Awards
2012 Older People Speak Out (OPSO) National Media and People’s Choice Awards
Winners of the 2012 Older People Speak Out National Media and People’s Choice Awards were announced in Brisbane on 1 October 2012.
National Awards
Metropolitan newspaper
Leanne Edmistone, U on Sunday- The Sunday Mail, for '100 Not Out’Regional and Suburban newspaper
Shane Desiatnik, The Blue Mountains Gazette, for 'Aged care residents earn TAFE certificates’Print – Magazine
Keeley Henderson, That’s Life!, for 'From ruff to ready’Print - Senior specific newspaper
Heather Grant-Campbell, The Senior – Qld, for 'Sharing way to live’Ray Wood, The Senior – SA, for 'Thea's naked ambition’
Print - Senior specific newsletter
Donna Bowring for ’Community Connection Newsletter’Radio - Current affairs segment/series
Paul Robinson, ABC radio Capricornia for 'Rockhampton Seniors Olympics’TV – News
Lexy Hamilton-Smith, Channel Ten 5pm News, for 'Aged Care Reform’TV - Current affairs
Catherine Hunter, Artscope, ABC 1 for 'A law unto himself’Mandy Lake, ABC TV – Compass, for 'The 100+ Club’
Photography - Metropolitan newspaper
Chris Kidd, The Hobart Mercury, for 'Technology’Photography - Regional or suburban newspaper or newsletter
Melvyn Knipe, Southern Courier, for 'Melting Moments’People's Choice Awards
Collect as many quality media items that show older people positively
Dawn & Marlene Wright, Various, for '40 quality media items’Choose a media item that illustrates positive ageing, and, in fifty words or less, tell us why the item should win an award
June Hopkins - 'Keeper of the Light' (Journalist - Kathleen Noonan, Courier Mail)Special Awards
Older Workers
Ian Henschke, ABC radio mornings, for 'Ita’Older Volunteers
Dwayne Grant, Gold Coast Bulletin, for 'Ink tribute to soulmate’Older People in Sport and Recreation
Nat Wallace for 'Santa's Helpers’Online media coverage of seniors
Tim Young, The Age online, for 'Step by step? The milestones make it a walk to remember’Grandparents and Intergenerational
Heather Grant-Campbell, The Senior – Qld, for 'Too old for Facebook? Not Eva!’Top of page
