Winners 2022
Award winners 2022
Australia’s regional media leaders and the importance of regional storytelling were celebrated in Canberra with the announcement of the winners of the National Rural Press Club 2022 Excellence in Rural Journalism Awards.
President of the NRPC and ABC National Regional Affairs Reporter Lucy Barbour announced the winners at the National Press Club of Australia.
Winners by category
Overall Winner
Winner: Kath Sullivan, ABC
Westpac Best News Story Award ($2,000)
Winner: Kath Sullivan, ABC, Foreign workers left with just $100 take-home pay
Runner up: Charlie Peel, The Australian, Foot and Mouth Threat
Animal Medicines Australia Best Feature Story Award ($2,000)
Winners: Gabrielle Chan and Natasha May, The Guardian, Is Australia’s $14bn inland rail project going off the rails?
Runner up: Clint Jasper, ABC, An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease cost the UK billions in 2001, so how can Australia keep it out?
CropLife Australia Scoop of the Year Award ($2,000)
Winners: Charlie Peel and Geoff Chambers, The Australian, Methane emissions pledge a blow for farmers
Runner up: Khaled Al-Khawaldeh, The Guardian, Women left incontinent after giving birth blame Mackay Base hospital failures
Case IH Best Photographer of the Year Award ($2,000)
Winner: Jeremy Story Carter, ABC, Country firefighter Bill Robinson
New Edge Microbials Best New Journalist or Cadet Award ($2,000)
Winner: Jordyn Beazley, The Guardian
Runners up: Natasha May, The Guardian, and James Tugwell, Australian Community Media