AdVantage Mag congratulates Herman Manson

AdVantage Magazine contributor  Herman Manson is the first every Vodacom Social Media Journalist of the Year.

Stephan Hofstatter and Mzilikazi wa Afrika of The Sunday Times were crowned the national winners of the 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards for their controversial story ‘Bheki Cele’s R500m police rental deal’.

The Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards, now in its tenth year, strives to honour the excellent journalism talent that South Africa has to offer across the entire spectrum of media disciplines. These range from broadcast news journalists and online bloggers to print journalists.

The National Award winners of the 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards are:

Print Feature

• Sam Sole, Mail & Guardian Newspaper, Radovan Krejcir: The mobster at the gates.

• Stefaans Brümmer, Mail & Guardian Newspaper, Radovan Krejcir: The mobster at the gates.

• Ilham Rawoot, Mail & Guardian Newspaper, Radovan Krejcir: The mobster at the gates.

Print News

• Stephan Hofstatter, Avusa, Sunday Times, Bheki Cele’s R500m police rental deal.

• Mzilikazi wa Afrika, Avusa, Sunday Times, Bheki Cele’s R500m police rental deal.

TV Feature

• Asanda Magaqa, SABC, SABC News, No woman’s land and
• Liz Fish, Carte Blanche, Combined artists, Fracking in the Karoo.

TV News

• Mpho Lakaje, eNews, Hate crime and
• Fathima Simjee, Health-e News Service, Morning Live, SABC, Positive Heroes.

Radio General News

• Zimasa Mbewu, SABC Current Affairs, Tatane.

Radio Feature

• Unathi Binqose, SABC, SAFM, Imfundo

Financial/economic (in association with the JSE Limited)

• Claire Bisseker, Avusa, Financial Mail, Do or Die.

Sport

• Sameer Naik, Independent Newspapers, Saturday Star, The Best World Cup Ever.

Columnist

• Piet Naude, Avusa, The Herald, Meetings are a waste of time.

Cartoonist

• Jeremy Nell, The New Age, Jeremy Nell Studio, Africa 2.0.

Photography – in association with Mango

• Mlondolozi Mbolo, Avusa, Daily Dispatch Xhosa Rite Of Passage – Intonjan.

Online – in association with Nokia

• Brian Hayward, Avusa, The Herald, Nelson Mandela Bay’s crumbling state healthcare.

• Eugene Coetzee, Avusa, The Herald, Nelson Mandela Bay’s crumbling state healthcare.

• Estelle Ellis, Avusa, The Herald, Nelson Mandela Bay’s crumbling state healthcare.

• Khanyi Ndabeni, Avusa, The Herald, Nelson Mandela Bay’s crumbling state healthcare.

Community Media

• Faatimah Hendricks, The Voice of the Cape, The Battle of Hangberg.

• Dorianne Arendse, The Voice of the Cape, The Battle of Hangberg.

Consumer Journalism – in association with Pick n Pay

• Herman Scholtz, Media24, Rapport, Frozen chicken horror.

Social Media in Journalism – in association with Cerebra

• Herman Manson: Twitter breaks news, but will it break journalism?

Editor’s Choice

• Pieter Steyn, Media24, Die Volksblad.