2015 Canon Media Awards

Awarded for| Excellence in New Zealand print and online media.
Sponsored by| Competenz
Date| 22 May 2015
Location| SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland
Country| New Zealand
Hosted by| Newspaper Publishers' Association
Website| www.canon.co.nz/explore/canon-media-awards
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The 2015 Canon Media Awards were hosted by Hilary Barry, for the New Zealand Newspaper Publishers' Association, on 22 May 2015 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The Newspaper of the Year was The New Zealand Herald, and the Reporter of the Year was Jared Savage of The New Zealand Herald.[2][3]

## Winners

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### Photography

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Photographer of the Year: Brett Phibbs, The New Zealand Herald

Junior Photographer of the Year: Charlotte Curd, Taranaki Daily News

Best News Picture: Peter Meecham, The New Zealand Herald

Best Sports Picture: Brett Phibbs, The New Zealand Herald

Best Portrait: Rob Suisted, Nature's Pic Images

Best Feature Photo: Chris Skelton, stuff.co.nz

Best Photo Essay/Slideshow: Hagen Hopkins, Getty Images

Best Environmental Photography: Kirk Hargreaves, The Press

### Digital

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Best Digital Cross-platform News Coverage: The New Zealand Herald

Best Cross-platform Campaign: The New Zealand Herald

Best Innovation in Multimedia Storytelling: The New Zealand Herald

Best Use of Interactive Graphics: The New Zealand Herald

Best Video: Asher Finlayson & Tony Wall \- stuff.co.nz/Sunday Star-Times

Best Blog: Jarrod Gilbert

Best Website: nzherald.co.nz

### Magazines

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Magazine of the Year: NZ House & Garden

Best Trade/Professional Magazine: Pro Photographer

Best Magazine Design: Home

Best Magazine Cover: Architecture NZ

Magazine Feature Writer of the Year: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener

Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener

Magazine Feature Writer Health and Education: Jolisa Gracewood, North & South

Magazine Feature Writer Science and Technology: Donna Chisholm, North & South

Magazine Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Mike White, North & South

Magazine Feature Writer General: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener

### Newspapers

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Canon Newspaper of the Year: The New Zealand Herald

Newspaper of the Year (plus 30,000 circulation): The New Zealand Herald

Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation): Taranaki Daily News

Weekly Newspaper of the Year: Sunday Star-Times

Community Newspaper of the Year: Mountain Scene

Best Newspaper Design: The New Zealand Herald

Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine: Viva - The New Zealand Herald

Reporter of the Year: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald

Junior Reporter of the Year: Talia Shadwell, The Dominion Post

Regional Reporter of the Year: Florence Kerr, Waikato Times

Community Reporter of the Year: Frank Marvin, Mountain Scene

Reporter Politics: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald

Reporter Business: Matt Nippert, Sunday Star-Times

Reporter Crime and Justice: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald

Reporter Health and Education: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald

Reporter Science and Technology: Vaughan Elder, Otago Daily Times

Reporter Arts and Entertainment: Shane Gilchrist, Otago Daily Times

Reporter Sport: Mark Geenty, The Dominion Post

Reporter General: Bevan Hurley, Herald on Sunday

Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Charles Anderson, The Press/Nelson Mail

Junior Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Jeremy Olds, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times

Regional/Community Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Naomi Arnold, The Nelson Mail

Newspaper Feature Writer Business and Politics: Adam Dudding, Sunday Star-Times

Newspaper Feature Writer Crime and Justice: Amy Maas, Herald on Sunday

Newspaper Feature Writer Health and Education: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post

Newspaper Feature Writer Science and Technology: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post

Newspaper Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Greg Dixon, The New Zealand Herald

Newspaper Feature Writer Sport: Ben Stanley, Sunday Star-Times

Newspaper Feature Writer General: Charles Anderson, The Press/Nelson Mail

### General

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Best Investigation: Dylan Cleaver, The New Zealand Herald

Student Journalist of the Year: Don Rowe, Wintec/Sky Sport magazine/Waikato Times

Best Artwork: Richard Parker, Sunday Star-Times/The Dominion Post

Cartoonist of the Year: Chris Slane, NZ Listener

Best Columnist – humour/satire: Deborah Hill Cone, The New Zealand Herald

Best Columnist – general: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald

Columnist of the Year: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald

Editorial Writer of the Year: Peter Jackson, The Northland Age

Best Headline: Jo Knight, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times

Reviewer of the Year: Anthony Byrt, Metro/NZ Listener

Fellow to Wolfson College, Cambridge: Shayne Currie

## See also

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* Newspaper Publishers' Association awards

## References

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1. ^ "Canon Media Awards 2015". Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
2. ^ "2015 Winners". Voyager Media Awards. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
3. ^ "Canon Media Awards 2015: NZ Herald lands all three major gongs, Braunias snubbed and Jackson wins over the crowd". 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.