Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The media awards are dead – long live the media awards!

Rebecca Gray

Wed, 25 May 2016 22:47:06 +1200

What a lovely comment from the judges. Nice one!

Russell Brown

Tue, 24 May 2016 16:46:24 +1200

Yay Eczema!

I know! I smiled when I saw that.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 24 May 2016 16:29:18 +1200

Yay Eczema!

John McCormick

Tue, 24 May 2016 16:25:45 +1200

Congratulations, and well deserved. It's wonderful that there's somewhere I can go to for respite after looking at nzherald.co.nz and finding 5 stories about the bachelor.

Brent Jackson

Tue, 24 May 2016 12:22:03 +1200

Nice

Russell Brown

Tue, 24 May 2016 11:54:45 +1200

I've just received the comments from Canons Best Blog Site judges Deborah Hill Cone and Bill Ralston:

With Public Address Russell Brown inspires hope the internet can be deep as well as fast. He should feel proud he has created a unique and meaningful community with a compelling voice that…

Marc C

Tue, 24 May 2016 00:05:32 +1200

__"And yes, we won too. Public Address was named Best Blog Site. That’s the whole site, not just me: and that means all our bloggers, our developers CactusLab and you, the readers and commenters. Lord knows some of you try my patience at times, but I learn something from you…

Sacha

Mon, 23 May 2016 22:13:42 +1200

punmeister

Sacha

Mon, 23 May 2016 22:08:37 +1200

a bit like distinguishing between variations in electronic music

indeed, indeed

Jane Pearson

Mon, 23 May 2016 22:01:22 +1200

And my congratulations and thanks too – and ditto re Sunday morning's programme, The Spinoff and The Wireless for quality reading and listening.

Kumara Republic

Mon, 23 May 2016 17:46:39 +1200

'Grats.

Marion Ogier

Mon, 23 May 2016 17:14:14 +1200

Congratulations. It is fantastic to have places like Public Address, The Spinoff and The Wireless to go to for quality work in this clickbaity media world. Also Matt Nippert is fantastic – like a gold nugget in the pile of shite that is the Herald these days. And finally Wallace…

Gareth Davidson

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:59:32 +1200

"And the award for best ghost writer of the year goes to..."

nzlemming

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:38:35 +1200

Well done indeed, and even the fact that Bernard Orsman got one too doesn't diminish your (our? you're very kind) achievement. Long may it continue!

As one of those who've tried your patience, I think I've learned something too ;-)

Alfie

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:31:19 +1200

From a reader who first enjoyed Hard News in email newsletter form back in the early 90s (?) it's been a pleasure to see your work mature into the nicely moderated blog PAS has become... many thanks Russell. The award is well deserved.

Shane Le Brun

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:23:54 +1200

More Congrats from me too

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:15:26 +1200

Hey Judicious...
I don’t think I’ve ever heard it called that before …
Well it was in many ways an adulter rant
but the opposite of an adulterant
hey, you made it better
– refrain...
:- )

Rob Stowell

Mon, 23 May 2016 15:46:56 +1200

Congratulations! Well deserved.

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 15:32:26 +1200

Russell’s understated rant

I don't think I've ever heard it called that before ...

ThoughtSpur

Mon, 23 May 2016 15:19:04 +1200

Well done Russell and collbaorators. Richly deserved. Congratualtions.

Adrian Humm

Mon, 23 May 2016 15:08:27 +1200

Congratulations Russell and all the Public Address team. I was on a Big OE from the UK in 1992 when I first heard Russell's understated rant on air. That was all it took for me to make NZ my home in 1993. That and the passionate way in which New…

David Hood

Mon, 23 May 2016 15:06:16 +1200

‘Worst Pun on an Award Winning Blog; Comments Section’ category

I thought there were already awards for pundits? :)

Holly Johnson

Mon, 23 May 2016 14:58:30 +1200

A very positive evening, for old media and new … great to see that The Wireless has its moment in the sun. Paul Cavanagh, the former Radio New Zealand CEO who founded it, can take a bow.

Hilary Stace

Mon, 23 May 2016 14:53:24 +1200

Congratulations to all of us. Even more deserved as the judges for this award were Deborah Hill Cone and Bill Ralston – not known as fans of the lefty stuff which sometimes appears on this site.

Lilith __

Mon, 23 May 2016 14:46:56 +1200

...I'm angling for a large cash prize for 'Worst Pun on an Award Winning Blog; Comments Section' category
– otherwise anyone gotta job going out there?

You would win the Outrageously Clever Wordsmith Award every year.
I wish you'd write a novel, though. Or a book of some sort that…

Damian Christie

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:28:18 +1200

I see. And I can see how that would be useful. Perhaps you could apply as "Public Address, just the bit that Graeme Edgeler does" (that would be Legal Beagle, of course). :)

Graeme Edgeler

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:25:09 +1200

Why are we joining the Press Council out of interest? Are there any upsides to giving people an official ruling body they can complain about us to?

I supported it because there have been a couple of occasions where I've attended court hearings as a member of the public (occasionally…

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:21:17 +1200

and then never got around to it, so it’s nice to know I actually won :-)

You did – and I'd have been happy to verify your entry. But would I then have had to enter "Public Address, apart from Graeme Edgeler"?

So I think there's a pretty clear case…

Luke Williamson

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:18:09 +1200

Well done Russell. I've donated lump sums in the past but an easy way to do a nice little drip feed would be good and a pleasure.

Luke Williamson

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:16:41 +1200

He should be able to tap into some good sources. As long as the content isn't watered down.

Graeme Edgeler

Mon, 23 May 2016 13:13:27 +1200

I looked at nominating for the Media awards this year, as it was the first time I felt I'd written 3 posts worthy of nominating in a single calendar year. Then I looked at the category, and thought "best blog site, does it have to be the whole site, do…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:56:40 +1200

Let battle comments!
we should now have categories for...
...I'm angling for a large cash prize for 'Worst Pun on an Award Winning Blog; Comments Section' category
– otherwise anyone gotta job going out there?
:- )

Damian Christie

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:29:12 +1200

Congratulations Russell, I'm glad I wrote that post the other week after a lengthy absence, gives me bragging rights, however undeserved :)

Why are we joining the Press Council out of interest? Are there any upsides to giving people an official ruling body they can complain about us to? I'm…

Eediot

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:15:24 +1200

Congrats again. Now you can concentrate on that ”crisis around hosing” story I’ve been hanging out for.

Maureen West

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:12:32 +1200

Congratulations Russell and everyone else who contributes to this part of the blogosphere. As you acknowledge this community has been developing for so long. This award is well deserved for foresight, continued innovation, and outstanding tenacity. Looking forward to the new subscription format.

Mark Graham

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:09:48 +1200

Nice one Russ – you really do superb work and while I understand the weariness you must feel (god, I feel it too), you're doing God's work (if there was a God, of course...)

Jason Kemp

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:07:20 +1200

Great news well done Russell and all the other award winners.

James Littlewood*

Mon, 23 May 2016 12:02:26 +1200

Good news (patron) on top of good news (gong)!

So very well deserved.

Please keep doing what you do.

artig

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:55:53 +1200

Congratulations on the award. Sorry to hear that Media Take is ending soon. It seems like it's only just begun.

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:55:49 +1200

Also very happy to see The Wireless get the best website award. I’m not exactly the target demographic, but I love it. RNZ just get better and better.

I snuck a pic of a very happy Radio NZ CEO Paul Thompson just after the website award was announced.

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:54:39 +1200

This is my favourite photo of the evening.

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:49:41 +1200

Great initiative with Press Patron. I’ll be checking it out when I’m on a real computer. Is it intended to be available to international sites?

That is Alex's long-term plan. He's nothing if not ambitious.

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:49:09 +1200

Wallace Chapman’s Sunday morning programme yesterday was so good.

The John Kirwan interview in particular was amazing. It’s no small thing running an interview that long, but it was compelling.

Carol Stewart

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:48:00 +1200

Photos, or it didn't happen.

Peer review isn't enough? ;-)

Russell Brown

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:45:33 +1200

Photos, or it didn't happen.

I told there's video!

Carol Stewart

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:45:07 +1200

Congratulations to you, Russell, and also to my good friend Barbara Fountain. So very well deserved in both cases.
Also very happy to see The Wireless get the best website award. I'm not exactly the target demographic, but I love it. RNZ just get better and better. Wallace Chapman's Sunday…

TracyMac

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:35:24 +1200

Congrats re the award!

Great initiative with Press Patron. I'll be checking it out when I'm on a real computer. Is it intended to be available to international sites?

Deborah

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:34:15 +1200

I’m delighted for you, Russell. Congratulations!

If ever a man earned the right to drink red wine from a trophy and exclaim “I am a golden god!”, it’s Matt.

Photos, or it didn't happen.

John Farrell

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:33:53 +1200

Congratulations, Russell. This is well deserved.

Public Address

Mon, 23 May 2016 11:33:53 +1200

Discussion from blog post.