National Business Brilliance Awards
Writing Excellence Award 2018
Winner
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, content manager
Writing Awards
As content manager for the 2018 edition of this WorldTour cycling event, I was responsible for a SEO web content revamp, media releases, eDMs, latest news articles and spectator guides, which were published in the Geelong Advertiser and Herald Sun newspapers. As the event’s first designated sport copywriter, my work helped increase email subscribers by 48 per cent, while content was seen more than two million times across social channels during event week alone.
Best Coverage of Sport for People with a Disability
Australian Sports Commission Media Awards 2016
Finalist
A Day in the Life of Turia Pitt
This cover story revealed what life was like for burns survivor and athlete Turia Pitt as she prepared for the pinnacle of all endurance events – 2016 Ironman World Champions, Hawaii. Turia’s recovery, after suffering burns to 65 per cent of her body during a Kimberley ultra marathon, is ongoing. Interwoven into the description of how she spent her 29th birthday, is her account of a brutal training regime in spite of her finger amputations, skin tightness, unregulated body temperature and more than 200 operations.
Best profile of an athlete (print)
Australian Sports Commission Media Awards 2011
Highly commended
Positive Feeling
Deanna Blegg has defied medical belief to become Australia’s top female adventure racer. But her story is not without both tragedy and fortuity. This feature article and short video cover how HIV changed her life.
Journalist of the Year
Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2011
Runner up
In Your Stride
In this year, my body of work for Runner’s World magazine AUS & NZ not only included writing in-depth feature articles and news stories, but also the filming and editing short videos to accompany the stories online, plus writing and disturbing reader surveys to assist in the research process of the topics covered.
Single article of the year
Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2010
Winner
Going Green
After writing and distributing the RW Eco Runners Challenge online survey, I analysed reader results to discover just how much we can do, as runners, to reduce our impact on the environment. A short video to accompany this feature article shares just how close champion Australian middle distance runner Jeff Riseley came to losing everything in one of Victoria’s worst natural disasters.
Best Coverage of Sport for People with Disability
Australian Sports Commission Media Awards 2010
Finalist
Running in Silence
She is the world’s most accomplished deaf athlete, and now Melinda Vernon is triumphing over fields of able-bodied runners across the globe. She shares her tussle to the top.
Editorial issues campaign of the year
Bell Awards, Publishers Australia 2007
Winner
Best report in print
Victorian Law Foundation Legal Reporting Awards 2008
Highly commended
Breaking the Barriers
It champions for human rights, but does the legal profession encourage and support indigenous participation? This feature article explores how lawyers are taking affirmative action.
Best Feature Series Print and Electronic
Rural Press Club of Victoria Journalism and Photography Awards 2004
Highly commended
Breaking the Culture
A two-part series investing the increasing incidents of domestic violence in North East Victoria during the early 2000s.
