2011 Telkom Classic Business Journalist of the Year Awards

A look back at the 2011 Telkom Classic Business journalist of the Year Awards, including category winners.
2011 Telkom Classic Business Journalist of the Year Awards

Mamodupi Mohlala National Consumer Commissioner, Marc Ashton (overall winner), and Telkom Group CEO Pinky Moholi

 

FINWEEK and Fin24 journalist Marc Ashton was named the “2011 Telkom Classic Business Journalist of the Year”.

The R75 000 award and trophy were presented to him by Telkom CEO Pinky Moholi and National Consumer Commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala at a ceremony in Hyde Park on Wednesday 6th April.

“The Journalist of the Year awards are unique to South Africa in that entries do not need to be submitted, but are selected from published financial writing in print and on the internet,” said Classic Business anchor John Fraser, who is the convenor of the awards.

“These are the second awards. Last year’s winner was Rob Rose of the Sunday Times.”

The judges were Chris Gilmour from Absa Investments, Jeremy Sampson from Interbrand Sampson and Simon Brown from JustOneLap.com.

Ashton was commended by the judges for his authoritative coverage of the small business sector and also for an analysis of the technology interests of business tycoon Johann Rupert.

He also won a sectoral award for his coverage of small business.

Duncan McLeod won the ICT category for work published in the Financial Mail, Larry Claasen of the Financial Mail was joint winner in personal finance and money category for his reporting on IT in the Cape, alongside Vic de Klerk of Finance Week for reporting on Sharemax.

Stephen Cranston of the Financial Mail won in the Companies sector, while Claire Bisseker won the award in the Broader Economy sector for an article in the Financial Mail on Private Health Care.

Monthly awards were also given out.

Here is a list of all the winners:
Category – Name and Publication
1)  Overall winner – Marc Ashton, FINWEEK/Fin24
2)  Small and Medium Enterprise – Marc Ashton, Fin24
3)  ICT – Duncan McLeod, Financial Mail
4)  Personal Finance (Money) – Larry Claasen, Financial Mail and Vic de Klerk, FINWEEK
5)  Companies – Stephen Cranston, Financial Mail
6)  Economy – Claire Bisseker, Financial Mail
7)  Monthly: May 2010 – Marc Ashton, Fin24
8)  Monthly: June 2010 – Stafford Thomas, Financial Mail
9)  Monthly: July 2010 – Thabiso Mochiko, Business Day
10) Monthly: August 2010 – Vic de Klerk, FINWEEK
11) Monthly: September 2010 – Stuart Theobald, Warren Dick and Jotham Makarudze, Investors Monthly
12) Monthly: October 2010 – Troye Lund, FINWEEK
13) Monthly: November 2010 – Sasha Planting, Financial Mail
14) Monthly: December 2010 – Stephen Cranston, Financial Mail
15) Monthly: January 2011 – Bruce Cameron and Neesa Moodely-Isaacs, Personal Finance
16) Monthly: February 2011 – Marc Ashton, FINWEEK
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