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Awards

2008 Older People Speak Out (OPSO) National Media and People’s Choice Awards

The winners of the Older People Speak Out 2008 National Media Awards and People's Choice Awards were announced at the Awards Ceremony in Brisbane on 31 October 2008.

In this section:

OPSO - Queensland awards

Daily Newspapers

1st – John Andersen - Ageing Gracefully - Townsville Bulletin

2nd – Madonna King - The Politics of looking after the Elderly - 4 Columns - The Courier-Mail

3rd – Melanie Christiansen - Don't Make us wait - The Courier-Mail

Regional & biweekly Newspapers

1st – Toni McRae - Celebrating the Getting of Wisdom - 3 part series - HerveyBay Observer

2nd – David Hooper - Prime Time and Scoop Story - Townsville Bulletin

Television

1st – Amelia Charlton - Grey Medallion - Network 10

2nd – Chris Allen - Grandparent Carers - 9 Network

3rd – Megan Pailthorpe - Cane Cutters - ABC TV

Radio

1st – Madonna King - The Value of our Elderly - ABC 612 – The Morning Show

2nd – Greg Carey - Fear, Faith & Alzheimers - 4BC

3rd Ian Maurice - Senior Superstar - 4BC

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Print Photos

1st – Andrew Seymour - Surf Dancer 5 - The Noosa Journal/Weekender Magazine

2nd – Evan Morgan - Beach bums - Townsville Bulletin

3rd – Birgit Kehr - Kenilworth through the generations - SunshineCoast Seniors

Senior special newsletter articles

1st – APSL – The Comet Helping everyday people….everyday - The Comet

2nd – Burnie Brae News - Burnie Brae launches project pantry - Burnie Brae News

3rd – Casey McNeil - ChancellorPark mermaids have recipe for good health - Prime Trust release

Highly Commended - Robert Lesca - Round-a-bout Magazine

Intergenerational

1st – Birgit Kehr - Little town with a big heart - SunshineCoast Seniors

2nd – Tracey Bange - Special Connections - Buderim Chronicle

3rd – Scott Radford-Chisolm - Black Hawk Down - Townsville Bulletin

OPSO - National media awards

Metropolitan articles

1st – Madonna King - The Politics of looking after the Elderly – 4 Columns - The Courier-Mail

2nd – Louise Hall & Sarah Price - Centenarians are our fastest growing age group - The Sun Herald

3rd – Belle Taylor - Secrets of the Centenarians - West Weekend Magazine

Regional & Suburban

1st – John Andersen - Ageing Gracefully - Townsville Bulletin

2nd – Lauren Mitchell - Men in Sheds - Bendigo Life

3rd – Christian Knight - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – Profile of Warren Sheather My Life – New England

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National magazines

Equal 1st – Vanessa Warrington - Your Life Series – The age I am - Notebook Magazine

Equal 1st – Murray Johnson - Bringing them home at last - Your Life

3rd – Melissa Marino - Age brings new romance with byte - Swinburne Magazine

Television

TV News

1st – Amelia Charlton - Grey Medallion - 10 Network

2nd – Nicholas Way - Masters Swimming - 10 Network

3rd – Gabrielle Boyle - Ageing Research, Cochlear Implants, Brain Research - 10 Network

TV > 10 mins

1st – Andrew Denton - Series of 6 programs titled Elders - ABC TV

2nd – Ian Henscke - Let's Cook - ABC TV

3rd – Kerry Staight - School of the Air - ABC TV

TV < 10 mins

1st – Chris Allen - Grandparent Carers - 9 Network

2nd – Damian Murphy - A Fair Go for Pensioners - 9 Network

3rd – Andrea Nicolas - Old Folks Wii - Channel 7

Photography – metropolitan

Commended – Chris Kidd - Paper People - Sunday Tasmanian – Sunday Extra

Commended – Chris Kidd - Vlastik Skavril - Sunday Tasmanian – Sunday Extra

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Photography – regional & suburban

1st – Jane Ollerenshaw - En Guarde Leader - Community Newspapers – Waverley

2nd – Carmelo Bazzano - Volunteer Leader - Community Newspapers (Free Press)

3rd – Dominique Menegaldo - Margaret is Right on Target - Easter Reporter

Radio

1st Madonna King - The Value of our Elderly - 612 ABC Brisbane

2nd Stefan Armbuster - Stolen Wages - SBS Radio

3rd Marcia De Los Santos - Who will look after me - ABC Radio National

Advertising

Senior Special Newspaper Articles

1st Anita Harvey - David Bussau: Our man of the millions - The Senior – NSW/ACT

2nd Anita Harvey - Bombs, bullets, but Gaza life goes on - The Senior

3rd Merilyn Vale - All for the love of his mum - The Senior – Victoria

Intergenerational

Radio

Aaron Kearney - Youth 'n' Experience - ABC Radio Newcastle

Print

Angela Rossmanith - I wish I could show her my baby - Sydney's Child Magazine

Photo

Birgit Kehr - Little town with a big heart - SunshineCoast Seniors

OPSO Excellence award

Winner – Madonna King

Print – The politics of looking after our elderly - The Courier-Mail; and Radio – The value of our elderly – 612 ABC Morning show

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OPSO People's choice awards

Photo

Patricia McIntyre - TinyTown with a Big Heart – photo by Birgit Kehr - SunshineCoast Seniors

Radio or TV

Dr Anne Ring - Enough Rope with Andrew Denton – episode 184 Margaret Fulton ABC1

Advertising

Joint winners

Dr Anne Ring - Salmat Promotion - The (Sydney) Magazine , SMH monthly insert

Timothy Nolan - Sunshine Coast - (Sunshine Coast Holidays) - Saturday Age

Print

Timothy Nolan - Staging a Divine Drama - article by Gary Tippet - Sunday Age


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