| 2020 Voyager Media Awards | |
| Awarded For: | Excellence in New Zealand journalism |
| Sponsor: | Voyager New Zealand |
| Date: | 22 May 2020 |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Host: | Newspaper Publishers' Association |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Main: | Voyager Media Awards |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Voyager Media Awards were announced online on 22 May 2020.[1] [2] The ceremony was held online because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4]
| General | Best Headline, Caption or Hook | Barnaby Sharp – Nelson Mail/Stuff | ||
| Best Artwork / Graphics | 1 News Design Team – TVNZ | Toby Morris – The Spinoff | ||
| Best Interview or Profile | Michelle Langstone – NZ Herald/NZME | |||
| Cartoonist of the Year | Toby Morris – The Spinoff | |||
| Opinion Writer of the Year | Emma Espiner – Newsroom | Simon Wilson – NZ Herald/NZME | ||
| Reviewer of the Year | Paul Little – North & South/Bauer Media | |||
| Travel Journalist of the Year | Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media | |||
| Editorial Executive of the Year | Annabelle Lee-Mather – The Hui GSTV for MediaWorks | |||
| Scholarship | nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Junior | Emma Russell – NZ Herald/NZME | ||
| nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Senior | Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME | |||
| Regional Journalism Scholarship | Natalie Akoorie – NZ Herald/NZMEAaron Leaman – Waikato Times/Stuff | |||
| Peter M Acland Foundation Fellowship | Charles Anderson – Vanishing Point StudioMava Enoka – TVNZ | |||
| Feature Writing | Feature Writing – Crime and Justice | Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media | ||
| Feature Writing – Social Issues, Including Health and Education | Florence Kerr – Stuff | |||
| Feature Writing – General | Steve Braunias – NZ Herald/NZME and NewsroomDuncan Greive – The Spinoff | |||
| Best First-Person Essay or Feature (no word limit) | Tayi Tibble – Newsroom | |||
| Best Feature Writer – Junior (no word limit) | Joel MacManus – Stuff | |||
| Feature Writer of the Year – Short Form (up to 3500 words) | Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME | Michelle Duff – Stuff | ||
| Feature Writer of the Year – Long Form (3500+ words) | Aaron Smale – RNZ[6] | Donna Chisholm – North & South and New Zealand Listener/Bauer MediaMike White – North & South/Bauer Media | ||
| Magazine | Best magazine cover | HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media | ||
| Best magazine design | HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media | Metro Magazine – Bauer Media | ||
| Best newspaper-inserted magazine | Sunday Magazine – Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | |||
| Best trade/specialist publication, free magazine and/or website | Air Force News/Defence Public Affairs | |||
| Magazine of the Year | Metro Magazine – Bauer MediaNew Zealand Geographic – Kōwhai Media | |||
| Photography | Best photography – features (including portraits, fashion, food and architecture) | Braden Fastier – Nelson Mail/Stuff | ||
| Best photography – news | George Heard – The Press/Stuff | Mark Baker – The Press/StuffChris Skelton – Stuff Rosa Woods – Dominion Post/Stuff | ||
| Judges' prize for the single best news photo | Stacy Squires – The Press, Dominion Post, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | |||
| Best photography – sport | Mark Baker – Associated Press | Iain McGregor – Stuff | ||
| Best photo-story/essay | Cameron McLaren – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Publishing | |||
| Photographer of the Year | Alan Gibson – NZ Herald/NZME | Mark Baker – Associated Press | ||
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best feature or current affairs video – single video journalist | Luke McPake with "Death Bed: The Story of Kelly Savage" – RNZ | ||
| Best video journalist – junior | Cass Marrett – Re: / TVNZ | |||
| Video Journalist of the Year | Lawrence Smith – Stuff | |||
| Best TV/video documentary | Stuff Circuit/Stuff and Māori Television – "Infinite Evil" | |||
| Best TV / video news item | 1 News/TVNZ with Barbara Dreaver – "Measles lockdown" | |||
| Best TV/video current affairs, short (up to 10 mins) | Sunday/TVNZ with Jehan Casinader – "Black Friday" | Seven Sharp/TVNZ "Harri Brown's story" | Taranaki Daily News/Stuff with Andy Jackson "Fight of his life, Tony Pascoe" | |
| Best TV/video current affairs, long (between 10 mins and 20 mins) | Re:/TVNZ – "Rediscovering Aotearoa: Aroha/Love" | Sunday/TVNZ "The Numbers Game" | Checkpoint/RNZ "Oranga Tamariki uplift from Samoan family" | |
| Reporting | Reporting – crime and justice | Blair Ensor – The Press/Stuff | ||
| Reporting – social issues, including health and education | Emma Russell – NZ Herald/NZME | |||
| Reporting – general | Patrick Gower – Newshub/MediaWorks | Kurt Bayer – NZ Herald | ||
| Best reporting – Māori Affairs | Te Aniwa Hurihanganui – RNZ | Hikurangi Jackson – MARAE/TVNZ | ||
| Environmental/Sustainability Award | Kate Evans – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media | |||
| Science Journalism Award | Eloise Gibson – Newsroom | |||
| Best individual investigation | Patrick Gower for "Exposing white supremacy in New Zealand" – Newshub/MediaWorks | Matt Shand for "NZ First donations investigation" – Waikato Times, Dominion Post/Stuff | ||
| Best team investigation | Stuff – "Product of Australia" | RNZ "Eviction of Tamaki state housing tenants" | ||
| Best (single) news story / scoop | Melanie Reid – Newsroom | |||
| Best coverage of a major news event | 1 News/TVNZ with Barbara Dreaver – "Samoan measles crisis" | Newshub/MediaWorks with Thomas Mead "Christchurch terror attacks" | ||
| Best editorial campaign or project | Newsroom – "Oranga Tamariki uplifts" | NZ Herald/NZME and Greenstone "Fighting the Demon" | ||
| Best Reporter – Junior | Logan Church – RNZ | |||
| Student Journalist of the Year | Ashley Stanley – Newsroom | |||
| Community Journalist of the Year | Virginia Fallon – Kāpiti Observer/Stuff | Sadie Beckman – Horowhenua Chronicle/NZMELaurilee McMichael – Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender/NZME Gus Patterson – Oamaru Mail/Allied Press | ||
| Regional Journalist of the Year | Hamish McNeilly – The Press/Stuff | |||
| Sports Journalist of the Year | Dana Johannsen – Stuff | |||
| Business Journalist of the Year | Tim Hunter – NBR | Nikki Macdonald – Dominion Post and Stuff | Katie Bradford – TVNZBernard Hickey – Newsroom | |
| Political Journalist of the Year | Audrey Young – NZ Herald/NZME | |||
| Broadcast Reporter of the Year | Jehan Casinader – Sunday/TVNZ | Paula Penfold – Stuff Circuit and Māori Television | ||
| Reporter of the Year | Guyon Espiner – RNZ | Phil Pennington – RNZ | ||
| Newspaper | Best newspaper front page | The Press/Stuff | ||
| Community Newspaper of the Year | The Beacon/Beacon Media Group | Mountain Scene/Allied PressThe Courier, Timaru/Allied Press | ||
| Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation) | Waikato Times/Stuff | |||
| Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation) | NZ Herald/NZME | The Press/Stuff | ||
| Weekly Newspaper of the Year | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | Weekend Herald/NZME | ||
| Voyager Newspaper of the Year | NZ Herald/NZME | |||
| Digital | Podcast – Best narrative/serial | "White Silence" – RNZ and Stuff | ||
| Podcast – Best episodic/recurrent | "He Kākano Ahau" – RNZ and Ursula Grace Films"Out of My Mind" – Stuff | |||
| Best innovation in digital storytelling | nzherald.co.nz/NZME – "Fighting the Demon" (NZ Herald/NZME and Greenstone) | newsroom.co.nz | ||
| Best news website or app | nzherald.co.nz/NZME | newsroom.co.nz | ||
| Website of the Year | nzherald.co.nz/NZME |