rural Business Support Rural Photographer of the Year Award, carrying $750 in prize money. ...

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