United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Awards 2009 - full list of finalists

In 2009, forty‐eight outstanding reports and programs were short listed for the United Nations Associationof Australia Media Peace Awards.

George Negus, host of Dateline SBS will announce the winners at the Awards Presentation Dinner to be held at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne on 23 October 2009.

The co‐chairs of the Awards Judging Panel, Mr. Murray McInnis (Barrister of the Victorian Bar) and Mr. Michael Smith (former Editor of The Age), stated that the calibre of the entries this year were exceptionally high and that they were both impressed and inspired by many of the nominations.

[UNAA media release, 5 October 2009]

FINALISTS – Major Categories

BEST PRINT

News

• Jonathan Pearlman and Kate Geraghty, 'The Ugliest Epidemic, Rape was a way to get payment', Sydney Morning Herald

• Carol Nader, 'Placed with other damaged teens: Tom's in Trouble', The Age

• Nick O'Malley, Heath Gilmore, Erik Jensen, Josephine Tovey, 'Foreign Students Exploited as Slaves', Sydney Morning Herald

Feature

• Trent Dalton, 'Southern Crossed', The Courier Mail QWeekend Magazine

• Ruth Pollard, 'Dying to be Heard', Sydney Morning Herald

• Glenda Ruth Kwek, 'Grim Life of Outcast Children', Sydney Morning Herald

• Chris Johnston, 'Sourabh Sharma', The Age

• Nick O'Malley, 'A Walk Through the Valley of Death', Sydney Morning Herald.

BEST TELEVISION SPONSORED BY SBS

News

• Yalda Hakim, 'Afghan Stories', SBS TV World News Australia

• Yaara Bou Melhem, 'West Bank: Barrier Woes', SBS TV World News Australia

• Sally Sara, Wayne McAllister, 'The Long March', ABC TV News

Current Affairs

• Yaara Bou Melhem, Aaron Thomas, 'Jordan: Jailing the Innocent', SBS TV Dateline

• David O'Shea, 'Bali's Shame', SBS TV Dateline

• Jeff Waters, 'Ramsi Future', ABC TV Asia Pacific Focus

Documentary

• Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale, 'First Australians', SBS TV

• Liz Jackson, Janine Cohen, Kate Wild, 'Who killed Mr. Ward?', ABC Four Corners

• Geoff Thompson, Ian Altschwager, David Anderson, Simon Brynjolffssen, Ake Prihantari, Ari Wuryantama, '80 Million a Day', ABC Foreign Correspondent

• Debbie Whitmont, Deb Masters, Caro Meldrum‐Hanna, 'A Totally Avoidable Tragedy', ABC Four Corners

• Quentin McDermott, Sarah Curnow, Anne Connolly, Shaun Hoyt, 'The Bullies' Playground', ABC Four Corners

BEST RADIO

• Sharon Davis, Gina Perry, Russell Stapleton, 'Beyond the Shock Machine', ABC Radio National Radio Eye

• Nance Haxton, 'Cry Me a River', ABC Radio

• Anita Barraud, Paul Penton, 'Indonesian Journeys: Democracy and Diversity', ABC Radio National 360

• Lorena Allam, Michelle Goldsworthy, 'Holding our Tongues', ABC Radio National

BEST PHOTOJOURNALISM

• Jason South, 'PNG Maternity', The Age

• Andy Drewitt, 'Breakdown', Maroondah Leader

• Kate Geraghty, 'Sexual Warfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo', The Sydney Morning Herald

• Stephen Dupont, 'The Mean Streets of Port Moresby', The Diplomat Magazine

BEST ONLINE

• Kimberley Porteous, Simon Rankin, Kate Geraghty, Jonathan Pearlman, 'Sexual Warfare in the DRC', Sydney Morning Herald Online (http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2009/congo/)

• Martin Daly, Janna Mamar, Maris Beck, David Pavlich, David Boyle, Marc Eiden, Tim Young, Cormac Lally,

Polly Dedman, Dawn Wells, John Tjhia, 'Trafficking', The Age Online

• Dave Crossthwaite, Andy Drewitt, Melinda Marshall, Shaun Campbell, Jan Burton, Chris Kelly, Sean Lee, 'Feeling the Strain', Maroondah Leader Website (http://specials‐leader.whereilive.com.au/strain/)

Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Promotion of Aboriginal Reconciliation

• Emma Cook, 'After the Apology' SBS World News Australia

• Andrew Stephens, 'Healing Spirit', The Age

• The Fraser Coast Chronicle, The Butchulla, Q150, Zonta, Toni McRae, Kerrie Alexander, 'Reconciliation 2009', The Fraser Coast Chronicle

Office of Senior Victorians Promotion of Positive Images of the Older Person

• Ian Henschke, John Gilbert, Stephen Opie, Phillip Jinks, 'Professor Nordin', ABC TV Stateline SA

• Manpreet Kaur Singh, 'The Golden Athlete', SBS Radio Punjabi Program

• Kerry Staight, Andrew Burch, Chris Nilsen, Che McNamara‐Moyle, 'In Like Flynn', ABC TV Landline

Office of Women's Policy Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Women's Rights and Issues

• Jo Chander, 'Papua New Guinea‐Journey Through a Fragile State', The Age

• Sally Sara, Trevor Bormann, Wayne McAllister, Simi Chakrabarti & Garth Thomas – 'Bangladesh‐Acid Attacks', ABC TV Foreign Correspondent

• Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O'Mahoney, Anne Connolly, Kate Wild, 'Code of Silence', ABC TV Four Corners

• Yaara Bou Melhem, Aaron Thomas, 'Jordan: Jailing the Innocent', SBS TV Dateline

Office for Children and Portfolio Coordination Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children's Rights and Issues

• Peter Munro, 'Childhood Lost: underage prostitutes strain a system in crisis', The Sunday Age

• Farrah Tomzin, Carol Nader, 'Bridging the Gap', The Age

• Carol Nader, 'Children in Residential Care Series', The Age

• Felicity Ogilvie, ‐'Urgent Need for youth psychiatric Ward in Tasmania', ABC Radio

Victorian Multicultural Commission/Australian Multicultural Foundation Promotion of Multicultural Issues

• Jill Emberson, Tony Macgregor and Judy Rapley, 'The Ties that Bind: Stories from the Tongan Diaspora', ABC Radio National, 360

• Dai Le, Trevor Bormann, Simon Beardsell, Garth Thomas, – 'Return of the Boatpeople', ABC TV Foreign Correspondent

• Chris Johnston, 'Sourabh Sharma', The Age

• Martin Daly, Janna Mamar, Simon Rankin, Tom Arup, Adrian Lowe, Marika Dobbin, Lucy Battersby, Jewel Topsfield, Andra Jackson, John Woudstra, Neil Bennett, Rebecca Hallas, Rubert Guether, Andrew Duffield 'Migrant Stories' The Age