ossie awards
The annual Ossie Awards, named after journalist Osmar S. White, are organised by the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia. Senior journalists and editors judge the main award categories.
The 2019 Ossie Awards will open shortly via an online submission process.
The deadline for the 2019 wards will be midnight on Friday, October 11 (SA time). The awards will be presented during the JERAA conference in Sydney in early December.
Winners in most categories receive a $200 prize, funded in perpetuity by a generous donation by White’s daughter, journalist and author Sally A. White.
In 2019 there is a new award, with a $200 price for reporting on climate change. The award is the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub Prize for best Climate Change Reporting. Palgrave are also providing a book voucher of 200 Euros for the Best Publication award.
The Mindframe for Journalism Education categories each attract a $200 prize and are sponsored by the Hunter Institute of Mental Health. The Dart Centre Asia Pacific prize is also $200, sponsored by Dart Centre Asia Pacific, and there are two $200 awards sponsored by Our Watch that recognise coverage of a violence against women issue.
A Student of the Year Award worth $750 is also on offer, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Australian Press Council. The Press Council is sponsoring two other awards each worth $200 on media ethics and press freedom.
ossie awards recognising the best work of student journalists
Past Winners
Previous winners of the Ossie Awards, dating back to 2008
The full list of previous winners of the Ossie Awards can be found here.
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All acknowledgement and no action for Indigenous people
Massilia Aili, University of Technology Sydney
John Newfong Prize for Reporting on Indigenous Affairs ($200)
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Indigenous suicide in custody: ‘How have lives just slipped away?
Jack Banister, University of Melbourne
John Newfong Prize for Reporting on Indigenous Affairs ($200)
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World Science Festival in Brisbane
Naveen Razik, Queensland University of Technology
Best video story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – over 2 minutes ($200)
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Rising from Mother’s Ruin
Sinead Fogarty, Macleay College
Best video story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – over 2 minutes ($200)
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Firefighters climb hard for charity
Andrea Thiis-Evensen and Ezra Holt, Monash University
Best video story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 2 minutes or less ($200)
My family doesn’t have many secrets
Emily Bradfield, Bond University
Best audio story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – over 2 minutes ($200)
‘Perfection’ is more than skin deep: Being brown, being beautiful
Dilpreet Kaur, University of Melbourne
Best audio story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – over 2 minutes ($200)
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Memorial service for slain teenage Liep Gony
Andrea Thiis-Evensen, Monash University
Best audio story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 2 minutes or less ($200)
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Eight Years On: The Syrian war and its child refugees
Angus Smith, Monash University
Best text-based story by a Postgraduate Student - over 750 words ($200)
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Turning over a new leaf
Sarah Makse, Curtin University
Best text-based story by an Undergraduate Student – over 750 words ($200)
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Chantilly Lacey: Killer ex-WAG now $7m-a-year fashion queen
Emily Selleck, Bond University
Best text-based story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 750 words or less ($200)
The heart of the matter
Tallulah Thompson, University of Technology Sydney
Best text-based story by an Undergraduate Student – over 750 words ($200)
More than 60 couples fleeced in Willows wedding wipeout
Benjamin Ansell, University of Melbourne
Best text-based story by an Undergraduate or Postgraduate Student – 750 words or less ($200)
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