2020 Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence Winners Announced

Sydney — Citi is pleased to announce that Nick McKenzie is the winner of the coveted Citi Journalism Award for Excellence for 2020 for his 60 Minutes investigation "Crown Unmasked".

The winner of the Australia & New Zealand Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence would normally join media colleagues from around the world for a study tour hosted by the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York in June, however, in light of current circumstances the tour will now be held in 2021.

One of the key attributes of the awards is the integrity and independence of the judging panel, which is designed to represent a broad range of prominent Australian business, regulatory and community leaders. A panel of ten independent judges and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism determined the winners based on criteria that included analysis and understanding of the issue, introduction of new ideas, use of research and interviews, originality in thinking and impact.

The Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence programme encourages and recognises outstanding business and finance reporting across Australia and New Zealand.

This year 77 entries were received from Australian and New Zealand journalists representing 18 publications across four categories; General Business, Markets and Investment, The Economy and Broadcast Media. The awards have now been running globally for 37 years.

The 2020 category winners are:

• Michael Roddan winner of General Business 1 category for his series 'Big four accountancy firms called to account', published in The Australian.
• Max Mason and Tony Boyd, winners of General Business 2 for their series on Foxtel, 'News Corp mulls $2.5b Foxtel refinance options', published in The Australian Financial Review.
• Inga Ting, Alex Palmer and Nathanael Scott, winners of The Economy category for article, 'Rich school, poor school, Australia's great education divide', published by ABC News.
• Carrie La Frenz and Jonathan Shapiro, winners of the Markets and Investment category for their series on the Dixon Advisory Fund, published in The Australian Financial Review.
• Nick McKenzie winner of the Broadcast Media category for his investigation 'Crown Unmasked' that aired on 60 Minutes and published in The Age.
• Michael Roddan winner of the Citi Young Business Journalist of the Year Award for his General Business winning series 'Big four accountancy firms called to account', and as category finalist in the Markets and Investment category for his series on 'The most important investment issues or our time, climate change', both published in The Australian.
• Nikki Mandow winner of the New Zealand Journalist of the Year Award her series 'Bad Things Happen', published on New Zealand Newsroom.