The 2008 Newspaper of the Year Awards have been announced by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association. A record 386 separate entries entered the competition for the awards across newspaper categories covering print, innovation, photography, marketing and a host of print and online newspapers.
For the first time, Panpa announced a Sunday Newspaper of the Year. Panpa chief executive Mark Hollands says, “The entries have been outstanding. Professional excellence and a commitment to quality journalism and photography is alive and well in newspapers across our region.”
He adds, “Our newspapers are stunning. Yet again, these awards prove newspaper journalism is the best journalism. Quality journalism is not only confined to metropolitan newspapers. The print categories have also been hotly contested. Our judges remarked on how the standard of printing colour has continued to rise.”
The awards included:
Newspaper of the Year Non-daily < 20,000 - Busselton-Dunsborough Times
Newspaper of the Year Non-daily 20,001-50,000 - Western Suburbs Weekly
Newspaper of the Year Non-daily >50,001 - Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser
Newspaper of the Year Dailies < 20,000 - Sunraysia Daily
Newspaper of the Year Dailies 20,001-50,000 - Geelong Advertiser
Newspaper of the Year Dailies 50,001+ - Herald Sun
Sunday Newspaper of the Year - Sunday Herald Sun
Technical ExcellencePrinted on a Single-Width Press <20,000 - The Australian Jewish News
Technical Excellence Printed on a Single-Width Press 20,001-50,000 - The Chronicle
Technical Excellence Printed on a Single-Width Press >50,001 - Apple Daily (Taiwan)
Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press <20,000 - The Queensland Times
Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press 20,001-50,000 - The Canberra Times
Technical Excellence Printed on a Double-Width Press 50,001+ - South China Morning Post
Technical Excellence Overall Excellence Pre-print or Supplement - The Canberra Times
2008 Environment, Health and Safety PNEB - The Age Print Centre
2008 Innovation in Pre-Production Process or Technology Atex - Port Macquarie News
Newspaper Marketing Branding < 20,000 - Free Press Leader
Newspaper Marketing Branding 20,001-50,000 - The Geelong Advertiser
Newspaper Marketing Branding > 50,001 - Herald Sun
Newspaper Marketing Circulation < 20,000 - Fraser Coast Chronicle
Newspaper Marketing Circulation 20,001-50,000 - The Geelong Advertiser
Newspaper Marketing Circulation over 50,001 - The Daily Telegraph / The Sunday Telegraph
Newspaper Marketing Display Advertising < 20,000 - The Nelson Mail
Newspaper Marketing Display Advertising 20,001-50,000 - Waikato Times
Newspaper Marketing Display Advertising over 50,001 - The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper Marketing Classified Advertising <20,000 - Fiji Sun
Newspaper Marketing Classified Advertising over 50,001 - The Advertiser
Newspaper Marketing Events < 20,000 - Fraser Coast Chronicle
Newspaper Marketing Events 20,001-50,000 - The Chronicle
Newspaper Marketing Events - Over 50,001 - The Sunday Mail
Newspaper Marketing Young Readers < 20,000 - The Fraser Coast Chronicle
Newspaper Marketing Young Readers < 20,000 - The Courier (Ballarat)
Newspaper Marketing Young Readers 20,001-50,000 - Bay of Plenty Times
Newspaper Marketing Young Readers - Over 50,001 - The Courier-Mail
Newspaper Marketing Sponsorship – up to 20,000 - South Western Times
Newspaper Marketing Sponsorship – 20,001-50,000 - The Geelong Advertiser
Newspaper Marketing Sponsorship – Over 50,001 - Sunday Star-Times
Newspaper Marketing Cause-Related Marketing < 20,000 - Wanganui Chronicle
Newspaper Marketing Cause-Related Marketing 20,001 - 50,000 - Waikato Times
Newspaper Marketing Cause-Related Marketing – Over 50,001 - The Advertiser
Online Newspaper of the Year CCI Europe Regional - www.cairns.com.au
Online Newspaper of the Year CCI Europe Metropolitan - www.theaustralian.com.au
