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2016

Presented 16 February 2017

Award

2016 Winner

Lifetime achievement award for contribution to sports journalism

Rebecca Wilson (posthumously)

Best reporting of an issue in sport

Nick Tabakoff — Gotcha: The Parramatta Eels Salary Cap  Scandal (Daily Telegraph)

Best coverage of sport by an individual — broadcast

Bruce McAvaney (Seven Network)

Best coverage of sport by an individual — print media

Will Swanton (The Australian)

Best coverage of sport by an individual — digital media

Jack Kerr — Investigations, features and analysis (freelancer)

Best coverage of a sporting event by a media organisation

League Network Ten — 2015–16 Big Bash

Best coverage of sport for people with disability

Seven Network — Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Best coverage of women in sport

Network Ten — 2015–16 Women’s Big Bash League

Best profiling of an athlete, team or coach — broadcast media

David Pocock; Winsome Denyer, Tim Wilson and Marc Smith — True Grit (Australian Story,  ABC)

Best profiling of an athlete, team or coach — print media

Will Swanton — Jarryd Hayne (The Australian)

Best sports journalism from rural, regional or suburban media

Robert Dillon — Dreams and Knightmares (Newcastle Herald)

Best sports photography

Cameron Spencer — Say Cheese (Getty Images)

Best depiction of the value of sport to Australians in a community setting

Tim Sheridan, Matt Weiss — From Little Things (Fox Footy)

Best contribution to sport by an organisation through  digital media

Seven Network — Olympics on 7

Best analysis of the business of sport

Jeff Centenera — The 0.1 percenters (Inside Sport)