The SA Votes coverage was a winner at the 2022 SA Press Club Awards

It was an enormously successful evening for the ABC at the 2022 SA Press Club Awards.

The SA news team’s State election coverage “SA votes 2022” won Best Special or Extended Coverage of a News Event, Television Radio or Online.

Lincoln Rothall won for Best Camera News Coverage and Best Broadcaster Television, Radio or Online for his incredible coverage out of Ukraine.

He was also highly commended in the categories of Best News Photograph, which was won by ABC colleague Che Chorley, and Best Features Photograph, which went to the ABC’s Bec Whetham.

Whetham, from ABC South-East SA, was also named Young Journalist of the Year.

Isabel Dayman won Best Long-Form Television Report, Eric Tlozek Best Finance or Business Reporting and Evelyn Leckie and Trent Murphy Best Regional or Rural Reporting for “A Second Chance”.

Best News Feature, Podcast or Long Form Radio Report went to ABC Radio Adelaide for “Big red car road trip”.

Full list of ABC winners

Young Journalist of the Year

Bec Whetham, ABC South East SA

(joint winner with Riley Walter from The Advertiser)

Highly commended

Evelyn Leckie

Best Camera News Coverage

Lincoln Rothall, “Russian aftermath”

Best Broadcaster Television, Radio or Online

Lincoln Rothall, “Ukraine”

Highly commended

Rory McClaren, “Body of Work” 

Best Long Form Television Report

Isabel Dayman, “SA’s ramping crisis” 

Commended

Meagan Dillon, “NCA Bombing TV special”

Best news photograph print or digital

Che Chorley, “Peter Malinauskas forms government as Labor pulls off stunning victory”

Highly commended

Lincoln Rothall, “Ukraine”

Best features photograph

Bec Whetham, “Aunty Penny”

Highly commended

Lincoln Rothall, “Dimitry”

Commended

Che Chorley, “Family who fled Afghanistan reunited in Adelaide after a decade apart, after legal challenge against Australian government”

Best Finance or Business Reporting in Any Medium

Eric Tlozek, “Catholic schools jobkeeper”

Best Regional or Rural in Any Medium

Evelyn Leckie and Trent Murphy, “A second chance” 

Highly commended 

Gabriella Marchant, “Coober Pedy Utilities”

Commended

Bec Whetham, “Constant limbo” 

Best News Feature, Podcast or Long Form Radio Report

ABC Radio Adelaide, “Big red car road trip”

Best Special or Extended Coverage of a News Event, Television Radio or Online

ABC News SA, “SA votes 2022”

Best Radio Report

Commended

ABC Breakfast Radio Team, “WCH announcement”

Best Scoop of the Year in Any Medium

Commended

Meagan Dillon, “Killer deathbed confessions”

Best Investigative Coverage of an Issue or Event in Any Medium

Highly commended 

Rory McClaren, “Labor election promises” 

Commended

Isabel Dayman, “Who’s One Nation candidate Sarah Game?” 

Best Columnist/Blogger Print or Online Digital

Highly commended

Sara Tomevska, “Adelaide’s rental crisis deepens”, “What’s going on in Kosovo?”, “Felicity isn’t just a foster kid”

Best Community Report in Any Medium

Highly commended

Evelyn Leckie & Rebecca Puddy, “Walking the line”

Commended

Sarah Mullins, “Brain bank capacity”

Best News Report in Print or Digital

Highly commended

Gabriella Marchant and Leah MacLennan, “Transition to Home”

Media contact: Sally Jackson | ABC Communications | [email protected]