2009 Asc Media Awards

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Les Murray earns lifetime achievement honour

The face of football, Les Murray, has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement

Award at the 2009 Australian Sports Commission Media Awards.

ASC CEO Matt Miller said popular SBS football authority Murray was a deserving

recipient, joining a select band of previous winners that includes Bruce McAvaney,

Mike Gibson and Harry Gordon.   


“Les is synonymous with Australian sport and has made a significant and influential

contribution to sports journalism for more than 30 years,” Mr Miller said.

“He is known as the face and voice of football and is credited with championing the

great rise in popularity of the sport in this country.

“It is fitting that the 2009 award has gone to someone so passionate about what they

do, and who has done so much to shape sports journalism and broadcasting in

Australia.”

Other major awards, presented at Melbourne’s Crown Casino tonight, went to ABC’s

Gerard Whateley (best contribution by an individual), Inside Sport (best contribution

by an organisation) and The Daily Telegraph’s Mike Hurst (best reporting of an

issue).

Now in its eighth year, the event rewards excellence in sports journalism and is

Australia’s only dedicated sports media awards.


“Sport is integral to the Australian way of life and plays an important role in how we

see ourselves and how we are seen internationally,” Mr Miller said.


“The continued promotion of Australian sport can only help encourage a new

generation of young people to take up sport.


“Our media performs an important role bringing sport to life, tackling the issues and

making it accessible to the community. 


“They deserve this recognition for their craft and I congratulate all winners and

finalists for their outstanding work.”


A full list of ASC Media Awards winners follows.

Contact: Bevan Hannan, 0418 605 541.

Embargo: 10.30pm, 3 December 2009



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2009 Australian Sports Commission Media Awards winners

Category

Winner

Best Reporting of an Issue 

Mike Hurst — Caster Semenya (The Daily

Telegraph)

Best Contribution to the

Coverage of Sport — by an

Organisation

Inside Sport

Best Contribution to the

Coverage of Sport — by an

Individual

Gerard Whateley (ABC)

Best Profiling of an Athlete,

Team or Coach — Broadcast

Media

Roger Carter — ‘When We Were Racers — Sir Jack

Brabham’ (Australian Story, ABC Television)

Best Profiling of an Athlete,

Team or Coach — Print Media

Jessica Halloran — Jelena Dokic (Fairfax)

Best Sports Journalism from

Rural, Regional or Suburban

Media

Samantha Derrick — ‘Never Too Old: seniors in

sport’ (WIN Television)

Best Journalism on

Community Sport

Travis Cranley — ‘Kiddie Wars’ (Inside Sport)

Best Sports Photography

Quinn Rooney — ‘Water Relief’ (Getty Images)

Discretionary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

for Contribution to Sports

Journalism

Les Murray (SBS Television)

Special Commendation for the

Best Online Contribution to

Sport 

Finn Bradshaw, Ondrej Foltin, Matthew Kitchin and

Matthew Pinkney (Herald Sun superfooty.com.au)

Special Commendation for the

Best Journalism on Women in

Sport

Merryn Sherwood — The Canberra Times and

Canberra United Making a Difference for

Women’s Sport (The Canberra Times)

Special Commendation for

Best Sports Journalism by a

Student

Elise Holman — Sky News Sport (Charles Sturt

University)







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