| 2015 Canon Media Awards | |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in New Zealand print and online media. |
| Sponsor: | Competenz |
| Date: | 22 May 2015 |
| Location: | SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Host: | Newspaper Publishers' Association |
| Previous: | 2014 |
| Main: | Canon Media Awards |
| Next: | 2016 |
The 2015 Canon Media Awards were hosted by Hilary Barry, for the New Zealand Newspaper Publishers' Association, on 22 May 2015 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The Newspaper of the Year was The New Zealand Herald, and the Reporter of the Year was Jared Savage of The New Zealand Herald.[2] [3]
Photographer of the Year: Brett Phibbs, The New Zealand Herald
Junior Photographer of the Year: Charlotte Curd, Taranaki Daily News
Best News Picture: Peter Meecham, The New Zealand Herald
Best Sports Picture: Brett Phibbs, The New Zealand Herald
Best Portrait: Rob Suisted, Nature's Pic Images
Best Feature Photo: Chris Skelton, stuff.co.nz
Best Photo Essay/Slideshow: Hagen Hopkins, Getty Images
Best Environmental Photography: Kirk Hargreaves, The Press
Best Digital Cross-platform News Coverage: The New Zealand Herald
Best Cross-platform Campaign: The New Zealand Herald
Best Innovation in Multimedia Storytelling: The New Zealand Herald
Best Use of Interactive Graphics: The New Zealand Herald
Best Video: Asher Finlayson & Tony Wall - stuff.co.nz/Sunday Star-Times
Best Blog: Jarrod Gilbert
Best Website: nzherald.co.nz
Magazine of the Year: NZ House & Garden
Best Trade/Professional Magazine: Pro Photographer
Best Magazine Design: Home
Best Magazine Cover: Architecture NZ
Magazine Feature Writer of the Year: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener
Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener
Magazine Feature Writer Health and Education: Jolisa Gracewood, North & South
Magazine Feature Writer Science and Technology: Donna Chisholm, North & South
Magazine Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Mike White, North & South
Magazine Feature Writer General: Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener
Canon Newspaper of the Year: The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper of the Year (plus 30,000 circulation): The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation): Taranaki Daily News
Weekly Newspaper of the Year: Sunday Star-Times
Community Newspaper of the Year: Mountain Scene
Best Newspaper Design: The New Zealand Herald
Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine: Viva - The New Zealand Herald
Reporter of the Year: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald
Junior Reporter of the Year: Talia Shadwell, The Dominion Post
Regional Reporter of the Year: Florence Kerr, Waikato Times
Community Reporter of the Year: Frank Marvin, Mountain Scene
Reporter Politics: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Business: Matt Nippert, Sunday Star-Times
Reporter Crime and Justice: Jared Savage, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Health and Education: David Fisher, The New Zealand Herald
Reporter Science and Technology: Vaughan Elder, Otago Daily Times
Reporter Arts and Entertainment: Shane Gilchrist, Otago Daily Times
Reporter Sport: Mark Geenty, The Dominion Post
Reporter General: Bevan Hurley, Herald on Sunday
Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Charles Anderson, The Press/Nelson Mail
Junior Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Jeremy Olds, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times
Regional/Community Newspaper Feature Writer of the Year: Naomi Arnold, The Nelson Mail
Newspaper Feature Writer Business and Politics: Adam Dudding, Sunday Star-Times
Newspaper Feature Writer Crime and Justice: Amy Maas, Herald on Sunday
Newspaper Feature Writer Health and Education: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post
Newspaper Feature Writer Science and Technology: Nikki Macdonald, The Dominion Post
Newspaper Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment: Greg Dixon, The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper Feature Writer Sport: Ben Stanley, Sunday Star-Times
Newspaper Feature Writer General: Charles Anderson, The Press/Nelson Mail
Best Investigation: Dylan Cleaver, The New Zealand Herald
Student Journalist of the Year: Don Rowe, Wintec/Sky Sport magazine/Waikato Times
Best Artwork: Richard Parker, Sunday Star-Times/The Dominion Post
Cartoonist of the Year: Chris Slane, NZ Listener
Best Columnist – humour/satire: Deborah Hill Cone, The New Zealand Herald
Best Columnist – general: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald
Columnist of the Year: Michele Hewitson, The New Zealand Herald
Editorial Writer of the Year: Peter Jackson, The Northland Age
Best Headline: Jo Knight, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times
Reviewer of the Year: Anthony Byrt, Metro/NZ Listener
Fellow to Wolfson College, Cambridge: Shayne Currie