The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report is an award presented annually at the Australian
TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
Logie Awards
The Logie Awards (officially the TV Week Logie Awards; colloquially known as The Logies) is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The first ceremony was held in 1959 as the ...
. The award is given to recognise outstanding news or public affairs reporting.
The first award for news coverage was awarded at the
12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1970 as ''Best News Reporting''.
In 1971, two awards were presented for ''Most Outstanding News Coverage'' and ''Most Outstanding Coverage Of Political Affairs'' with the latter changed to ''Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism'' the following year.
From 1973 they were Best News Coverage and Best Public Affairs Program.
Over the years, these award categories have changed to recognise news reports, news or public affairs programs, special reports or public affairs reports.
At the
60th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 2018, the industry voted awards for news and public affairs Most Outstanding News Coverage and Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report were combined to create the award for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report.
Winners and nominees
Best News Reporting
Most Outstanding News Coverage
Most Outstanding Coverage Of Political Affairs
Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism
Best News Coverage
Best Public Affairs Program
Best News Report
Outstanding Public Affairs Report
Most Outstanding Achievement in News
Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs
Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program
Most Outstanding Documentary or Special Report in a Public Affairs Program
Most Outstanding Special Report in a Public Affairs Program
Most Outstanding News Coverage
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2007
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2008
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, style="background:#FAEB86", ''"Garuda Plane Crash", Seven News''
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SBS World News
''SBS World News'' is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Its flagship nightly bulletin is broadcast at on SBS with additional weeknight 'late' bulletins from on SBS. ''SBS News'' is the name of the news app ...
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2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "China Earthquake", ''ABC News''
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, "Brisbane Storms", ''Seven News''
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, "China Earthquake", ''Nine News Sydney''
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, "Nike Human Rights Investigation", ''Seven News''
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2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "Victorian Bushfires", ''Seven News''
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, "Bushfire Disaster", ''Ten News Victoria''
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2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "New Zealand Mine Disaster", ''Seven News''
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, "Afghanistan Rocket Attack", ''Ten News''
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, "Laurie Oakes Election Leaks", ''Nine News''
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2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "The Queensland Floods", ''Nine News''
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, "Lockyer Valley Flood", ''Seven News Brisbane''
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, "Qantas Grounded", ''Sky News National''
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, "Skype Scandal", ''Ten News at Five''
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, "Unfinished Business", ''SBS World News Australia''
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2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "Catholic Church Allegedly Hid Crimes of Paedophile Priests", ''Lateline''
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, "Baden-Clay", ''Nine News''
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, "Cabinet Leaks", ''Seven News Sydney''
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, "Rudd Vs Gillard Leadership Challenge", ''Sky News''
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "NSW Bushfires", ''Nine News''
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, "Crisis in Cairo" — Brett Mason, ''World News Australia''
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, "Leadership Spill"
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, "Missing the Boat" – Jaymes Diaz interview, ''Ten Eyewitness News''
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, "The Dark Side of the Force", ''Seven News''
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2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
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, "Moree", ''NITV News''
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, "Peter Greste Trial", ''7pm News''
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, "Sydney Siege", ''Nine News''
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, "What Is Metadata", ''Sky News''
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2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
, style="background:#FAEB86", "Parramatta Shooting", ''Seven News''
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, "Iraq-Syria War Coverage", ''ABC 7pm News''
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, "Liberal Leadership Crisis: Abbott v Turnbull", ''Sky News''
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, "Migrant Crisis - Special Report", ''ABC 7pm News''
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2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
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, "Bankstown Hospital", ''Nine News''
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, "Federal Election 2016", ''Seven News''
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, "Inside Syria", ''SBS World News''
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, "S.A. Waste Dump", ''NITV News''
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Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program
Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report
References
External links
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Awards established in 1970
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1970 establishments in Australia