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Consensus IT Writers Awards

Revised: 29th November 2005

The glittering view from Buena Vista on 21st November was eclipsed by the quality of the journalism being recognized that night

All event photography now available on CD - just ask for your complementary copy

Congratulations to the 2005 Winners and Finalists

 

Thank you to everyone that attended the Award presentations at the Buena Vista Bar/Cafe on 21st November.

Award category

2005 Results

Most Controversial  Winner - David Braue

Finalists -  Sue Bushell,  Tim Dean  and  Ian Yates

Most Entertaining   Winner - Ian Yates

Finalists - Angus Kidman  and  Tim Dean

Best Feature   Winner - Laurence Grayson

Finalists - Sue Bushell  and  Elise Kelsey

Best News Winner - Patrick Gray

Finalists - Nadia Cameron,  Emma Connors  and   Eric Wilson

Best Investigative   Winner - Patrick Gray

Finalists David Braue  and  Garth Montgomery

Best Technical  Winner - Danny Allen

Finalists - David Braue  and  Tim Dean

 Best Editor Winner - Amanda Conroy

Finalists -  Elise Kelsey  and  Sandra Rossi

Best Web-site Winner - www.developer.net.au

Finalists - www.misweb.com.auwww.smh.com.au  and www.zdnet.com.au 

The Kester Graeme Philipson 
more about the Kesters
Special Award Kate Carruthers
And our special thanks to Senator Stephen Conroy, Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology
and
Edward Mandla, National President Australian Computer Society
See you next year for the 12th annual Awards for excellence in ITC journalism

Event photography by Gary David now available just contact consensus for a complementary CD.

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2005 Consensus IT Writers Awards
Award Categories

Select a category to view the list of entries

Most Controversial
Most Entertaining
Best Feature
Best News
Best Investigative
Best Technical
Best Headline
Best Editor
Best Web-site
Judges will also consider nominations for Kester Cranswick Life Time Achievement Award

Entrants 2005

Listed in order of arrival

Most Controversial

David Braue

You Can Lead a Government to XML . . .

Simon Sharwood

Revenge of the dinosaurs

Sue Bushell

The Horror, the Horror: When CIOs attack

Ian Yates

PR Dweebs - Resistance is Futile!

Bennett Ring

Rites of Passage

Tim Dean

Two faces of Bill

Most Entertaining

Logan Booker

BAFTA baffles

Garth Montgomery

Kazaagate

Nick Ross

Delightful DRM?

Seamus Byrne

Readin', writin' and ridin'

Angus Kidman

Kerri-Anne's simple spruik for Vodafone

Ian Yates

Well I'll be bloggered

Bennet Ring

photorealism

Tim Dean

Fun, and education

Best Feature

David Braue

Reviving the art of the IT business case

Laurence Grayson

Be a part of the digital audience

Logan Booker

The genesis of a genre

Elise Kelsey

World Vision Tsunami Appeal

Stephen Coates

We Live in an Instant Fix World

Danny Allen

Cheap hits

Sue Bushell

Competition Gets Extreme

Garth Montgomery

www.apcstart.com/piratesong/ 

Keith Power

Get wired, stay out of jail

Emma Connors

Cybertribes

Paul Ryan

Surf Wars

Seamus Byrne

The need for speed

Ian Yates

Encrypto Man

Angus Kidman

Hell's bells

Roulla Yiacoumi

The Online Edge

Patrick Gray

Inside the future

Best News

Nadia Cameron

Optima goes private after DET setback

David Braue

Think proprietary, government tells open source developers

Simon Sharwood

Emergencies put mapping on the agenda

Garth Montgomery

MIPI Meltdown

Nick Ross

SwitchITOff

David Crowe

Trading platform's new crisis

Emma Connors

Card Sting hits 50,000 Australians

Seamus Byrne

Actors' union shouts cut on digital film

Angus Kidman

Open rift hurts Linux community

Bennett Ring

No EPG for Australia

Michael Crawford

NSW Police eye roadside biometrics

Eric Wilson

Keeping ahead of customer churn

Patrick Gray

Brouhaha Over Kazaa Means Nada

Best Investigative

Logan Booker

Your Game Sucks

Nadia Cameron

Storage Integrators Look for Solutions

David Braue

Why government isn't buying e-procurement

Stephen Coates

What does "We deliver solutions" really mean?

Garth Montgomery

Kazaagate

David Crowe

Call centre collapse leaves staff short

Nick Ross

Inkjets Exposed!

Patrick Gray

When Information Systems Attack

Nigel Morris-Cotterill

Technology: power crazed computer achieves record

Best Technical

David Braue

.NET for Linux

Simon Sharwood

Tough machines

Danny Allen

Talk is cheap

Keith Power

Re-think your systems

Angus Kidman

Ink's high cost

Bennet Ring

Value Motherboards roundup

Tim Dean

Laser Wars

Best Headline 

Paul Ryan

Surf Wars

Simon Sharwood

Having your cache and eating it too

Logan Booker

Hundred Degrees of Freedom

Best Editor

This category is assessed by the panel of judges reviewing a selection of material supplied as hard copy

David Kidd

PC Authority Magazine

Haymarket Media

(02) 8399 7636

dkidd@pcauthority.com.au

Elise Kelsey

TelCall Magazine

Xer Publishing

(03) 9646 9244

ekelsey@xer.com.au

Merri Mack

Voice & Data Magazine

Westwick Farrow Publishing

(02) 9487 2700

editorial@VoiceandData.com.au 

Matthew Powell

Australian Macworld Magazine

Niche Media

(03) 9525 5566

matthewpowell@niche.com.au

Amanda Conroy

Australian PC World

amanda_conroy@idg.com.au

www.pcworld.idg.com.au

(02) 9902 2781

Glenn Rees

PC User

ACP

(02) 9288 9105

grees@acpmagazines.com.au 

Sandra Rossi

Computerworld

(02) 9439 5133

 Sandra_Rossi@idg.com.au

Best Web-site

 www.occidental.com.au

Sydney Morning Herald

www.smh.com.au 

MIS Magazine Australia

www.misweb.com.au 

www.smh.com.au/technology/index.html

ZDNet Australia

www.zdnet.com.au 

www.afr.com/it/index.html 

www.australianit.news.com.au 

www.developer.net.au

www.crn.com.au 

www.apcstart.com/kazaagate/index.php

www.computerworld.com.au 

www.infoage.idg.com.au 

www.arnnet.com.au 

www.cio.com.au 

www.csoonline.com.au 

www.abc.net.au 

www.brw.com.au 

IT News

www.itnews.com.au 

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