The winners of 37 awards were announced at Aotearoa’s 51st Media Awards on Friday 24 May, as well as three Outstanding Achievement Awards.
Spanning four categories, including Written; Audio, Digital and Video; Photography; and All Media, the Awards were celebrated at a glamorous black-tie event upstairs at the historic Shed 10 in Auckland.
Jeremy Corbett and Madeleine Sami co-hosted the evening’s festivities, which brought the industry together to celebrate and recognise excellence in New Zealand journalism.
Some of the big winners on the night included Tracy Watkins for Editorial Leader of the Year; Hawke’s Bay Today for Voyager Newspaper of the Year; Michael Craig for Photographer of the Year; Lawrence Smith for Video Journalist of the Year; Stuff for Digital News Provider of the Year; Sam Sherwood for Reporter of the Year; Alexa Cook for News Reporter of the Year; and Ellen Rykers for Feature Writer of the Year.
Martin van Beynen, Mike Fletcher and Todd Niall were individually recognised with Outstanding Achievement Awards for their contribution to the industry.
“The News Publishers’ Association is honoured to manage the Voyager Media Awards which brings together the news media industry of New Zealand each year to celebrate and recognise the very best in trusted, local, quality journalism.” said Brook Cameron, GM of the NPA.
To see the full results of the 2024 Voyager Media Awards, including the winners’ work and accompanying judges’ comments, go to npa.co.nz/voyager-media-awards/2024-winners/ :
https://npa.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6c4797dfa060c2fa2734b1fe8&id=40aec62906&e=bdd0cecf22
You can view a recording of the Awards event here: npa.co.nz/voyager-media-awards:
https://npa.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6c4797dfa060c2fa2734b1fe8&id=f0963a396d&e=bdd0cecf22
2024 sponsors were;
- Premier sponsor: Voyager Internet
- Gold sponsors: Air New Zealand, NZ On Air
- Silver sponsors: Spark NZ, Sport NZ, TVNZ and Whakaata Māori
- Bronze sponsors: Media Copyright Agency (MCA), Telum Media and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Without their generous support these awards would not be possible.
The 2024 Voyager Media Awards celebrate the work of journalists across print, broadcast and digital including reporters, feature writers, columnists, cartoonists, reviewers, photographers and video journalists, culminating in a celebration of the winners in Auckland on Friday 24 May 2024.
Aotearoa’s National Media Awards have celebrated excellence in New Zealand journalism for 51 years. Originally known as the Qantas Press Awards, then the Canon Media Awards, Voyager Internet has been the premier sponsor since 2018.
