Influencing is proud to announce the finalists for the 21st Annual Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards.
This year’s Lizzies are supported by Samsung, Watterson Marketing Communications, Apptio, AWS, Optus, Atlassian, Cisco and Tesserent.
“This year’s Awards have broken records for every metric we’ve got, including the numbers of entries, the number of individual entrants, and the highest level of support,” said Phil Sim, CEO of Influencing. “So I’d like to thank everyone who has been a part of the Awards to date - those who took the time to enter, and also to our amazing sponsors and judges, whose support is critical to how we run these awards.” “All finalists can be very proud of the recognition they’ve received already, as the competition was more intense than ever this year.”
The finalist lists can be viewed in full below, including updated awards categories Best Technology Reviewer, Best Game Reviewer, Best Audio Program, Best Video Program, and Best Short Form Content.
The presentation night will take place on Friday, 12 May at Luna Park Sydney’s Crystal Ballroom.
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 on track for a sellout of this year’s awards.
All entrants and judges should also have received their invitations to RSVP to attend already. If you have not received yours please get in touch ASAP.
Thank you to all our entrants for making our 21st 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.
Please note coverage categories include all entrants as listed, while shortlisted finalists are announced for all individual/journalist categories, in alphabetical order.
— Coverage Awards
Best News Coverage
AdNews, ARN, CNET Australia, Digital Nation, GadgetGuy, GamesHub, Gizmodo Australia, Information Age, InnovationAus.com, iTnews, pickr.com.au, Queens of the Drone Age, Reviews.org AU, SmartCompany, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, WhistleOut Australia
Best Business Technology Coverage
AdNews, ARN, Connected Magazine, CRN, Digital Nation, Information Age, InnovationAus, iTnews, SmartCompany, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review
Best Consumer Technology Coverage
CNET Australia, CyberShack, GadgetGuy, GamesHub, Gizmodo Australia, Lifehacker Australia, Pamela Connellan, pickr.com.au, Queens of the Drone Age, Reviews.org AU, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Register, Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, WhistleOut Australia
Best Independent Coverage
Anthony Klan, Checkpoint Gaming, Craving Tech, Explosion Network, High Performance Laptops, pickr.com.au, Player2.net.au, Queens of the Drone Age, Robyn Foyster, SIFTER, SMBtech, Stevivor, SUPERJUMP, Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News
Best Gaming Coverage
AusGamers, Checkpoint Gaming, CNET Australia, Digital Nation, Explosion Network, GamesHub, Good Game Spawn Point, IGN Australia, Kotaku Australia, Lifehacker Australia, pickr.com.au, Player2.net.au, Queens of the Drone Age, SmartCompany, Stevivor, SUPERJUMP
Best Video Program (NEW)
ABC Gamer, Alex Kidman, Chris Stead, CRN, Digital Nation, Geoff Quattromani - Studio 10, Good Game Spawn Point, InnovationAus.com, IoT Hub, Jason Reed, Lightmap by SIFTER, Robyn Foyster, SBS TV - The Feed, Tech Finder
Best Audio Program (NEW)
2Fa, Checkpoint Gaming, David Binning, Download This Show - ABC Radio, Explosion Network, High Resolution: inside the video games industry (Byteside), Jeremy Kirk, June Ramli, Karissa Breen, Mark Pesce and Tony Parisi, Queens of the Drone Age, The Defrag, The iTnews Podcast, The Wrap, Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, Walkthrough by SIFTER, Your Tech Refresh
— Beat Awards
John Costello Best Business Journalist
Athina Mallis
David Swan
Joseph Brookes
Justin Hendry
Kate Weber
Paul Smith
Ry Crozier
Simon Sharwood
Tess Bennett
Velvet-Belle Templeman
Yolanda Redrup
Paul Zucker Best Technology Industry Journalist
David Braue
David Swan
Eloise Keating
Julia Talevski
Nico Arboleda
Paul Smith
Robert O'Neill
Sasha Karen
Velvet-Belle Templeman
Yolanda Redrup
Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist
Alex Choros
Alice Clarke
Amanda Yeo
Anula Wiwatowska
Daniel Van Boom
David Braue
Jackson Ryan
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Leigh :) Stark
Tegan Jones
Best Gaming Journalist
Amanda Yeo
Chris Button
Edmond Tran
Fergus Halliday
Isaac McIntyre
Jackson Ryan
Leah J. Williams
Luke Reilly
Nicholas Kennedy
Seamus Byrne
Steph Panecasio
Stephanie Eslake
Best Telecommunications Journalist
Alex Choros
David Braue
David Swan
Josh Taylor
Nathan Lawrence
Paul Smith
Ry Crozier
— Journalism Awards
Alicia Camphuisen Best New Journalist
Amelia Norris
Anula Wiwatowska
Brandon How
Eleni Thomas
Isabella Noyes
Jason Pollock
Jeremy Nadel
Kate Weber
Lauren Rouse
Petra Stock
Tobias Venus
Zachariah Kelly
Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist
Ariel Bogle
Casey Tonkin
David Braue
David Swan
Jeremy Nadel
Josh Taylor
Justin Hendry
Paul Smith
Ry Crozier
Tegan Jones
Tess Bennett
Yolanda Redrup
Zachariah Kelly
Graeme Philipson Best Columnist
Alex Choros
Alice Clarke
Cam Wilson
Chris Griffith
Jackson Ryan
James Riley
Jeremy Kirk
Paul Smith
Seamus Byrne
Simon Sharwood
Best Security Journalist
Anthony Klan
David Braue
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Jeremy Kirk
Josh Taylor
Juha Saarinen
Leonard Bernardone
Patrick Gray
Paul Smith
Best Technology Issues Journalist
Ariel Bogle
Daniel Van Boom
David Swan
James Riley
Joseph Brookes
Joseph Lam
Max Mason
Paul Smith
Petra Stock
Simon Sharwood
Steph Panecasio
Best Technical Journalist
Adam Turner
Alex Kidman
Alice Clarke
Angharad Yeo
Casey Tonkin
Daniel Van Boom
Darren Yates
David Braue
Jackson Ryan
Jeremy Kirk
Ray Shaw
Zachariah Kelly
Best Gaming Reviewer (NEW)
Alex Kidman
Amanda Yeo
Edmond Tran
Fergus Halliday
James O'Connor
James Phillip Wood
Jeremy Ray
Joab Gilroy
Leah J. Williams
Luke Mitchell
Luke Reilly
Steve Wright
Best Technology Reviewer (NEW)
Adam Turner
Alex Kidman
Alice Clarke
Anula Wiwatowska
Juha Saarinen
Kosta Andreadis
Krishan Sharma
Leigh :) Stark
Nick Ross
Ray Shaw
Simon Sharwood
Stephanie Nuzzo
Best Short Form Content (NEW)
ABC Gamer
BusinessDesk
Jeremy Kirk
Lifehacker Australia
Nick Ross
Tech Finder
WhistleOut
— Content & Media Relations Awards
Best Corporate Content
Brad Howarth
David Braue
Djuro Sen
Nate Cochrane
Nick Ross
Queens of the Drone Age
Robyn Foyster
The Guardian - Australia
Theory of Invention
Tobias Venus
William Maher
David Hellaby Best Media Relations
Anthony Caruana. Media-Wize
Bella Chan, Ogilvy PR
Jayden Perry, Power Up PR
Madison Scott, Plaion
Matthew Wu, AWS
Rebecca Blasina, Closer Communications
Salvatore Di Muccio, Well Above
Sarah Murray, Thrive PR