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2020

Presented 23-25 February 2021

Read about the 2020 finalists and winners

Award

2020 Winner

Lifetime achievement award

Jim Maxwell AM

Best reporting of an issue in sport

Jessica Halloran and Julian Linden, 'On Thin Ice: Katia's Story', The Australian and The Daily Telegraph

Best sport coverage by an individual - video

Joint winners: Zac Bailey, NRL.com and Kelli Underwood, ABC and Fox Sports Australia

Best sport coverage by an individual - written

Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail

Best sport coverage by an individual - audio

Quentin Hull, ABC Radio Highly commended: Neroli Meadows, Ordineroli Speaking

Best coverage of a sporting event

‘Boxing Day Test’, Fox Sports Australia

Best sport profile - broadcast

Adrian Brown, Richard Ostroff, ‘The Test – A New Era for Australia’s Team’, Whooshka Media and Cricket Australia Highly commended: Laurence Billiet, ‘FREEMAN’, ABC TV + iview

Best sport profile – written

Iain Payten, ‘Judging Jane Saville’, The Sydney Morning Herald

Best coverage of sport for people with disability

Matthew Carmichael, Paralympic Presence, 7 News

Best coverage of a community sport issue – rural & regional media

Kieran Pender, Mike Bowers, 'From the ashes of catastrophe: how 'aqua therapy' is helping a town through 2020', Freelance and Guardian Australia

Best depiction of inclusive sport

Amanda Shalala, 'In Her Words', ABC

Innovation in sports media

Fox Sports Audio, Virtual Crowd and Flying Fox Camera, Fox Sports Australia

Best sports photography

Scott Barbour, 'The Melbourne Cup', Australian Associated Press