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# [NZME. - Voyager Media Awards NZME Finalists](https://www.nzme.co.nz/news/voyager-media-awards-nzme-finalists)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzme.co.nz/news/author/admin) | May 17, 2020 12:00:00 PM

**Voyager Media Awards 2020 – NZME FINALISTS**

**Best Headline, Caption Or Hook, Including Social Media**

Warwick Church

**Best Artwork/Graphics (including interactive/motion graphic)**

Richard Dale

**Best Interview or Profile**

Steve Braunias

Michelle Langstone

**Cartoonist of the Year**

Rod Emmerson,NZ Herald

**Opinion Writer of the Year**

Simon Wilson

**Reviewer of the Year**

Jesse Mulligan**, **Viva, NZ Herald

**Travel Journalist of the Year**

Greg Bruce, Canvas, NZ Herald

Kim Knight, Canvas, NZ Herald

**Editorial Executive of the Year**

Miriyana Alexander, NZ Herald

Scott Inglis, Bay of Plenty Times, Rotorua Daily Post

**nib Health Journalism Scholorship - junior**

Emma Russell,NZ Herald

**nib Health Journalism Scholorship - senior**

Natalie Akoorie, NZ Herald

Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

**Regional Journalism Scholarship**

Natalie Akoorie,NZ Herald

**Peter M Acland Fellowship**

Emma Russell,NZ Herald/NZME

**Feature Writing – crime and justice**

Jared Savage,NZ Herald

**Feature Writing – social issues, including health and education**

David Fisher, NZ Herald

Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

**Feature Writing – general**

Steve Braunias, NZ Herald

Kim Knight, Canvas, NZ Herald

**Best First Person Essay or Feature**

Steve Braunias, NZ Herald

Simon Wilson, NZ Herald

**Feature Writer – junior**

Michael Neilson, NZ Herald

Samantha Olley, Rotorua Daily Post and Bay of Plenty Times

**Feature Writer of the Year - short form**

Dylan Cleaver, NZ Herald

Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

Michelle Langstone, NZ Herald

Phil Taylor, Weekend Herald and Herald on Sunday

Simon Wilson, NZ Herald

**Best Magazine Cover**

Viva Magazine, NZ Herald

**Best Newspaper – inserted magazine**

OneRoof Property Report

Travel, NZ Herald

**Best Photo – story/essay**

Tim Cuff, NZ Herald

**Photographer of the Year**

Alan Gibson, NZ Herald

Dean Purcell, NZ Herald

**Best Feature or Current Affairs Video – single video journalist**

Mike Scott,NZ Herald - Children of Meth

**Best Video Journalist - junior**

Nathan Morton,Local Focus

**Video Journalist of the Year**

Mike Scott, NZ Herald

**Best TV/Video Documentary**

Jessica’s Tree, Augusto and NZ Herald online

**Best TV/Video News Item**

Napier’s Pandora Pond,Patrick O’Sullivan, Local Focus, Very Nice Productions

**Reporting – crime and justice**

Kirsty Johnston, NZ Herald

Anna Leask, NZ Herald

Carolyne Meng-Yee, NZ Herald

Jared Savage, NZ Herald

**Reporting – social issues, including health and education**

Kirsty Johnston, NZ Herald

Emma Russell, NZ Herald

**Reporting - general**

Kurt Bayer, NZ Herald

Georgina Campbell, NZ Herald

Ben Leahy, NZ Herald

**Science Journalism Award**

Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald

Jamie Morton, NZ Herald

**Best Individual Investigation**

Melissa Nightingale, Jennifer Beard cold case murder, NZ Herald

Emma Russell, NZ’s cancer care injustices, NZ Herald

**Best Team Investigation**

Fighting the Demon: NZ’s meth crisis, NZ Herald

**Best (single) News Story/Scoop**

Anna Leask, NZ Herald** **

**Best Coverage of a Major News Event**

Sky City Convention Centre Fire, NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB** **

**Best Editorial Campaign or Project**

Build The Road, Horowhenua Chronicle

Fighting The Demon, NZ Herald

Fair care, NZ Herald** **

**Best Reporter - Junior**

Emma Russell,NZ Herald

**Student Journalist of the Year**

Kim Moodie, NZ Herald** **

**Community Journalist of the Year**

Sadie Beckman, Horowhenua Chronicle

Laurilee McMichael, Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender

**Regional Journalist of the Year**

Natalie Akoorie, NZ Herald

**Sports Journalist of the Year**

Michael Burgess, NZ Herald

Dylan Cleaver, NZ Herald

**Business Journalist of the Year**

Matt Nippert, NZ Herald

**Political Journalist of the Year**

David Fisher, NZ Herald

Hamish Rutherford, NZ Herald

Audrey Young, NZ Herald** **

**Best Newspaper Front Page**

NZ Herald

Weekend Herald

**Community Newspaper of the Year**

Kāpiti News 

**Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation)**

Hawke's Bay Today

**Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation)**

NZ Herald** **

**Weekly Newspaper of the Year**

Weekend Herald

**Podcast – Best Narrative/Serial**

Litany of Lies, NZ Herald

**Podcast – Best Espisodic/Rucurrent**

The Front Page, NZ Herald

**Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling**

Fighting the Demon, NZ Herald and Greenstone

Road crash data, Chris Knox, NZ Herald** **

**Best news website or app**

nzherald.co.nz** **

**Website of the Year**

nzherald.co.nz

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