Freelance producer, Bronwyn Nielsen, was awarded the seventh Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year award in Johannesburg last night.
The winners were announced at the exquisite event held at Summer Place in Sandton.
Nielsen was recognised as overall winner for her insert "Telkom's Monopoly" which was aired on Carte Blanche last year. The insert focused on the various factors which impact on the costs of telecommunications in South Africa and it was presented in a simplistic manner with a strong human interest angle.
Nielsen walks away with a R40 000 cash prize and an all expenses paid trip to an international telecommunications conference. The category winners each won R15 000 and the student journalist was awarded with a R10 000 prize.
The category winners and runners up include:
* Mainstream Newspapers Winner: Lesley Stones (Business Day)
* Mainstream Newspapers Runner Up: Thabiso Mochiko (Business Report)
* Mainstream Magazine Winner: Brian Bakker (Freelance Journalist)
* Mainstream Magazine Special Mention: Steven Cholerton (GQ Magazine)
* Mainstream Magazine Runner Up: Helene Le Roux (Engineering News)
* Mainstream Magazine Runner Up: Duncan Mcleod (Financial Mail)
* Community/Citizen Journalist Special Mention: Nadine Spires
* Community/Citizen Journalist Runner Up: Nafisa Akabor
* Television Winner: Bronwyn Nielsen
* Television Runner Up: Sumitra Nydoo
* On-Line Journalist Winner: Hilton Tarrant
* On-Line Journalist Runner Up: Damaria Senne
* On-Line Journalist Runner Up: Nicola Mawson
* New Journalist Winner: Dave Glazier
* Student Journalist Winner: Carly Ritz
The ICT Journalist of the Year Awards has been hosted by Telkom for the past six years and has become a much sought-after award among ICT journalists. Telkom started these awards in an effort to encourage journalists to strive for excellence in ICT reporting. This year the theme for the awards was evolution, referring to the way in which ICT is ever-changing and how media reflect this in their reporting.
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