Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards

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The Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards (PMCAs) are Australian journalism awards held each year by New South Wales Parliament and Multicultural NSW. The awards, known as Premier's Multicultural Media Awards, were established in 2012 to recognise excellence and professionalism in the multicultural media and marketing industry. [1] The awards were named PMCAs in 2018 to celebrate contributions that journalists, photographers, editors, publishers and marketers made to the multicultural communities in NSW. [2]

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The PMCAs is an inclusive awards that have been establish to honour the work of individuals and media organisations that promote the advancement of multiculturalism in NSW and contributes to the enrichment of all sections of society through the benefits of cultural diversity. [3] The gala events were normally held in the Sydney CBD and hosted by NSW Premier and Minister for Multiculturalism. [4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 PMCAS will be delivered fully online. [5]

Awards categories

The current PMCAs include 12 categories such as Best Print Report, Best Audio Report, Public Interest Report, Publication of the Year.

Winners

2019 Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards [6]

CategoriesWinners [7]
Best Print ReportZia Ahmad – AMUST
Best Audio ReportManpreet Kaur Singh, Shamsher Kainth, Avneet Arora and Maya Jamieson – SBS Punjabi [8]
Best Audio-Visual ReportAndrea Booth – NITV, The Point [9]
Young Journalist of the YearXinrui (Rena) Li – Sydney Today
Best Use of Digital or Social MediaSirine Demachkie and Kinderling Kids Radio – Mother Tongue
Public Interest Award Avani Dias – triple j Hack
Alan Knight Student AwardNadine Silva
Publication of the YearAMUST
Lifetime Achievement AwardAntoine Kazzi OAM – El Telegraph
Campaign of the Year – AgencyCultural Perspectives – Your vote will help shape Australia
Campaign of the Year – BusinessSunRice and Identity Communications – SunRice the Rice Breaker
Campaign of the Year – CommunityHindu Council of Australia – Deepavali Fair

2018 Premier's Multicultural Communications Awards [10]

CategoriesWinners [11]
Best News ReportIman Riman and Maram Ismail – SBS Arabic24
Best Radio/Audio ReportXiao Han – 2ac Australian Chinese Radio
Best TV/Audio-Visual ReportSayed Hussainizada
Young Journalist of the YearSofia Dmitrieva – RusTalk TV
Best Use of Digital or Social MediaWhy Documentaries
Public Interest AwardNatalia Godoy and Soraya Caicedo – SBS Spanish [12]
Alan Knight Student AwardElla Tang
Publication of the YearIndian Link
Lifetime Achievement AwardEduardo González – Cristóbal
Agency Campaign of the YearThe Monkeys for IAG/CGU
AFL NSW/ACT Community Campaign of the YearMulticultural Communities Council of Illawarra (MCCI)
CBA Business Campaign of the YearHavas Melbourne & SBS

2017 Premier's Multicultural Media Awards [13]

CategoriesWinners [14]
Best News ReportJoshua Levi – The Australian Jewish News
Best Radio/Audio ReportSoraya Caicedo, Esther Lozano, Claudianna Blanco – SBS Spanish
Best TV/Audio-Visual ReportOmar Dabbagh – SBS
Best Long-Form FeatureTrinh Nguyen and Olivia Nguyen – SBS
Young Journalist of the YearTia Singh
Best Use of Digital MediaBoris Etingof, Gina McKeon, John-Paul Marin and Matt Smith – SBS
Public Interest AwardBen Hills, Simon Vandore and Marshall Heald – SBS
Student AwardYenee Saw
Publication of the YearThe Australian Jewish News
Lifetime Achievement AwardEndre Csapo
Photo of the YearNoel Kessel – The Australian Jewish News
Best Short-Form FeatureMichele Grigoletti and Silvia Pianelli – Migrantes Foundation
Best Editorial/CommentaryVijay Badhwar – Indian Down Under

2016 Premier's Multicultural Media Awards

CategoriesWinners [15]
Best Print Publication The Australian Jewish News
Best Radio ReportRaymond Selvaraj and Kulasegaram Sanchayan – SBS Radio Tamil
Best Online Publication Ang Kalatas
Best Use of Social and Digital Media The Australian Jewish News
Best Community TV/Radio ReportAna Sevo – Meraki TV
Best Investigative StoryJoshua Levi – The Australian Jewish News
Best News ReportJoshua Levi – The Australian Jewish News
Best ImageNoel Kessel – The Australian Jewish News
Best Long Form FeatureFrancesca Rizzoli – SBS Radio
Best Editorial/CommentaryZia Ahmad – Australasian Muslim Times
Best Creative and Innovative DesignBernard Sullivan, Charles Sturt University [16]
Best Story on Cultural DiversityJohn Birmingham and Gina McKeon –SBS Australia
Best Student WorkSejal Madan – Fiji Times
Emerging JournalistPri Kumar, The Indian Telegraph
Lifetime Achievement AwardNoel Kessel – The Australian Jewish News
Young Journalist of the YearTahmina Ansari

2015 Premier's Multicultural Media Awards [17]

CategoriesWinners
Best Print PublicationIndian Link Media Group
Best Radio Report SBS Radio – Wolfgang Muller
Best Online PublicationAng Kalatas
Young Journalist of the YearTahmina Ansari [18]
Best Use of Online and Digital Media SBS Australia
Public Interest AwardBen Hills, Simon Vandore and Marshall Heald – SBS
Best Investigative Story SBS Radio – Naomi Selvaratnam
Best Print ReportThe Indian Telegraph
Lifetime Achievement AwardKamahl Ibram
Best ImageThe Australian Jewish News - Noel Kessel
Best Short-Form FeatureMichele Grigoletti and Silvia Pianelli – Migrantes Foundation
Best Editorial/CommentaryYouthink Magazine - Mostafa Rachwani
Best Community TV/Radio ReportAsian Media Centre - ‘Dragon Footprints’ series
Best Article on Multiculturalism SBSDateline - Amos Roberts

2014 Premier's Multicultural Media Awards [19]

CategoriesWinners [20]
Best Publication (One off publications)Coalition of Mischief – A-Men
Best Publication (Periodicals)Neos Kosmos
Best Print ReportIndian Link, Pawan Luthra — Election Survey Results
Best Radio ReportSBS Radio, Manpreet Kaur Singh and Sacha Payne — The Enemy Within
Young Journalist of the YearIndian Link —Ritma Mitra
Best Use of Online and Digital MediaIndian Link Media Group
Best Online PublicationAng Kalatas — kalatas.com.au
Best Investigative StorySBS Radio, Florencia Melgar – The Other 9 -1
Lifetime Achievement AwardQuang Luu AO — former Head of SBS Radio
Best Feature of the YearSBS Radio, Manpreet Kaur Singh and Sacha Payne – The Enemy Within
Best Editorial/CommentaryAustralian Jewish News, Zeddy Lawrence – Enough is Enough
Best Community TV/Radio ReportSouth West Multicultural and Community Centre – Pacific Sport 360
Best Article on MulticulturalismBeyond the Bridge Inc, David Ossip – A Nation of Tribes

2013 Premier's Multicultural Media Awards [21]

Three hundred guests joined the then Premier and the Minister for Citizenship at the inaugural awards ceremony on 27 February 2013.

CategoriesWinners
Best News ReportIndian Link
Best Print ReportZaman
Best Radio Report SBS Radio Hindi programs
Best Use of Online and Digital MediaIndian Link Media Group
Best Online PublicationIndian Link
Best Investigative Story SBS World News Australia
Lifetime Achievement AwardAnwar Harb (An Nahar)

Simon Ko (Sing Tao)

Best Image Indian Link
Best FeatureWrite About Me by Ms Naomi Tsvirko, a freelance journalist

Antoine Kazzi, El Telegraph

Best Editorial/CommentaryHani Elturk, EI Telegraph
Best Article on Multiculturalism SBS Radio Turkish program

SBS Radio German program

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