2017 Agricultural Journalism Awards Winners

These are the 2017 award-winning entries. Most are linked to online items, but some are in pdf format requiring Acrobat Reader.

AgResearch Science Writers Award 2017: First= Alexa Cook, Radio NZ Rural News and Carol Stiles, Radio NZ Countrylife

Alexa Cook

Carol Stiles

Alliance Red Meat Industry Journalism Award 2017: Alexa Cook, NZ Rural News

Beef + Lamb NZ Hard News Award 2017: Nigel Stirling, NZX Agri

Dairy NZ Dairy Industry Journalism Award 2017: Jackie Harrigan, NZ Farm Life Media

Federated Farmers Broadcast Journalism Award 2017: First= Carol Stiles, Radio NZ Countrylife and Alexa Cook, Radio NZ Rural News

Carol Stiles

Alexa Cook

Federated Farmers Rural Photography Award 2017: Des Williams, "Otupae Roadblock" Shearing Magazine

2017-Federated-Farmers-Rural Photographer-of-the-Year-Otupae-Roadblock  Williams

Guild's Agricultural Journalism Encouragement Award 2017: Brittany Pickett, Fairfax Media

MPI Rongo Award 2017: Alexa Cook, Radio NZ Rural News, Runner-up Dairy Exporter, Farm Life Media

Alexa Cook

Runner-up: Dairy Exporter

Rural Women NZ Journalism Award 2017: Sally Rae, Fairfax Media

Rural Women NZ Rural Connectivity Award 2017: Alexa Cook, Radio NZ Rural News

Zespri Export Journalism Award 2017: Gerard Hutching, Fairfax Media