Herald associate editor Kathryn Wicks was named outstanding team player or mentor, in recognition of her unseen work as the backbone of the newsroom. She shared the award with 60 Minutes executive producer Kirsty Thompson.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Angus Thomson was named young journalist of the year, while Herald photographer Flavio Brancaleone took out the outstanding news photography and the people’s choice – power of the lens awards for his work Death, Devotion, Habemus Papam.
Pope Francis lies in Basilica St Peter following his death. Credit: Flavio Brancaleone
The Age and Herald were recognised with 15 finalist nominations in this year’s Kennedy Awards, which were named in honour of the late Herald crime reporter Les Kennedy.
Senior Age reporter Sarah Danckert and journalist Carla Jaeger were finalists in the outstanding business reporting category for their story “Cash for the boys”, which looked at how underworld figures pulled the strings at ASX-listed technology group Dubber.
Cartoonists Cathy Wilcox and Matt Golding were both nominated in the outstanding cartoon category, which was won by the AFR’s David Rowe for his work Coronation of Elon.
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Age/Herald foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott and photographer Kate Geraghty were joint finalists in the outstanding foreign correspondent category for their work on the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Former chief political correspondent, now European correspondent, David Crowe was nominated for outstanding columnist.
Australian Financial Review journalists Neil Chenoweth and Mark Di Stefano were awarded for their outstanding finance reporting on the downfall of MinRes and its embattled founder Chris Ellison.
Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi took home the gong for outstanding television news reporting for her submission “Shooting the messenger”.
Tomasi was reporting live from protests in Los Angeles when a police officer fired a rubber bullet at her leg, in an incident Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called unacceptable.
The finalists for journalist of the year, alongside McKenzie, were The Sunday Telegraph’s Linda Silmalis, and ABC Four Corners′ Adele Ferguson, Chris Gillett and Ben Butler.
News Corp’s Peter Badel and Jacquelin Magnay were awarded scoop of the year.
The 2025 Kennedy Awards attracted more than 900 entries.
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