Influencing is proud to announce the finalists for the 20th Annual Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards.
“Congratulations to all the finalists of the 20th anniversary Awards,” said Influencing CEO Phil Sim. “We received a huge number of entries with more than 40 entries in a couple of categories so all finalists can be very proud of the work that got them to the finalist stage.”
“We are looking forward to hosting a very special night in October, and celebrating all the amazing technology journalism produced last year, but also this milestone occasion for the Awards and the industry.”
The finalist lists can be viewed in full below, including our first ever Best Program category.
Please note coverage categories include all entrants as listed, while shortlisted finalists are announced for all individual/journalist categories, in alphabetical order.
The decision has also been made to split the finalist lists for Best Reviewer into individual gaming and consumer lists. There will be one Best Reviewer overall, and Highly Commended awards given to the best in the gaming and consumer sub-categories.
This year’s Lizzies are supported by Samsung, Enex TestLab, Watterson Marketing Communications, Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Optus and Apptio.
The presentation night will take place on Friday, 21 October at Luna Park Sydney’s Crystal Ballroom.
All journalism entrants are now invited to RSVP for the awards presentation dinner, and should be receiving a link with which to do so shortly; as well as a form which can be used to nominate for the David Hellaby Best Media Relations award.
Tickets are now available on our website, and if you are planning on purchasing either individual tickets or a full table, please do so ASAP because we are anticipating a sellout for the Awards’ 20th anniversary.
Thank you to all our entrants for making our 20th annual awards the most contested to date. Congratulations and good luck to all of this year’s finalists - for those who did not receive a finalist berth, we hope you will still join us to support your IT journalism colleagues.
— Coverage Awards entrants
Best News Coverage
ARN, CNET Australia, Communications Day, Erielle Jeanne Sudario, Gizmodo Australia, iTnews, NITV, Queens of the Drone Age, Reviews.org, SmartCompany, Stevivor, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review
Best Business Coverage
AdNews, ARN, bit.com.au, CIO Australia, Communications Day, Computerworld Australia, CSO Australia, Digital Nation Australia, InsideSAP, iTnews, SmartCompany, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review
Best Gaming Coverage
AusGamers, Byteside, Checkpoint Gaming, CNET Australia, DigitallyDownloaded.net, Explosion Network, Gameplay, GamesHub, Gizmodo Australia, Good Game Spawn Point, IGN Australia, NITV, Pickr, Player2.net.au, Queens of the Drone Age, SIFTER, Stevivor, SUPERJUMP, Tech Finder
Best Consumer Coverage
bit.com.au, Byteside, CNET Australia, Finder, Gizmodo Australia, Lifehacker Australia, NITV, Pickr, Queens of the Drone Age, The Australian, WhistleOut Australia
Best Independent Coverage
Ausdroid Media, Byteside, Checkpoint Gaming, Craving Tech, Explosion Network, High Performance Laptops, Pickr, Player2.net.au, Queens of the Drone Age, SIFTER, Stevivor, SUPERJUMP, Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News
Best Program
Back Pocket, Checkpoint Gaming, Chris Stead, SBS (Elise Potaka, Calliste Weitenberg, David Ma & Patrick Forrest), Erielle Jeanne Sudario, Gameplay (Produced by Lawson Media), Geoff Quattromani, Good Game Spawn Point, Hear+Beyond, IGN's Art of the Level, Lightmap by SIFTER, NITV Radio Science & Technology Segments, Queens of the Drone Age, Risky Business, Robyn Foyster, STEAM with Rae Johnston, Take It Blak, Tech Finder, Tegan Jones TikTok, That Startup Show, The Ransomware Files, The iTnews Podcast, The Wrap, Tobias Venus, Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, Walkthrough by SIFTER
— Beat Awards finalists
John Costello Best Business Journalist
Andrew Birmingham
David Swan
Jessica Sier
Justin Hendry
Paul Smith
Rae Johnston
Samira Sarraf
Simon Sharwood
Paul Zucker Best Technology Industry Journalist
David Braue
David Swan
Eleanor Dickinson
Pamela Connellan
Paul Smith
Samira Sarraf
Sophie Venz
Yolanda Redrup
Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist
Amanda Yeo
Chris Griffith
Daniel Van Boom
David Braue
Jackson Ryan
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Josh Taylor
Leigh :) Stark
Tegan Jones
Best Gaming Journalist
Amanda Yeo
Chris Button
David Braue
Edmond Tran
Emily Spindler-Carruthers
Jackson Ryan
James Cottee
Jini Maxwell
Julian Rizzo-Smith
Leah J. Williams
Best Telecommunications Journalist
Anula Wiwatowska
David Braue
Josh Taylor
Paul Smith
Rohan Pearce
Ry Crozier
Tegan Jones
Zachariah Kelly
Best Security Journalist
Amanda Yeo
David Braue
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Jeremy Kirk
Leigh :) Stark
Patrick Gray
Paul Smith
Rosalyn Page
Tom Uren
Best Technology Issues Journalist
Alice Clarke
Daniel Van Boom
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Jeremy Nadel
Jessica Sier w/ James Eyers
Josh Taylor
Laurie Patton
Simon Sharwood
— Journalism Awards finalists
Alicia Camphuisen Best New Journalist
Anushka Bandara
Eleni Thomas
Jeremy Nadel
Joseph Lam
Kate Weber
Lauren Rouse
Ruby Innes
Tobias Venus
Velvet-Belle Templeman
Zachariah Kelly
Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist
David Braue
David Swan
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Josh Taylor
Justin Hendry
Paul Smith
Rohan Pearce
Ry Crozier
Yolanda Redrup
Best Technical Journalist
Alex Kidman
Alex Walker
Angharad Yeo
David Braue
Jackson Ryan
Nick Ross
Phil Tann
Rae Johnston
Best Reviewer (Consumer)
Adam Turner
Alex Choros
Alex Kidman
Brodie Fogg
Chris Griffith
Fergus Halliday
Lauren Chaplin
Leigh :) Stark
Tegan Jones
Best Reviewer (Gaming)
Alex Walker
Brad Norton
Chris Button
Edmond Tran
Kosta Andreadis
Luke Reilly
Matt Hopkins
Nicholas Kennedy
Omi Koulas
Best Columnist
Alex Walker
Amanda Yeo
Chris Griffith
Daniel Van Boom
Jackson Ryan
Leah J. Williams
Paul Smith
Seamus Byrne
Simon Sharwood
— Content & Media Relations Awards finalists
Best Corporate Content
David Braue
Jasmine Wallis
Kosta Andreadis
Nate Cochrane
Nick Ross
Robyn Foyster
Stuart Ridley w/ Seamus Byrne
The Register
William Maher
Best Media Relations shortlist will follow once voting concludes