Photos shine in Newspaper Awards

Get me outta here

Noosa Today was acknowledged at last week’s Country Press Awards with a string of photographic awards.

Rob Maccoll’s photo of nippers racing on the beach, titled Eye on the Prize, won Best Sports Photo. In the Best News Photo category Rob gained a third place for his photo titled Get me Outta Here, and a highly commended. He also received a highly commended in the Portrait Photo category.

Noosa Today’s sister paper The Southern Free Times in Warwick shone at this year’s awards with journalist Jeremy Sollars receiving the Overall Journalistic Excellence Award for an individual journalist and the paper gained a highly commended in the Best Newspaper of the Year category.