The first award of the evening was given to
TimesLIVE journalist Aron Hyman, who was announced as the winner in the
Hard News category. Hyman's body of work that was adjudicated included:
- Hyper-trauma: Another young life lost, more desperate pleas in gangland
- Order to kill was issued in jail cell
- Tears as Hannah's friend faces her 'killers' in court
Hyman was also shortlisted as a finalist in the
Feature Writing category for his
Times Select contributions.
For his work titled
Serial Horror, Graeme Hosken of the
Sunday Times was the recipient of the
Enterprise News category award. Seasoned photographer Alon Skuy won the
Feature Photograph category for his work looking
Inside the ranks of the Crusaders Motorcycle Club SA. Skuy's work was also shortlisted as finalist in the
News Photograph and
Presentation categories.
Anthony Molyneaux, for his reporting on the death of Stellenbosch student Hannah Cornelius and the subsequent murder trial, was celebrated as the winner in the
Multi-Platform Story category of the
Sikuvile Awards. This was not the first win for Molyneaux, who earlier this year also received the only
Gold Award in the
Online News Video category of the 2019
IAB SA Bookmark Awards, also for Mapping the murder of Hannah Cornelius.
"Apart from celebrating the exceptional work of our winners, we're also very proud of the eight other journalists within Tiso Blackstar who were announced as category finalists," says Andrew Trench, group editorial director at Tiso Blackstar Group.
"Across the board, the dedication and hard work displayed speaks to the ethos of delivering news that is accurate, fair and of the highest integrity. We congratulate our winners and their achievements," Trench concludes.
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