IT Journalism Awards

The IT Journalism Awards, nicknamed the Lizzies, are Australian media awards for information technology-related topics.
History
Founded in 2003,
The event has been sponsored by a variety of commercial sponsors over the years, with naming rights changing to reflect the biggest one:
*2003-2008: Sun Microsystems; organised and hosted by MediaConnect
*2017-2018: Australian Computer Society (ACS)
*2019-2023: Samsung
Description
The IT Journalism Awards are awards for information technology-related topics published by Australian media. They are produced by the media intelligence platform Influencing, and are free to enter, supported by major sponsor Samsung. Judging is done by peers. In 2024, there were 23 categories and 140 entrants.
Categories
The two top titles, for Best Journalist and Best Title, are popularly known as "Gold Lizzies". Gold and bronze statuettes of the frilled-neck lizard are awarded to winners, since local IT media nicknamed the awards "lizards".
, the awards are labelled the Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards,
*Coverage awards, including
**Best News Coverage
**Best Business Technology Coverage
**Best Consumer Technology Coverage
**Best Independent Coverage
**Best Gaming Coverage
**Best Video Program (new in 2023)
**Best Audeo Program (new in 2023)
*Best awards, including:
**John Costello Best Business Journalist
**Paul Zucker Best Technology Industry Journalist
**Helen Dancer Best Consumer Technology Journalist
**Best Gaming Journalist
**Best Telecommunications Journalist
*Journalism awards, including:
**Alicia Camphuisen Best New Journalist
**Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist
**Graeme Philipson Best Columnist
**Best Security Journalist
**Best Technology Issues Journalist
**Best Technical Journalist
**Best Gaming Reviewer (new in 2023)
**Best Technology Reviewer (new in 2023)
**Best Short Form Content (new in 2023)
*Content & media relations awards, including:
**Best Corporate Content
**David Hellaby Best Media Relations
Winners
Prominent winners in recent years include ABC News, the Australian Financial Review, 2021, and 2022. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age journalists. and gaming media. IT News, which won the Gold Lizzy for Best Title in 2021, called it "the most coveted award across all categories in Australia's business and technology press", in a large field of major press outlets.

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