With 123 newspapers and 22 community magazines entering the 37 categories, judges had to review more than 1700 entries in the annual Caxton Excellence Awards, up from last year's 1500 entries. The awards were issued at the Kyalami Theatre on the Track on Thursday 25 March 2010.
Winners
Winning journalist, Desireé Rorke (The Lowvelder) - prize R26 000
Field Salesperson of the Year, Eleen Erasmus (Leisure Options) - prize R26 000
Tele-salesperson of the year, Agrineth Lebakeng (Joburg South) - prize R15 000.
Best Portrait Photographer (new category) - Ma He's Makin' Eyes at me, Salome Kotzé (Klerksdorp Record)
Best Hard News Photograph - Dramatic Rescue, Mara Janse van Rensburg (Corridor Gazette)
Best Feature Photograph - The Naked Truth, Mariana Balt (White River Post)
Best Sports Photograph - Lion Pleasure, Jacques Cato, Alberton Record
Sold Newspaper of the Year, circulation 8 000 and more - The Lowvelder (editor Irma Green)
Free Newspaper of the Year, average pagination of 24 and more - Springs Advertiser (editor Cathy Grosvenor)
Free Newspaper of the Year, average pagination less than 24 - Southlands Sun (editor Michelle le Roux)
Best Get it Magazine - Joint winners Get It Lowveld (editor Irma Green) and Get It Jhb Northern Suburbs (editor Kym Argo)
Best Overall Promotion of a Publication - The Lowvelder
The Caxton/Citizen News Service Best Contribution award was presented to Landé Willemse (The Lowvelder)
Regional Manager of the Year was Buks Esterhuizen (The Lowvelder)
Metropolitan Manager of the Year jointly went to Vijay Maharaj & Reneesh Maharaj (The Rising Sun, KZN)
Gill Randall, joint MD of The Newspaper Advertising Bureau says, "One of the reasons why the company hosts these awards each year is to ensure the quality and relevance of its community newspapers remains exceptional."
Judges
Editorial categories
Prof Guy Berger, head: School of Journalism & Media Studies, Rhodes University
Dr Pedro Diederichs, HoD Journalism/head Faculty of Humanities, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria
Steve Motale, executive editor, Pretoria News
Greg Stewart, publisher, The Citizen
Cedric Mboyisa, political editor, The Citizen
Jacquie Chemaly, freelance magazine writer; former editor of Style, Elle, Food & Home
Patti Garlick, editor, Your Family
Martie Pansegrouw, editor, Rooi Rose
Amanda Coetzee, features editor, The Citizen
Angela Brooks, creative advisor, Caxton Magazines
Advertising categories
Angela Brooks, creative advisor, Caxton Magazines
Michelle Wilson, design & marketing consultant
Gill Randall, joint MD, NAB
Sam Morrison, national creative director, Get It Magazines
Roelof Meintjies, snr designer, Your Family
Chris Fox, art director, Rhema Church
Photographic categories
Eddie Alberts, multiple Sanlam Photographer of the Year winner, Anglo Gold
Martin Elsas, Caxton Editorial Cadet School photography lecturer
Salesperson of the Year Categories
Alice Vorster, Caxton HR consultant
Blake Andrews, national sales manager, The Citizen
Linda Pretorius, task team chairman & sales manager, Springs Advertiser
Maureen Burgess, training director, Redbrick Training
Maxie Kruger, classified sales manager, The Citizen.
