Overview

• Nick McKenzie earned his third Kennedy Award Journalist of the Year title, highlighting his leadership in high-impact reporting.
• The Building Bad series won Outstanding Investigative Reporting, extending its track record for exposing alleged CFMEU and industry corruption.
• The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald journalists collectively secured eight major prizes across print, environment and digital categories.
• Photographer Flavio Brancaleone captured two awards for his Vatican funeral images, and the 60 Minutes–Herald “Out of Order” team won Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting.
• Political journalist Michelle Grattan and the late Peter Ryan received lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to Australian journalism.