SA Rural Journalist named Best Rural Broadcast Journalist in Australia (Feb 2017)

2016 SA Rural Journalist of the Year, Cassandra Steeth of ABC Rural Radio at Mount Gambier has been named by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists as the Best Rural Broadcast Journalist in Australia.

In addition to competing against other radio entries from throughout Australia, Cassandra’s story had to compete against winning entries from the television and online awards.

As part of her prize, Cassandra will travel to South Africa and represent Australia at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists’ (IFAJ) Awards in April.

Cassandra’s winning radio story, “Reluctant Hunters” focused on the feral deer problem in the South East of SA. In addition to being broadcast locally in the SE, Cassandra’s story was aired to a national audience on ABC Radio National’s “Off Track” program.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/conservation-and-the-act-of-the-kill/7847386

ABC Rural Radio's Cassandra Steeth in December 2016, after being named the SA Rural Journalist of the Year