Media24’s digital division, 24.com, celebrated its top performers of 2018 at a gala awards event at Nasdak in Cape Town last night. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up!
ENGINEERING AWARDS
Best individual performance: Jannik Richter (Anthem project, Health24 Condition Centres and Traveller24)
Runner-up: Eduard de Klerk (The Bamboo continuous integration)
Best innovation award: Front-end publishing team (Unified code base)
Runner-up: Trevor Sumner (Integrating Jira and introduction of the Bamboo continuous integration)
Leadership award: Trevor Sumner (Unified code base)
Runner-up: Jannik Richter (Anthem project, Health24 Condition Centres and Traveller24)
COMMERCIAL AWARDS
Campaign manager of the year: Ellen Daniels (The SpaceStation)
Account manager of the year – Small portfolio: Ancilla Donaldson (Ads24 for Netwerk24)
Account manager of the year – Large portfolio: Heidi-Lee Pauw (The SpaceStation)
Business development manager of the year: Chanel van Zyl (The SpaceStation)
Campaign of the year: Eskort: Life’s Delicious (Beatrix van der Vyver and Lani Rheeder, Lifestyle: Weeklies)
Runners-up:
• Capitec: Bank better, live better (Brand Studio)
• Mandela100 (AdsOps team, Brand Studio, Ezra Mabasa and TinaShe Makwande)
• Mzansi through her eyes (Brand Studio, News24 and The SpaceStation)
EDITORIAL AWARDS
Journalist of the year: Jana Breytenbach (Netwerk24)
Editor’s award: Young journalist of the year: James de Villiers (Business Insider SA)
Runners-up:
• Christiaan du Plessis (Netwerk24)
• Lynn Butler (Sport24)
Production journalist of the year: Thinus Dippenaar (Body of work: Netwerk24)
Runners-up:
• Herman Mostert (Body of work: Sport24)
• News24 content production team (Live coverage of Jacob Zuma’s resignation)
Best audience engagement: Die Student (Anika Marais: Netwerk24) and #NetNuus videos (George Germishuys: Netwerk24)
Runners-up:
• 100 Mandelas of the future (Alet Janse van Rensburg, James de Villiers, Kelly Anderson and Mpho Raborife: News24)
• SONA 2018 – Live from Parliament (Aletta Harrison, Aljoscha Kohlstock, Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath, Sharlene Rood, Tshidi Madia and Zukile Daniel: News24 Video)
Best editorial innovation: Black Friday 2018 (Helena Wasserman, Phillip de Wet, James de Villiers, Bombi Mavundza, Timothy Rangongo and Jay Caboz: Business Insider SA)
Runners-up:
• Buried truth documentary (Aletta Harrison, Aljoscha Kohlstock, Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath, Sharlene Rood and Tammy Petersen: News24 Video)
• Die student (Anika Marais: Netwerk24)
• Markets LIVE (Fin24)
Special project of the year: Parent24 LEARN (Bashiera Parker, Lesley-Ann Johannes and Sophia Swanepoel: Parent24)
Runners-up:
• Black Friday 2018 (Helena Wasserman, Phillip de Wet, James de Villiers, Bombi Mavundza, Timothy Rangongo and Jay Caboz: Business Insider SA)
• Fake news exposed: Microsite & reports (Jean le Roux: News24)
Video of the year: Angels of death (Aletta Harrison, Aljoscha Kohlstock, Chanté Rood, Iavan Pijoos, Inga Mbambisa, Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath, Nokuthula Manyathi and Sharlene Rood: News24 Video)
Runners-up:
• Day Zero: How much water does your family use?
(Bashiera Parker, Parent24)
• Pa gooi eie dogter van huis se dak af (Carla-Lee Dorfling:
Netwerk24)
Feature of the year – News: Hannah se Cheslin: ‘God ruk my uit my lyf uit’ (Murray la Vita: Netwerk24)
Runners-up:
• Die avonture van Evert en Mokoni (Charles Smith: Netwerk24)
• Lewendig: Die Henri van Breda-hofsaak (Jana Breytenbach: Netwerk24)
Feature of the year – Lifestyle: Oud-Bok Jannie Engelbrecht praat sy hart uit (Willemien Brümmer: Netwerk24)
Runners-up:
• Adrenalien, opwinding om veghok in Hartswater (Charné Kemp: Netwerk24)
• Leroy Merlin launch in SA sneak peek (Phillip de Wet: Business Insider SA)
• Pirouette teen apartheid (Murray la Vita: Netwerk24)
Scoop of the year: Regstreeks: Die Henri van Breda-hofsaak (Jana Breytenbach: Netwerk24)
Runners-up:
• AG: ‘De Lille exposed’ post shared by DA fake (Paul Herman: News24)
• Clicks pregnancy test exposure (Phillip de Wet: Business Insider SA)
• Unisa employee behind fake news website (Jean le Roux: News24)
Best investigative journalism: Steinhoff-sage & Markus Jooste (Nellie Brand-Jonker: Netwerk24 )
Runners-up:
• Bosasa scandal 2 (Kyle Cowan: News24)
• Homofobiese pastoor uitgevang (Abrie Burger en Shantal Moses: Son Digitaal)