John Douglas Pringle Award or British Prize for Journalism is offered jointly by the
British High Commission
A British High Commission is a British diplomatic mission, equivalent to an embassy, found in countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their general purpose is to provide diplomatic relationships as well as travel information, ...
and the Australian
National Press Club
Organizations
A press club is an organization for journalists and others professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news. A press club whose membership is defined by the press of a given country may be known as a National Press ...
. It is named after a distinguished journalist,
John Douglas Pringle
John Martin Douglas Pringle, usually known as John Douglas Pringle (28 June 1912 – 4 December 1999) was a Scotland, Scottish-born journalist and author who moved in 1952 to Australia, where he became a prominent newspaper editor and social comm ...
.
Winners
* 1999:
Sally Sara
Sally Jane Sara Order of Australia, AM, (born 2 March 1971 in Port Pirie, South Australia) is an Australian journalist and TV presenter.
Career
Sara's career began with Outback Radio (2WEB) in Bourke, New South Wales. Sara then joined the Aus ...
* 2000:
Claire Miller
* 2001:
* 2002:
Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet is an Australian journalist and nonfiction writer. Formerly employed by ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Bulletin'' magazine, and Australian Associated Press, she specializes in writing about human health and medicine.
Early ...
* 2003:
Sacha Payne
* 2004:
Shane Wright Shane Wright may refer to:
* Shane Wright (ice hockey), ice hockey player
* Shane Wright (rugby league), rugby league footballer
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* 2005: Not offered.
References
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External links
Website
Australian journalism awards