The Herald's Qantas Award winners

At the Qantas Media Awards last night, New Zealand Herald journalists won 23 first prizes for news reports, features, column-writing, photographs, graphic art, cartooning, and two weekly sections.

Here are the people, the awards and a reminder for readers of the kind of Herald journalis regularly setting the standard in the New Zealand media.


NEWS

Best General story
Catherine Masters
A place of death, grief and horror

Best Social Issues story
Simon Collins
Benefits to be had all around

Best Sport and Racing story
Wynne Gray
Umaga to quit

Best Pacific Issues story
Angela Gregory
Tonga's fiery rebellion

Best Crime and Justice story
Phil Taylor
Gangster's girl says sorry to family

Best Food and Nutrition story
Martin Johnston
Colourful curries can spell danger

Best Business, Finance, Consumer Affairs story
Karen Chan
Red Shed dips toe in drinks market


FEATURES

Best Crime and Justice feature
Phil Taylor
Community shocked by teacher's dark secret

Best Human Relations feature
Julie Middleton
The colourful life and sad death of a fabulist

Best Magazine Motoring feature
Janet McAllister (Canvas)
(not published online)

Best general feature
Rebecca Walsh
I'll starve myself until I die, vows sick man

Best Business, Finance, Consumer Affairs feature
Julie Middleton
Thinking outside the square with Mr Sudoku

Best Environment feature
Anne Beston
With the hunter and the hunted

Best Travel feature
Monique Devereux
Bus trip from hell


Best Social Issues column
Sandra Paterson
Tinkering at edige of cultural change [P]


Best cartoonist
Rod Emmerson


ILLUSTRATIONS

Best photographer
Simon Baker

Best editorial graphic artist
Richard Dale

Best portfolio of environment pictures
Amos Chapple

Best single photograph
Kenny Rodger


Best Newspaper Magazine
Canvas

Best Tourism and Travel section
Travel