The shortlist for the Mumbrella Publish Awards has been revealed for 2022.
Medium Rare Content Agency and Pedestrian Group were among the top nominations, with Medium Rare scooping up 14 nominations. Pedestrian Group secured nine nominations, closely followed by Man of Many, which scored eight nominations across various categories.
Other nominees this year include InStyle Australia, Are Media, The Brag Media and Broadsheet Media.
The winners of the Mumbrella Publish Awards will be announced on September 1 at Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf. It will be hosted by Australian television and radio comedian, Craig Reucassel.
The full Mumbrella Publish Award shortlist is below.
Magazine Cover of the Year – Business
Australian Institute of Company Directors – Medium Rare Content
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand – Medium Rare Content
Magazine Cover of the Year – Consumer/Custom
Chillfactor – Adventure Entertainment
GALAH – Galah Press Pty Ltd
InStyle Australia – True North
Peppermint – Peppermint Magazine
Women’s Health Australia – Paragon Media
Designer of the Year
Blaise Curran – Art Director – Encore, Storyation
Kate Barnett – Creative Director, Company Director – Medium Rare Content
Maya Brasnovic – Head of Design – Pedestrian Group: PEDESTRIAN.TV, Refinery29, Business Insider, VICE, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Kotaku Australia, Openair Cinemas
Tony Rice – Creative Director, Qantas Magazine – Medium Rare Content
Best Use of Video
Bunkeren – The Local Project
Education LIVE – Education.nsw.gov.au with NSW Department of Education
Nissan Navara 360 degree video – Nissan with Drive.com.au
Best Podcast (Single Episode)
‘Behind the scenes of Nicola Forrest AO’s life as a wife and a mother’ – Life on the Land, Graziher
‘Graham Henry: A Treacherous Life’ – I Catch Killers, True Crime Australia, NewsCast
‘Khadija – There’s No Place Like Home, Future Women
‘Married to a Monster Part One – I Swear I Never, NewsCast with Nina Young and Bek Day
‘Phoebe Burgess Is Ready to Talk’ – No Filter, Mamamia
‘The accident was not the end but the beginning’ – I Swear I Never, NewsCast with Andrea Thiis-Evensen
Best Podcast (Series)
My Sister’s Secrets – The Australian with Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
The Quicky – Mamamia
There’s No Place Like Home by Future Women – Future Women
Unpacked – Nova Podcasts
Single Article of the Year
Brett Williams – The Other Pandemic – Police Journal for Police Association of South Australia
Damian Francis – How insurance became one of Australia’s most exciting marketing battlegrounds – Unmade
Fiona Harari and Christine Middap – Last Ditch – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Joshua Dowling – Exclusive: Tesla Australia sales in 2021 revealed state by state – Drive.com.au
Newsletter of the Year
Crikey – Private Media
InnovationAus.com
realestate.com.au – REA Group
Event or Virtual Event of the Year
Game Changer Challenge 2021 – NSW Department of EducationGourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards – Are Media
H&M and YOU – H&M for Kiindred with Zenith
Rolling Stone Australia Awards – The Brag Media
Special Edition of the Year
Better Homes and Gardens – Are Media
Chillfactor – Adventure Entertainment
The Fertility Tales – Genea with Allbright and Pink Elephants
The List: Arts and Culture, The Australian – News Corp Australia
Wild – Adventure Entertainment
Launch/Relaunch of the Year
Encore – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Storyation
Graziher
InStyle Australia – True North
INTHEBLACK – CPA Australia
Refinery29 Australia – Pedestrian Group
Unmade
Young Writer of the Year (30 or Under)
John Buckley – VICE Australia, Pedestrian Group
Lauren Baxter – Peppermint, Peppermint Magazine
Nick Hall – Man of Many
Journalist of the Year – Small/Large
David Hardaker – Crikey, Private Media
Joshua Dowling – Drive.com.au
Juliet Rieden – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Are Media
Samantha Trenoweth – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Are Media
Columnist of the Year
Donal Curtin – Acuity for Medium Rare Content with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Maria Thattil – 9Honey for 9Honey/nine.com.au
Tim Burrowes – Unmade
Editor of the Year – Business
Hannah Tattersall – Acuity, Medium Rare Content
Editor of the Year – Consumer/Custom
Katya Wachtel – Broadsheet, Broadsheet Media
Nick Hall – Man of Many
Sarah Carty – Yahoo Lifestyle Australia, Yahoo
Salesperson/Team of the Year
Broadsheet Sales & Partnerships – Broadsheet Media
Guardian Australia Sales Team – Guardian Australia
Mamamia Commercial Team – Mamamia
Man of Many Sales Team – Man of Many
Pedestrian Group Commercial Team – Pedestrian Group
Publish Leader of the Year
Alborz Fallah – Publisher, CarExpert Pty Ltd with CarExpert.com.au
Jane Huxley – CEO, Are Media
Luke Girgis – Publisher & CEO, The Brag Media
Nick Shelton – Publisher & Director, Broadsheet Media
Will Hayward – CEO, Private Media
Brand of the Year
CarExpert.com.au – CarExpert Pty Ltd
Mamamia
Man of Many
Refinery29 Australia – Pedestrian Group
Branded Content Studio of the Year
frankie studio – frankie press
Guardian Labs – Guardian Australia
Kiin – Kiindred
Website of the Year
CarExpert.com.au – CarExpert Pty Ltd
Man of Many
Noteworthy – Medium Rare Content for Officeworks
Perth Is OK! – Kelleway Whelan Holdings Pty Ltd t/a ‘Perth Is OK!’
Qantas Travel Insider – Qantas, Medium Rare Content
Association or Member Organisation Publication of the Year
Company Director – Medium Rare Content for Australian Institute of Company Directors
INTHEBLACK – CPA Australia
Reveille – Mahlab for RSL NSW
Business Publication of the Year
Acuity – Medium Rare Content
Company Director – Medium Rare Content with Australian Institute of Company Directors
INTHEBLACK – CPA Australia with Friends Love Design
Custom Publication of the Year
Bunnings magazine – Medium Rare Content with Bunnings
Coles magazine – Medium Rare Content with Coles
Qantas magazine – Medium Rare Content with Qantas
Consumer Publication of the Year – Small/Large
GALAH – Galah Press Pty ltd
Man of Many
Marie Claire Australia – Are Media
The Australian Women’s Weekly – Are Media
The Local Project
Time Out Australia
Publishing Company of the Year – Small/Large
Broadsheet Media
Man of Many
PEDESTRIAN.TV, Refinery29 Australia, VICE Australia, Business Insider Australia, Gizmodo Australia, Lifehacker Australia, Kotaku Australia + Openair Cinemas – Pedestrian Group
Best Publisher-led Advertising Campaign
Refinery29 Australia, PEDESTRIAN.TV – Pedestrian Group with Google, PHD, Essence and Nine for Google Pixel
Refinery29 Australia, PEDESTRIAN.TV – Pedestrian Group for Money By Afterpay
The Balvenie – Man of Many
Best Sustained Initiative for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Are Media
NSW Department of Education
Refinery29 Australia – Pedestrian Group
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