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Cosmos journalists have again been recognised for their work, with accolades at the Australian IT Journalism Awards held on the weekend.
Known as “The Lizzies” and held every year since 2003, the awards acknowledge the work of journalists and outlets covering technology in Australia.
The awards are peer judged, and this year attracted 400 entries.
Cosmos reporter Petra Stock won the Best New Journalist category for three pieces of work: ‘A menagerie of robot animals’, ‘Seeing emotions’ and ‘Inclusive video games’.
The Cosmos newsroom’s new myth-busting podcast series Debunks jointly produced with 9Media, was highly commended by the judges. The Executive Producer was Jacinta Bowler.
“Petra Stock won the hotly contested Best New Journalist, against finalists across business and consumer technology journalism, technology news reporting and gaming journalism,” says Phil Sim, chief executive officer at Influencing and the MediaConnect Group, which arranges the awards.
“Debunks was highly commended in the Best Audio Category, which was another high-quality category, reflecting the boom in popularity of podcasts.
“Primarily, [the awards] recognise excellence in technology media and journalism, with the ambition that it inspires journalists to rigorously investigate and report on critical technology-related issues faced by the world today.
“This year’s Gold Lizzies for Best Outlet and Best Journalist were awarded to ABC News and The Age’s David Swan, respectively.”
It follows the awarding of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Kavli Gold Award for magazine writing to Cosmos magazine editor Lauren Fuge in November. Her piece, ‘Point of View’ marked the first Australian magazine writing to be awarded gold in the prestigious awards. It was also a finalist for the annual UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing, along with Amalyah Hart’s ‘Model or Monster’.
Cosmos, established in 2005 and published by the Royal Institution of Australia is Australia’s most-awarded popular science magazine and news service.
