Paralympic Media Awards

Tui McKendrick receives the Paralympic Award for Best Video during the 2011 Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing, China © • IPC Gary Kingston receives the Paralympic Award for Best Written during the 2011 Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing, China © • IPC Jeff Crow receives the Paralympic Award for Best Photo from IPC Governing Board Member Greg Hartung during the 2011 Paralympic Awards Gala in Beijing, China © • IPC

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Paralympic Awards

The Paralympic Media Awards honour members of the international media who showcased extraordinary coverage of a Paralympic Games. There are four awards categories: Broadcast, Written (print and online), Photo and Radio.

Paralympic Media Awards 2011

Broadcast

Sky Sport New Zealand not only profiled skiier Adam Hall in his quest to win Paralympic gold, but also told the emotional story of his family and friends who flew to Canada to give their vocal support.

Written

The Vanocuver Sun provided extensive coverage of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, and writer Gary Kingston excelled with multiple in-depth articles about the Games and their legacy.

Photo

Jeff Crow, of the Sport Library and the Australian Paralympic Committee, was a worthy winner for his superb shot picturing Australian sit skier Shannon Dallas competing in the Slalom.

Paralympic Media Awards 2009

Broadcast

ABC Television produced more than 120 hours of Paralympic Games coverage from Beijing, 100 hours of which was live. This was the biggest coverage by an Australian broadcaster in Paralympic Games history. Coverage of the Games was broadcast on six separate delivery platforms, ABC1, ABC2 and ABC HD as well on ABC online, ABC radio and the ABC’s online television service I-view. An ABC crew of 40 drawn from all over Australia was sent to Beijing.

Written (Online)

During the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, the Sunday Telegraph published news reports on the Paralympic Games, like interviews with British and international athletes, on a regular basis online and in the newspaper to spread the spirit and dynamism of Paralympic Sport.

Radio

BBC Radio sent a small reporting team to cover the Games providing material for sports and mainstream programming into the National News and Sport Network called 5 Live .

Photo

Damir Sencar covered the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games working for the Croatian News Agency HINA. His winning photo shows Thailand athlete Jakkrit Punthong as he enters the sand during the Men's T11 Long Jump final competition at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

Paralympic Media Awards 2007

Broadcast

During the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games ABC Television broadcasted a 30-minute prime time programme on ABC’s main channel every day, as well as a repeat on the digital channel ABC2. In addition, ABC TV covered the Opening Ceremony as well as the first day of competitions with a one hour highlight show.

Written (Online)

During the Torino 2006 Paralympic Games, the BBC Sport website provided daily news reports and included competition schedule, results, multimedia galleries, sports and venue information, athletes biographies and interviews.

Photo

Mikael Helsing covered the Torino 2006 Paralympic Games for the Spanish Paralympic Committee distributing images among several photo agencies. His winning photo shows visual impaired Alpine Skier Eric Villalon and his guide Hodei Yurrite during the Slalom event. It truly reflects the effort, power, tension, technique and co-ordination among the athlete and his guide.

Paralympic Media Awards 2005

Broadcast

The BBC's coverage of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games included 13 live programmes, as well as studio-based broadcasts with guests. Its broadcasts reflected both domestic and international Paralympians performing at the highest level, combined with the background stories of the athletes, easy to follow explanations of Paralympic-related information, such as classification, and interesting personal reflections made by both athletes and commentators.

Written (Print)

The Daily Telegraph's team of two reporters, Gareth A. Davies and Robert Philip and one photographer, Russell Cheyne, attended the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Throughout the Games, The Daily Telegraph covered the event with great diversity with an average of one page per day, highlighting both the outstanding performances of the athletes as well as the spirit of the Paralympics.

Written (Online)

Prior to the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, Yahoo! JAPAN launched and promoted the Athens Paralympic website. During the Paralympics, Yahoo! JAPAN provided news reports on the Paralympic Games on a daily basis to spread the spirit and dynamism of Paralympic sport.

Photo

Lieven Coudenys has covered the Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Salt Lake 2002 and Athens 2004 Paralympic Games and his photographic work, as demonstrated by the five photos submitted for the Paralympic Media Awards, goes one step further, inviting the viewer to share with the athlete, their moment of triumph, of disappointment or simply their effort.