A smartphone app which monitors production on the giant hybrid press at West Australian Newspapers won the Seven West company this year’s PANPA innovation prize.

The app delivers a web-based representation of the status of each of the double-width KBA Colora presses at the Herdsman, Perth, print centre in ‘near real time’.

The award was one of a cluster collected by WAN’s Liam Roche during the Newspaper of the Year awards night. The company also won the technical excellence prize for its category for printing of The West Australian, and for single-width production of the Bunbury Herald. In the preprint or supplement categories, WAN was awarded for Broome Happenings, and Community Newspapers for Community Residential.

Coveted newspaper of the year title in the top 90,000 circulation daily category went to The Age, recognizing a “hugely impressive” year for the Melbourne metro in which it switched to compact (tabloid) format and embraced a “digital first” strategy.

Editor-in-chief Andrew Holden is pictured on our homepage acknowledging the ward announced by host Annabel Crabb, now an ABC personality.

The evening included presentations for top marketing, digital and photography awards. North Queensland-based Tully Times was back for a second award for its ‘Read to me’ literacy initiative, and the Fiji Sun and Fiji Times were also among young readers winners. Pictured right are Rosi Doviverata and Jyoti Pratibnha of the Fiji Sun.

Editor of Fairfax Media’s The Land Sally White is this year’s winner of the Hegarty Prize scholarship, and Melbourne’s Herald-Sun – represented by David Johnson – collected a first multiplatform brand award.

A lifting device for part-rolls of newsprint won the health and safety award for Newcastle-based Fairfax Regional Printers.

The full list of winners is as follows:

NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – NORSKE SKOG

Newspaper of the Year Non-daily: Up to 10,000 circulation

Geraldton Newspapers

Newspaper of the Year Non-daily: 10,000-25,000 circulation

South Western Times

Newspaper of the Year Non-daily: 25,000-90,000 circulation

The Land

Newspaper of the Year Non-daily: 90,000+ circulation

St George & Sutherland Shire Leader

Sunday Newspaper of the Year

Herald on Sunday

BEST CROSS-PLATFORM BRAND – IPSOS

Herald Sun

NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR – NORSKE SKOG

Newspaper of the Year Dailies (5-6-7 days per week): Up to 10,000

Shepparton News and

The Rotorua Daily Post

Newspaper of the Year Dailies (5-6-7 days per week): 10,000-25,000 circulation

The Border Mail

The Cairns Post

Newspaper of the Year Dailies (5-6-7 days per week): 25,000 – 90,000 circulation

Australian Financial Review, and

Newcastle Herald

Newspaper of the Year Dailies (5-6-7 days per week): 90,000+ circulation

The Age

PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR – CANON

Lifestyle Photograph of the Year

Rural / Regional / Suburban

Claudia Baxter – Members’ Draw – The Queensland Times

Lifestyle Photograph of the Year

National / Metropolitan

Jason South – Hot Dog – The Age

Portrait of the Year

Rural / Regional / Suburban

Stephen Parker – Stolen – Rotorua Daily Post

Portrait of the Year

National / Metropolitan

Andrew Meares – Spirit of Archer – Fairfax Media

Features Photograph of the Year

Rural / Regional / Suburban

Emma Allen – Truck Show Kids – Marlborough Express

Elle Borgward – Organ Donors Needed – Southern Gazette

Features Photograph of the Year

National / Metropolitan

Richard Robinson – The Great Migration – The New Zealand Herald

Sports Photograph of the Year

Rural / Regional / Suburban

Alistair Brightman – Mudbath – Fraser Coast Chronicle

Sports Photograph of the Year

National / Metropolitan

Alex Coppel – The Boss – Sunday Herald Sun

News Photograph of the Year

Rural / Regional / Suburban

Sylvia Liber – Storm Surfer – Illawarra Mercury

News Photograph of the Year

National / Metropolitan

Kate Geraghty – Afghanistan Uncensored – The Sydney Morning Herald

DIGITAL NEWS DESTINATION OF THE YEAR – GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY

Digital News Destination of the Year Innovation in Digital Publishing

Canberra Times – Faces of the Fire

Digital News Destination of the Year Specialty / Niche Sites and Niche Apps

Singapore Press Holdings – Myanmar Sunrise e-Book

Digital News Destination of the Year News Destination – mobile site or app (not website) – Rural / Regional / Suburban

Newcastle Herald – App

Digital News Destination of the Year News Destination – mobile site or app (not website) – National / Metropolitan

Australian Financial Review – afr.com.au

Digital News Destination of the Year News Website – Rural / Regional / Suburban

Newcastle Herald – theherald.com.au

Digital News Destination of the Year News Website – National / Metropolitan

News SA – advertiser.com.au

ENVIRONMENT

Herald on Sunday – Cleaning up New Zealand’s beaches

HEALTH & SAFETY

Fairfax Regional Printers – Newsprint Part Roll Lifting Unit

MARKETING – NORSKE SKOG

Marketing – Branding Up to 10,000 circulation

The Courier, Narrabri – Bring them home with The Courier online

Marketing – Branding 10,000-25,000 circulation

NT News – Online shop

Marketing – Branding 90,000+ circulation

News Corp Australia – We’re for branding campaign

Marketing – Branding Digital

Fairfax Digital – Stuff.co.nz – Stuff Nation Launch

Marketing – Cause-Related Marketing Up to 10,000 circulation

Fraser Coast Chronicle – Baby Kits

Marketing Cause-Related Marketing 10,000-25,000 circulation

NT News – Variety NT Pool Party

Marketing – Cause-Related Marketing 25,000-90,000 circulation

Fiji Sun – Democracy – One Person, One Vote, One Value

Marketing – Cause-Related Marketing 90,000+ circulation

The Sunday Mail – Suncorp Bank Bridge to Brisbane

Marketing – Audience Up to 10,000 circulation

Bundaberg NewsMail – 2013 Flood Crisis

Marketing – Audience 10,000-25,000 circulation

Bay of Plenty Times – New-Look Weekday Editions

Marketing – Audience 25,000-90,000 circulation

The Press – FreezeOut!

Marketing – Audience 90,000+ circulation

The New Zealand Herald – New-look compact launch campaign

Marketing – Audience – Digital

brisbanetimes.com.au – QLD Rail – WiFi Campaign

Marketing Classified Advertising 10,000-25,000 circulation

The Courier, Ballarat – Rummage around the Rat

NT News – Biggest Ever Marketplace

Marketing – Display Advertising Up to 10,000 circulation

The Courier, Narrabri – money-go-round

Marketing – Display Advertising 25,000-90,000 circulation

The Dominion Post – Telling it like it is

Marketing – Events Up to 10,000 circulation

Tully Times – Read To Me Day

Marketing – Events 10,000-25,000 circulation

The Cairns Post – Solar Eclipse Campaign

Marketing – Events 25,000-90,000 circulation

The Examiner – Launceston Ten

Marketing – Events 90,000+ circulation

Singapore Press Holdings – Straits Times Appreciates Readers (Star) Programme

Marketing Sponsorship Up to 10,000 circulation

Fiordland Advocate – Te Anau Tartan Festival

Marketing – Sponsorship 25,000-90,000 circulation

The Dominion Post – ‘Wide Angle’

Marketing – Sponsorship 90,000+ circulation

The Sunday Mail – Suncorp Bank Bridge to Brisbane

Marketing – Young Readers Up to 10,000 circulation

Tully Times – Read To Me Day

Marketing – Young Readers 10,000-25,000 circulation

The Fiji Times – Kaila! Design Your Own Newspaper Competition

Marketing – Young Readers 25,000-90,000 circulation

Fiji Sun – Rural Delivery

Marketing – Young Readers 90,000+ circulation

News Qld – The Courier-Mail – London Now

MARKETER OF THE YEAR – KODAK

Chelsea Wymer – National Trade Marketing Director – Fairfax Media

HEGARTY PRIZE – CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES

Sally White – Editor – The Land

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE – DIC

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a single width press Up to 25,000 circulation

Fairfax Media Nth Richmond – The Guardian Weekly

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a single width press 25,000-90,000 circulation

WA Newspapers – Bunbury Herald

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a single width press 90,000+ circulation

Apple Daily Printing (Hong Kong) – Apple Daily

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a double-width press Up to 25,000 circulation

APN Print Yandina – Sunshine Coast Daily

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a double-width press 25,000-90,000 circulation

News Corp Australia – The Australian

Technical Excellence – Newspaper printed on a double-width press 90,000+ circulation

WA Newspapers – The West Australian

Technical Excellence – Pre-Print or Supplement Up to 25,000 circulation

WA Newspapers – Broome Happenings

Technical Excellence – Pre-Print or Supplement 25,000-90,000 circulation

Community Newspaper Group – Community Residential

Technical Excellence – Pre-Print or Supplement 90,000+ circulation

South China Morning Post Publishers Limited – Timepieces

INNOVATION: PRE-PRODUCTION PROCESS OR TECHNOLOGY – ENSYS CONSULTING

WA Newspapers – Pressview