Australia’s leading technology journalists gathered in Sydney last Friday night for the 15th annual ACS IT Journalism Awards.
Run by MediaConnect, the awards celebrate the best in IT journalism for the preceding 12 months.
Claire Reilly was crowned Best Journalist, while iTnews was named Best Title.
More than 420 individual submissions were received for the awards, known as the Lizzies. ACS was the major partner of the event.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Alicia Camphuisen Best New Journalist: Larissa Bricis
Highly Commended: Elizabeth Barry, Hayley Williams
Best Gaming Journalist: Lucy O’Brien
Highly Commended: Mark Serrels, Richard Moss
Best Telecommunications Journalist: Max Mason
Highly Commended: Claire Reilly, Petroc Wilton
Best Security Journalist: Patrick Gray
Highly Commended: Claire Reilly, Darren Pauli
Best Technical Journalist: Nick Ross
Highly Commended: Petroc Wilton, Kenneth Tsang
Paul Zucker Best Technology Industry Journalist: David Swan
Highly Commended: Paul Smith
Best Columnist: Mark Serrels
Highly Commended: Claire Reilly, Chris Jager
Best Technology Issues Journalist: Claire Reilly
Highly Commended: Marc Fennell
Best Business Technology Coverage: CRN
Highly Commended: The Australian Financial Review, iTnews
John Costello Best Business Technology Journalist: Paul Smith
Highly Commended: Brad Howarth, Ry Crozier
Best News Coverage: iTnews
Highly Commended: CNET
Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist: Claire Reilly
Highly Commended: Allie Coyne, Rohan Pearce
Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist: Simon Sharwood
Highly Commended: Claire Reilly
Best Consumer Technology Coverage: The Australian
Highly Commended: CNET, Download This Show
Best Reviewer: Alex Kidman
Highly Commended: Leigh Stark, Trevor Long
Best Gaming Coverage: IGN
Highly Commended: CNET
David Hellaby Best Media Relations Award: Bec Waddy
Highly Commended: Angela Coombes, Rebecca Blasina, David Wolf, Jenna Woods, Matthew Wu
Best Independent Coverage: EFTM
Highly Commended: Progress Bar, Gloss
Best Journalist: Claire Reilly
Best Title: iTnews