The ASPA Awards
I was one of the judges for the Best Website section of the Aotearoa Student Press Association Awards, so went along to the awards ceremony on Thursday night.
Barry Soper (left) was the Awards MC and Guest Speaker. Laura McQuillan was the Awards organiser.
I knew a few of the other Judges, and got to meet some I hadn’t already met, such as the Dom’s Post Greer McDonald, and Nicky Hager. No doubt Whale and Cactus will expel me again from the VWRC for fraternising with Nicky. I did ask Nicky to consider revealing one day in the future (as in many decades time after the people involved are dead) who or how he got the National Party e-mails,for the sake of accurate history.
The Salient team accepting the Publication of the Year award, with editor Jackson Wood next to Barry.
The full list of awards was:
- Best Website – Craccum
- Best Headline – Critic for “Students spitroasted at CoC fight”
- Best Cartoonist – Robyn Kenealy of Salient and Maria Brett of Critic
- Best Original Photography – Clinton Cardozo of Debate
- Best Sports Writer – Brad Kreft of Critic
- Best Education Series – Joshua Drummond of Nexus
- Best Humour Content – Joseph Harper of In Unison
- Best Reviewer – Joseph Harper of In Unison
- Best Columnist – Dr Love of Magneto and Liz Willoughby-Martin of Critic
- Best Cover – Salient
- Best Editorial Writer – Ryan Boyd of Debate
- Best Feature Writer – Sarah Robson of Salient
- Best News Writer (unpaid) – Jessy Edwards of Salient
- Best News Writer – (paid) – Stacey Knott of In Unison
- Best Feature Content – Nina Fowler of Salient
- Best Design – Chaff
- Best Small Publication – Magneto
- Best Publication – Salient
Was a fun night. It wound down a bit before midnight when some headed into town. Thanks to Fairfax for sponsoring it, and well done to the winners and finalists.