The awards are generally judged by senior media workers, as well as academics, former media workers, judges, businesspeople and others. The qualifying period is usually the 12 months from the beginning of September to the end of August. The 2012 awards were presented at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on 3 November 2012 by Craig Smart from Channel 10 and Emmy Kubainski from Channel 7. The 2012 awards were hosted by The West Australian media workers Kate Ferguson and Daniel Hatch. The 2011 awards were presented by Matt Tinney and Narelda Jacobs at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth on 5 November 2011.
The most prestigious individual awards are the Daily News Centenary Prize (informally known as the Gold Award or the WA Journalist of the Year), which, like the Gold Walkley, is presented to the stand-out winner of all the awards; the Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism; and the Clarion Prize, which is awarded for outstanding achievement by a member of the Australian Journalists Section of the WA Branch of the MEAA.
Journalists to have been highly successful have been Steve Pennells (19 awards), Sean Cowan (14), Gary Adshead (14), Paige Taylor (13), John Flint (11), Colleen Egan (9), and Joe Spagnolo (7). Pennells, Egan and Flint have also won Walkley Awards.
Adshead and Cowan have each won three WA Journalist of the Year awards, though two of those were shared, while Egan and Victoria Laurie have each won two, one of which was shared.
Awarded for the best news story or series of news stories published in a newspaper or periodical.
Print Graphics Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best illustration, cartoon or graphic in print.
News Photography Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best news photograph.
Feature Photography Prize ($500)
Awarded for best feature photograph or series (3 or less) on the same subject.
Sub-Editing Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best three headlines written by a sub-editor in newspaper or periodical.
Country Prize ($500)
Awarded for the three best news stories or features published in a country newspaper that appears at least once a week and which circulates outside a 70km radius of central Perth. This category includes all country papers, but not specialist rural publications such as the Countryman or Farm Weekly.
Suburban Prize ($500)
Awarded for the three best news stories or published in a Perth suburban newspaper that appears at least once a week and which circulates within a 70km radius of Perth.
Television:
TV Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best news story or series of news stories broadcast on television.
Broadcast Graphics Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best illustration, cartoon or graphic in electronic media.
TV Camera Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best camera work in news, current affairs or sport coverage.
Radio:
Radio Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best news story or series of news stories broadcast on radio.
All media:
Consumer Affairs Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best consumer affairs reporting in any medium.
Best Columnist Prize ($500)
In memory of columnist Matt Price
Political Reporting Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best political reporting in any medium.
Feature Prize
Awarded for best feature story in any medium. The award honours the memory of feature writer Hugh Schmitt. The award includes radio and TV feature stories and documentaries.
Health and Medical Feature Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best feature story that raises awareness of health-related issues and promotes health or wellbeing.
Resources Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best resources story in any medium.
Health and Medical News Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best health and medical news story in any medium.
Business News Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best business, economics or finance story in any medium.
Open to cadets and journalists in their first full year of grading. Entrants to submit their three best pieces of work, showing a range of skills and style. This prize honours the memory of AJA members Jack Eaves, Selwyn Prior and Merv Day who took a great interest in the training and development of young journalists.
Student Prize ($500)
Open to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate journalism students enrolled at a West Australian tertiary institution and not employed as journalists. Entrants to submit up to three pieces of their best work, showing a range of skills and styles.
Student Prize ($500)
Open to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate journalism students enrolled at a West Australian tertiary institution and not employed as journalists. Entrants to submit up to three pieces of their best work, showing a range of skills and styles.
A.H. Kornweibel Arts Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best culture and arts story in any medium. The award honours the memory of Albert H C Kornweibel, who was famed throughout Australia for his music critiques as Fidelio, and his work as a reviewer of books, dance and drama.
Online Reporting Prize ($500)
Awarded for the best news story or series of news stories on the Internet that maximise the use of the online medium.
Other
Clarion Award
This award goes to a member who has, in the opinion of the AJA section, made the greatest contribution to the profession in WA during the year. The committee considers the quality of work and other ways in which the member has contributed to journalism and the Alliance.
1987 winners
Centenary Prize: Martin Saxon, Sydney Morning Herald
PPC Prize: Mark Thornton, The West Australian.
PPC Suburban: Cathy Munro, Post Newspapers
Radio: Guy Houston, ABC
Sports/Gilmour: Robert Messenger, Daily News
Eaves (best cadet): too few entries
Beck prize for government reporting: too few entries
2016 Daily News Centenary Prize: Andrew Probyn, The West Australian
The Clarion Award: Nick Evans, The West Australian
The Arthur Lovekin Prize for Excellence in Journalism: David Cohen, The Post
Best Print/Text News Report: Andrew Probyn, The West Australian
Best Print/Text Feature Writing: Andrew Burrell, The Weekend Australian
Best Three Headlines: Martin Saxon, The Sunday Times STM Magazine
Suburban – Best 3 News Features Print/Online: Sarah Brookes, Echo Newspaper
TV/Audio-Visual Journalism - Best News Story or Feature: Jessica Page, Seven News.
Best Broadcast Camerawork: Cameron Wallis, Seven News
Radio/Audio Journalism – Radio News Story or Feature: Lauren Day, ABC
Best News Photograph: Marta Pascual Juanola, Mandurah Mail
Best News Photograph – Community/Regional: Jon Gellweiler, Ampersand Southwest Magazine
Best Feature Photographic Essay: Coilin Murty, The Australian
Online: Simon White, Emma Young, Tim Carrier, Heather McNeil and David Baker, WAtoday
A.H Kornweibel Prize for Best Culture & Arts Report: Victoria Laurie, The Weekend Australian
Business Economics or Finance Report: Courtney Bembridge, ABC
Best Political Report: Andrew Probyn, The West Australian / Rebecca Turner & Jessica Strutt, ABC
Matt Price Award for Best Columnist: Liam Bartlett, The Sunday Times
Social Equity Report: Paige Taylor & Victoria Laurie, The Weekend Australian
Best Science and Environmental Report: Emma Young, WAtoday
Best Freelance Journalist: Kerry Faulkner
Best Health/Medical Report: Emma Young, WAtoday
Regional & Community: Best 3 News Features (70km): Nathan Morris, ABC
Outstanding Journalism Student: Thomas de Souza, Edith Cowan University
Best New Journalist or Cadet: Nathan Hondros, Mandurah Mail
Best Sports Report: John Townsend, The West Australian
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