Winners of the Excellence in Education Journalism Awards

Awards by year: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | pre-2000

2008 Awards

Ministers Prize

• Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald

Print Media – Best News Report

• Winners (joint)
  Alexander Symonds, The Financial Review - "Labor under pressure for training places"
  Clay Lucas, The Age - "Melbourne Uni demotes transport dissident"

Print Media – Best Feature

• Winner Roy Eccleston, The Bulletin "Chalk and Cheese"
• Highly Commended Deborah Gough, The Age "The great paper chase"

Print, Radio, Television, Online - Best commentary / opinion / critique

• Winner Kenneth Davidson, The Age "Equality in education is a dying concept"
• Highly Commended Steve Holden, Teacher "The Last Word: Verse Me"

2007 Awards

The Minister’s Award for Excellence

• Winner: Xanthe Kleinig, The Adelaide Advertiser, for:
  "Union Blocks School Grades"
  "Messages Mixed on School Results"
  "Board wants Year 12 school marks kept secret "

Print Media: best news report

• Winner: Dorothy Illing, The Australian, for “Nelson Leans on Uni Over Left Bias"
• Highly Commended:
  Bruce McDougall, Daily Telegraph, for "The Cheat Factories"
  Deborah Gough, The Age, for "Every Fortnight, a life lost, just begun"

Print Media: best feature

• Winner: Katelin McInerney, Illawarra Mercury, for "Tackling a Teenage Tragedy"
• Highly Commended:
  Ben Wyld, Department of Education and Training NSW, for "Strong foundations"
  Ted Myers, Catholic Education Office Sydney, for "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"

Multi media: best feature

• No award was given in this category

Print or multi media: best commentary/opinion/critique

• Danny Katz for "Tampering with a Universal Law"

2006 Awards

Steve Holden, Rebecca Leech, Courtney Trenwith
and Bruce McDonald

The Minister’s Award for Excellence

• Winner: Courtney Trenwith from Illawarra Mercury Wollongong
  Courtney entered a large body of work which was of a high standard. She managed to tap into current and significant every day experiences of education

Electronic media: radio, and/or television: best feature

• No award was given in this category.

Print or electronic media: best commentary/opinion/critique

• Winner: Steve Holden for the The Last Word
• Highly Commended: Amanda Dunn for the Education is a journey, not a commodity

Print Media: best feature

• Shared Winners:
  Rebecca Leech for the Inverse Attraction
  Poppy Masselos for the Games Based Learning
• Highly Commended:
  Martina Simos for Opening Doors
  Elizabeth Bellamy for the What price schools

Print Media: best news report

• Winner: Bruce McDougall for the Top Class – Stunning HSC results lift public school results
• Highly Commended: Jane Metlikovec and Annalise Walliker for the Big Squeeze

2005 Awards

Winner, Minister's Award for Excellence:
Caitlin Shea, Australian Story ABC, 'Good Morning Mr Sarra', 4/10/04
Winner, Best news report (print media):
Ricky Sutton, Daily Telegraph, 'HSC For Sale', 20/6/05
Winner, Best feature (print media):
Jane Cadzow, Good Weekend, 'Who's A Clever Kid, Then?', 5/3/05
Winner, Best feature (electronic media - radio/television):
Pip Courtney, Landline ABC, 'Charleville Swag', 8/5/05
Winner, Best commentary/opinion/critique (print or electronic media):
Shane Green, The Age, 'The Great University Hoax'

Highly commended

Best news report (print media):
Samantha Maiden, The Australian, 'PM Fails $100,000 Degree Test', 1/9/04
Best feature (print media):
Mark Dapin, Good Weekend, 'Deaf, and Proud', 21/8/04
Best commentary/opinion/critique (print or electronic media):
Tim Dodd, The Australian Financial Review, 'End For Melbourne's Mini-Me'

2004 Awards

Winner, Minister's Award for Excellence, for the most outstanding contribution to education journalism:
Kelly Burke, Sydney Morning Herald, 'Students who stay the distance', 26/6/04
Winner, Best feature (print media):
Alice Russell, The Age, 'Losing our Asian accent', 6/10/03
Winner, Best commentary (print or electronic media):
Shane Green, The Age, 'Tackling literacy: read all about it', 21/5/04
Winner, Best feature (electronic media):
Nick Rushworth and Graham Davis, Sunday program, channel 9, 'Cash cow campuses', 10/8/03

Highly Commended

Best news report (print):
Samantha Maiden, The Australian, 'Howard slams public schools', 20/1/04
Best feature (print media):
Steve Holden, Professional Educator, 'Teachers matter', May 04.
Tess Livingston, Courier Mail, 'Giving classics a dose of reality', 7/6/04.
Kim Cotton, Inform magazine, 'Beyond the roads to refuge', June 04
Best commentary (print or electronic media):
Tim Dodd, Australian Financial Review, 'Some ammo for your gen x angst', 5/4/04
Best feature (electronic media):
Emily Bourke, SBS radio, 'On the school beat', March 04

2003 Awards

Minister's Award for Excellence: Cathy Carey and Inga Johansen, Disabilities in the classroom, SBS TV, Insight, October 2002
Print: Best News Report: Linda Doherty, 'Class Sizes', Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2003
Print: Best Feature: Misha Ketchell, 'Caught Red Handed', The Age, 25 May 2003 (joint winner)
Print: Best Feature: Roslyn Guy: Lobbying for an investment in the future, The Age, 14 August 2002 (joint winner)
Electronic: Best feature: Peter Lewis, School of Hard Knocks, ABC TV, Landline, 22 June 2003
Electronic/Print: Best Commentary: Roslyn Guy, Budget commentary, The Age, 14 May 2003

2002 Awards

Minister's Award for Excellence: Sarah Ferguson and Cathy Carey,
Socrates in the schoolyard, Insight, SBS TV, 9 May 2002
The Role of Educators: Rebecca Baillie & Deborah Masters,
In the best interests of the child, the 7.30 Report, 10 April 2002
New Pedagogies: Amanda Dunn, Blind Ambition,
The Age, 19 January 2002
The Public/Private Divide: Ray Moynihan, Dangerous Liaisons,
The Australian Financial Review magazine, 22 Feb 2002

Highly Commended

The Role of Educators: Alice Russell, Class Ceilings: how schools limit girls, The Age, 22 May 2002
New Pedagogies: John Millard, Ian Harley and Kristine Taylor
The Wombat Boy, ABC TV, Australian Story, 25 March 2002
The Public/Private Divide: Roslyn Guy, When public goes private,
The Age, 20 March 2002

2001 Awards

Print media news (no award)
Print media feature (three awards)
Erica Cervini, for 'Bigger not better: lost in the system',
The Age (Education Supplement), 15 November 2000
Karen Kissane, for 'Sold: selling Australian universities',
The Age (Saturday Extra), 9 December 2000
Alice Russell, for 'Overseas push gets lost in translation',
The Age (Education Supplement), 1 November 2000
TV news or current affairs (two awards)
Alan Sunderland and Cathy Carey, for 'Primary problems',
SBS Insight, 23 May 2001
Alan Sunderland, for 'Show kids', SBS Insight, 26 October 2000
TV feature or documentary (no award)
Radio
Joe Gelonesi, for 'The digital degree', ABC Radio National,
3 and 10 June 2001
Journalist under 26 (no award)

Highly Commended

Print media feature
Erica Cervini, for 'Why teachers are getting older',
The Age (Education Supplement), 15 November 2000
Margaret Cook, for 'The prep year: being a learner',
The Age (Education Supplement), 13 September 2000
TV News and Current Affairs
Jane Hansen, for 'Public education fightback', TCN-9 'A Current Affair',
10 May 2001

2000 Awards

Print media news: Erica Cervini, for 'Gagged',
The Age (Education Supplement), 1 December 1999
Print media feature: Carolyn Jones & Rachel Gibson, for 'He can make your life hell', The Age (News Extra), 13 November 1999
Radio: Kate Jordan, for 'Overseas Students in Australia', Background Briefing, ABC RN, 5 March 2000
Radio: Stan Correy, for 'Virtual universities: testing quality in higher education', Background Briefing, ABC RN, 16 July 2000.

Highly Commended

Print media news: Michael Kessler, for 'Australian immigration policy cuts number eligible for English support', El Gazette, June 2000
Print media feature: Philippa Yelland, for 'Tomorrow's teaching: critical thinking or button pushing', The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 2000
Print media feature: Carolyn Jones, Murray Mottram & Chloe Saltau, for 'Schools: the revolution ends?', The Age (News Extra), 13 November 1999
Radio: Ro Ross, for 'Peer education for young women project',
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ACDE Outstanding Service to Education Award
Emeritus Professor Peter Karmel AC CBE
Peter Karmel was foundation Vice Chancellor of Flinders University, before he chaired the Australian Universities Commission and the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission. His last fulltime post was as Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University. He chaired the committees responsible for the reports, Education in South Australia (1970), Schools in Australia (1973) and Quality of Education in Australia (1985). The Interim Committee of the Schools Commission, which produced Schools in Australia, had a profound influence on the quality of schooling in Australia. That committee's work provided the framework for subsequent Commonwealth involvement in schools education, and provided substantial evidence and argument for improving resources for schools, for providing equality of opportunity, for enhancing teachers' professionalism, and for opening schools to parent and community participation. He continues to be active in education debates, especially concerning the financing and administration of universities.

Distinguished Service to the ACDE Award
Richard Bates - outgoing president and retiring dean at Deakin University
Bill Mulford - represented Tasmania on the ACDE Board for some years

(pre-2000) ACDE Outstanding Service to Education Award

Frank Hambly - at the time outgoing executive director of the AV-CC
Jean Blackburn - an inaugural member of the Schools Commission and influential educational reformer
Robyn Williams - ABC journalist and educator of the community about scientific matters extraordinaire
Lyndsay Connors - former member of the Schools Commission and chair of the Schools Council, and effective advocate for public education

(pre-2000) Distinguished Service to the ACDE Award

Jim Walker
Mike Doyle
Kym Adey
Owen Watts
Bob Meyenn
Don Williams