Awards

News Digital Media has received numerous industry awards, recognising the company’s and its people’s outstanding achievements across the fields of journalism, sales, marketing and interactive product development.

2012

18th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards

  • Finalist - News, Media and Reference – News.com.au for Cabinet Confidential
  • Finalist - Best Classifieds - TrueLocal
  • Finalist - Best Retail or Online Commerce - moshtix
  • Finalist - Best Retail or Online Commerce - Getprice

2011

Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 50 List

  • Top Ten company - SportingPulse
  • Top Fifty company - News Ticketing (moshtix and foxtix)
  • Top Fifty company - Getprice

Online Retail industry Awards

  • Winner - Best Aggregation Channel - Getprice.com.au

2011 Mobile Awards

  • Finalist - Online Shopping & Payments category - moshix mobile site

2011  News Limited Sales Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Salesperson of the Year - Ebonie Newman, Network Sales Sydney
  • Winner - Best Integrated Sales Campaign over $500,000 - Stuart Parker, NewsNet and Tara Lill, News Digital Media for Vodafone

2011 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) - Newspaper of the Year Awards

  • Winner - News Site of the Year (metropolitan/national) - couriermail.com.au
  • Winner - News Site of the Year(rural/regional/suburban) - ntnews.com.au
  • Winner - Innovation in Digital Publishing – news.com.au

2011 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) -  Advertising Awards

  • Winner - Online Advertising Executive of the Year - Susie Kyrou (Account Manger - Melbourne)
  • Winner - Best Campaign for a Client on a Digital Platform(audience > 90,000) - Lifeline Charity Campaign (Designer Craig Stanford)
  • Winner - Best Integrated Campaign for a Client (one or more platforms)- News Digital Media for Vodafone "The Ashes series" campaign

2011 News Limited Creative Excellence Awards

  • Winner – Best Online Execution - Craig Stanford - News Digital Media for Lifeline Online
  • Finalist – Best Online Execution - Craig Stanford - News Digital Media for Tourism Australia
  • Finalist – Best Online Execution - Lucia Ciccio - moshtix for Optus SuperStar
  • Finalist – Best Digital Innovation - Craig Stanford - News Digital Media for "Battle: Los Angles"

9th Annual Australia and New Zealand IT Journalism awards – "The Lizzie’s"

  • Finalist - Best Consumer Technology Journalist – Andrew Ramadge

    • 17th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards

    2010

    Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 50 List

    • Top Ten company - GetPrice
    • Top Fifty company - Moshtix
    • Top Fifty company - Learning Seat

    2010  News Limited Sales Excellence Awards

    • Finalist - Salesperson of the Year - Ebonie Newman, Network Sales Sydney
    • Finalist - Chairman's Award - Ebonie Newman, Network Sales Sydney
    • Winner - Best New Business Win $100,000 - $900,000 - Mitch Waters (for Procter & Gamble)
    • Winner - Best Integrated Sales Campaign under $500,000 - Luke Donkin & Donna Sheard, NewsNet Melbourne (for Pacific Brands – Bonds)
    • Finalist - Best Integrated Sales Campaign under $500,000 - Olivia Kruizinga, News Digital Media; Fiona Roberts, NewsNet Sydney; Jen Pyne, News Magazines
    • Winner - Best Integrated Sales Campaign over $500,000 - Luke Donkin & Donna Sheard, NewsNet Melbourne (for Carlton & United Breweries for VB)
    • Finalist - Best Integrated Sales Campaign over $500,000 - Greg McCrea

    2010 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) - Newspaper of the Year Awards

    • Winner - News Site of the Year (metropolitan/national) - AdelaideNow
    • Winner - News Site of the Year(rural/regional/suburban) - Leadernews.com.au
    • Winner - Innovation in Digital Publishing – The Australian iPad app
    • Winner - Specialist Site of the Year – Adelaide Advertiser, Sunday Mail & Messenger Newspapers for Local Footy SA

    2010 News Limited Creative Excellence Awards

    • Winner – Chairman's Award – Nathalia Merino - News Digital Media for Bonds and Advent Calender campaigns
    • Winner – Best Online Execution- Craig Stanford - News Digital Media
    • Finalist – Best Pitch (unsold) Concept for Project Funhouse "Pink Your Friends" - Rachel Bajada and Aurelie Perthuis
    • Finalist – Finalist - Best Online Execution - Aurelie Perthuis - news.com.au for Nokia Ovi Maps campaign
    • Finalist – Best Multi-Platform Concept - Lucia Ciccio - moshtix for Be There campaign

    2010 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) -  Advertising Awards

    • Winner - Online Advertising Executive of the Year - Ebonie Newman (Account Manger - Sydney)
    • Highly Commended - Best Online Campaign for a Client $90k+ - News Digital Media for St George Bank "Money & Me" campaign

    16th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards

    2009

    2009 News Awards

    • Winner - The Chairman's Award - The Punch
    • Winner - Website of the Year - taste.com.au

    Australian Anthill Cool Company Awards

    • Highly Commended - moshtix.com.au

    The 54th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

    • Finalist – Best Online Journalism – news.com.au and heraldsun.com.au team, “Victoria in Flames”

    The B&T Awards 2009

    • Finalist – Media Sales Team of the Year – News Digital Media
    • Finalist – Media Brand of the Year - News.com.au

    2009  Australian Web Awards

    • Winner –  Best Virtual - truelocal.com.au

    2009 AIMIA Amber Mobile Awards

    2009 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) - Newspaper of the Year Awards

    • Winner - News Site of the Year (metropolitan/national) - news.com.au
    • Winner - Specialist Site of the Year - The Punch
    • Winner - News Site of the Year(rural/regional/suburban) - Leadernews.com.au

    2009 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) -  Advertising Awards

    • Winner - Online Advertising Executive of the Year - Luke Donkin (Account Manger - Melbourne)
    • Winner - Best Online Campaign for a Client - News Digital Media for the Toyota Tarago "Driving with a Difference"

    7th Annual Australia and New Zealand IT Journalism awards – "The Lizzie’s"

    • Winner - Best Media website – news.com.au/technology
    • Finalist - Best Technical Journalist – Andrew Ramadge

    2009 LearnX eLearning and Training Awards

    • Platinum Winner – Best Compliance and Training Program - Learning Seat & HEINZ
    • Platinum Winner - Best Hosted Learning Management System - Learning Seat

    2009 Hitwise Online Performance Awards

    • Winner - Most Popular Blogs and Personal website – news.com.au/blogs
    • Winner - Most Popular Food and Beverage, Lifestyle and Reference website - taste.com.au
    • Winner - Most Popular Fashion website  (Lifestyle category) - vogue.com.au
    • Winner - Most Popular Women's website (Lifestyle category) - vogue.com.au

    2009 News Limited Creative Excellence Awards

    • Winner – People’s Choice Award (dual winners) – Nathalia Merino - News Digital Media and Hudd Williams - Nationwide News
    • Best Multi-Platform Concept (dual winners) Nathalia Merino - News Digital Media & Hudd Williams - Nationwide News
    • Finalist – Best Pitch (unsold) Concept for Project Funhouse "Pink Your Friends" - Rachel Bajada and Aurelie Perthuis

    15th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards

    • Winner – Best Classifieds and eTrading site – truelocal.com.au
    • Finalist - Best Classifieds and eTrading site – CareeerOne /GPYR for “Tackle your Boss campaign”
    • Finalist - Best News, Media and Reference category - news.com.au

    2008

    The B&T Awards 2008

    • Winner – Media Sales Team of the Year – News Digital Media

    2008 Australia Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Awards

    • Winner - Online General Advertising Market award – News Digital Media

    2008 Mobile Marketing and Advertising Awards

    • Finalist – M-Commerce Category – moshtix iphone site
    • Finalist - Consumer Content Offering – TrueLocal iphone site
    • Finalist - Consumer Content Offering – news.com.au iphone site

    2008 Pacific Area Newspapers’ Publisher Association (PANPA) Newspaper of the Year Awards

    Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards

    AdNews Employer of the Year Awards

    • Finalist – Media Owner Category – News Digital Media

    2008 Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Awards

    • Winner – People’s Choice Awards – Career Won – CareerOne.com.au online search campaign
    • Finalist - Search Marketing Category - Career Won – CareerOne.com.au online search campaign developed with 24/7 Real Media

    6th Annual Australia and New Zealand IT Journalism awards – known as the Lizzie’s

    • Highly Commended - Best New Title – news.com.au/technology
    • Highly Commended - Best Media website – news.com.au/technology

    14th Annual Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) awards

    • Winner - Best News, Media and Reference category – news.com.au – Culture in Crisis Multimedia presentation
    • Finalist - Best Cross-Platform Content or Content Integration category – news.com.au off-deck mobile site (m.news.com.au)
    • Finalist - Best Science, Health and Environment category 1degree.com.au
    • Finalist - Best News, Media and Reference category - news.com.au Election 2007 – The Vote-a-matic
    • Finalist - Best Financial Services category - news.com.au/money

    2007

    The B&T Awards 2007

    • Winner – Best Media Sales Team – News Digital Media

    MediaWorks Awards 2007

    • Winner – Specialist Website of the Year– foxsports.com.au
    • Finalist – Specialist Website of the Year – australianit.com.au
    • Finalist – News Website of the Year– news.com.au
    • Finalist – News Website of the Year– australian.com.au

    The 52nd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

    • Finalist – Investigate Journalism Category – News.com.au ( David Higgins, Will Temple and Mark Schliebs ) for their investigation into aTabcorp betting scandal

    Asian Marketing Effectiveness awards

    • Silver Award - news.com.au’s for it’s Be Involved marketing campaign

    2007 Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Awards

    • Finalists – Fusion category - Truelocal.com.au

    2006

    News Awards

    • Winner – Online journalist of the year – Paul Colgan, Fay Gould and the news.com.au for their coverage of the Beaconsfield mine disaster