Australian Star Prize winners announced
15-May-2013
Victorian journalists and photographers have taken out awards at today’s announcement of the Australian Star Prizes for Rural Writing, Broadcasting and Photography.
The prizes at both a state and a national level were announced at a sell-out Victorian Rural Press Club breakfast.
The Star Prizes are run in conjunction with the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists recognising excellence in agricultural journalism and photography and give Victorians a chance to compete on the world stage.
The Geelong Advertiser’s Peter Ristevski took out the top prize in the Australian Star Prize for Rural Photography for his picture of an owner and their horse being rescued after getting stuck in the mud.
The judges said Peter’s photo exquisitely captured a scene of desperation with the young owner cradling the head of the bogged horse in her arms.
Also announced at the breakfast was the winner of the Kubota Australian Star Prize for Rural Writing. Nathan Dyer was named as the national winner for a piece published in RM Williams Outback Magazine about the Ord River Irrigation Scheme.
The judges commented the writer demonstrated a great knowledge and understanding and had done wonderful research and was also able to tell a story in a way which captivated the reader.
For this honour, Nathan has won a trip to Argentina to represent Australia at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress.
Victorian journalists also took out the Online category of the Rabobank Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting.
A joint entry from Lucy Barbour and Larissa Romensky on Victoria’s only female dog trapper was announced as a category winner and will now be judged on an international level.
Entries are submitted at a state level for the Star Prizes and winners are chosen to go onto represent Victoria at a national level of judging. The category winners in the national level are then judged against other entries from all over the world at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress.
State Level
Kubota Australian Star Prize for Rural Writing : Eliza Adamthwaite (Border Mail)
Rabobank Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting:
Radio – Flint Duxfield (ABC)
TV – Tim Lee (ABC)
Online – Lucy Barbour and Larissa Romensky (ABC)
Australian Star Prize for Rural Photography:
People – Peter Ristevski (Geelong Advertiser)
Production – Steve Hynes (Warrnambool Standard)
Landscape – Ben Robson (Border Mail)
Victorian award recipients at a national level
Kubota Australian Star Prize for Rural Writing: Nathan Dyer (Freelance)
Rabobank Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting - Online category: Lucy Barbour and Larissa Romensky (ABC)
Australian Star Prize for Rural Photography – People category and overall winner - Peter Ristevski (Geelong Advertiser)
Position vacant: Administrative officer
27-Mar-2013
The Rural Press Club of Victoria is looking for an administrative officer to support is activities.
The administrative officer will assist in the day-to-day running of the club including organisation of its events and secretarial support for its executive committee.
Wimmera West plans to bowl them over
31-Jan-2013
Wimmera West Press Club is on a roll.
And while impartiality is the code of any good journalist there will be plenty of bias as the club meets on February 8 at Sunnyside Bowling Club, Horsham for its first 2013 event. In what is expected to be a crackerjack night, members will hold a barefoot bowls event. Wimmera West Press Club formed last year as a forum for media and communications representatives across the Wimmera and Western Victorian region.
The bowls night is open to members, new members and partners and will begin at 6pm.
Cost is $15 for bowls and a barbecue tea. Please RSVP to Simone Dalton on 0408 349 532 or simone.dalton@dpi.vic.gov.au 349 532 by 4 February.
IFAJ Young Leaders Award– entries close 11 February 2013
22-Jan-2013
Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 IFAJ Young Leaders Award for journalists working in the rural sector.