# 2020 Voyager Media Awards

The 2020 Voyager Media Awards were announced online on 22 May 2020. The ceremony was held online because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Category | Award | Winner | Runner Up | Finalist |
| General | Best Headline, Caption or Hook | Barnaby Sharp – Nelson Mail/Stuff | | |
| General | Best Artwork / Graphics | 1News Design Team – TVNZ | Toby Morris – The Spinoff | |
| General | Best Interview or Profile | Michelle Langstone – NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| General | Cartoonist of the Year | Toby Morris – The Spinoff | | |
| General | Opinion Writer of the Year | Emma Espiner – Newsroom | Simon Wilson – NZ Herald/NZME | |
| General | Reviewer of the Year | Paul Little – North & South/Bauer Media | | |
| General | Travel Journalist of the Year | Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media | | |
| General | Editorial Executive of the Year | Annabelle Lee-Mather – The Hui GSTV for MediaWorks | | |
| Scholarship | nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Junior | Emma Russell – NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| Scholarship | nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Senior | Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| Scholarship | Regional Journalism Scholarship | Natalie Akoorie – NZ Herald/NZME Aaron Leaman – Waikato Times/Stuff | | |
| Scholarship | Peter M Acland Foundation Fellowship | Charles Anderson – Vanishing Point Studio Mava Enoka – TVNZ | | |
| Feature Writing | Feature Writing – Crime and Justice | Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media | | |
| Feature Writing | Feature Writing – Social Issues, Including Health and Education | Florence Kerr – Stuff | | |
| Feature Writing | Feature Writing – General | Steve Braunias – NZ Herald/NZME and Newsroom Duncan Greive – The Spinoff | | |
| Feature Writing | Best First-Person Essay or Feature (no word limit) | Tayi Tibble – Newsroom | | |
| Feature Writing | Best Feature Writer – Junior (no word limit) | Joel MacManus – Stuff | | |
| Feature Writing | Feature Writer of the Year – Short Form (up to 3500 words) | Nicholas Jones – NZ Herald/NZME | Michelle Duff – Stuff | |
| Feature Writing | Feature Writer of the Year – Long Form (3500+ words) | Aaron Smale – RNZ | Donna Chisholm – North & South and New Zealand Listener/Bauer Media Mike White – North & South/Bauer Media | |
| Magazine | Best magazine cover | HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media | | |
| Magazine | Best magazine design | HOME New Zealand – Bauer Media | Metro Magazine – Bauer Media | |
| Magazine | Best newspaper-inserted magazine | Sunday Magazine – Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | | |
| Magazine | Best trade/specialist publication, free magazine and/or website | Air Force News/Defence Public Affairs | | |
| Magazine | Magazine of the Year | Metro Magazine – Bauer Media New Zealand Geographic – Kōwhai Media | | |
| Photography | Best photography – features (including portraits, fashion, food and architecture) | Braden Fastier – Nelson Mail/Stuff | | |
| Photography | Best photography – news | George Heard – The Press/Stuff | | Mark Baker – The Press/Stuff Chris Skelton – Stuff Rosa Woods – Dominion Post/Stuff |
| Photography | Judges' prize for the single best news photo | Stacy Squires – The Press, Dominion Post, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | | |
| Photography | Best photography – sport | Mark Baker – Associated Press | Iain McGregor – Stuff | |
| Photography | Best photo-story/essay | Cameron McLaren – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Publishing | | |
| Photography | Photographer of the Year | Alan Gibson – NZ Herald/NZME | Mark Baker – Associated Press | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best feature or current affairs video – single video journalist | Luke McPake with "Death Bed: The Story of Kelly Savage" – RNZ | | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best video journalist – junior | Cass Marrett – Re: / TVNZ | | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Video Journalist of the Year | Lawrence Smith – Stuff | | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best TV/video documentary | Stuff Circuit/Stuff and Māori Television – "Infinite Evil" | | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best TV / video news item | 1 News/TVNZ with Barbara Dreaver – "Measles lockdown" | | |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best TV/video current affairs, short (up to 10 mins) | Sunday/TVNZ with Jehan Casinader – "Black Friday" | Seven Sharp/TVNZ "Harri Brown's story" | Taranaki Daily News/Stuff with Andy Jackson "Fight of his life, Tony Pascoe" |
| Video journalism and broadcasting | Best TV/video current affairs, long (between 10 mins and 20 mins) | Re:/TVNZ – "Rediscovering Aotearoa: Aroha/Love" | Sunday/TVNZ "The Numbers Game" | Checkpoint/RNZ "Oranga Tamariki uplift from Samoan family" |
| Reporting | Reporting – crime and justice | Blair Ensor – The Press/Stuff | | |
| Reporting | Reporting – social issues, including health and education | Emma Russell – NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| Reporting | Reporting – general | Patrick Gower – Newshub/MediaWorks | Kurt Bayer – NZ Herald | |
| Reporting | Best reporting – Māori Affairs | Te Aniwa Hurihanganui – RNZ | Hikurangi Jackson – MARAE/TVNZ | |
| Reporting | Environmental/Sustainability Award | Kate Evans – New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media | | |
| Reporting | Science Journalism Award | Eloise Gibson – Newsroom | | |
| Reporting | Best individual investigation | Patrick Gower for "Exposing white supremacy in New Zealand" – Newshub/MediaWorks | Matt Shand for "NZ First donations investigation" – Waikato Times, Dominion Post/Stuff | |
| Reporting | Best team investigation | Stuff – "Product of Australia" | RNZ "Eviction of Tamaki state housing tenants" | |
| Reporting | Best (single) news story / scoop | Melanie Reid – Newsroom | | |
| Reporting | Best coverage of a major news event | 1 News/TVNZ with Barbara Dreaver – "Samoan measles crisis" | Newshub/MediaWorks with Thomas Mead "Christchurch terror attacks" | |
| Reporting | Best editorial campaign or project | Newsroom – "Oranga Tamariki uplifts" | NZ Herald/NZME and Greenstone "Fighting the Demon" | |
| Reporting | Best Reporter – Junior | Logan Church – RNZ | | |
| Reporting | Student Journalist of the Year | Ashley Stanley – Newsroom | | |
| Reporting | Community Journalist of the Year | Virginia Fallon – Kāpiti Observer/Stuff | | Sadie Beckman – Horowhenua Chronicle/NZME Laurilee McMichael – Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender/NZME Gus Patterson – Oamaru Mail/Allied Press |
| Reporting | Regional Journalist of the Year | Hamish McNeilly – The Press/Stuff | | |
| Reporting | Sports Journalist of the Year | Dana Johannsen – Stuff | | |
| Reporting | Business Journalist of the Year | Tim Hunter – NBR | Nikki Macdonald – Dominion Post and Stuff | Katie Bradford – TVNZ Bernard Hickey – Newsroom |
| Reporting | Political Journalist of the Year | Audrey Young – NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| Reporting | Broadcast Reporter of the Year | Jehan Casinader – Sunday/TVNZ | Paula Penfold – Stuff Circuit and Māori Television | |
| Reporting | Reporter of the Year | Guyon Espiner – RNZ | Phil Pennington – RNZ | |
| Newspaper | Best newspaper front page | The Press/Stuff | | |
| Newspaper | Community Newspaper of the Year | The Beacon/Beacon Media Group | Mountain Scene/Allied Press The Courier, Timaru/Allied Press | |
| Newspaper | Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation) | Waikato Times/Stuff | | |
| Newspaper | Newspaper of the Year (more than 30,000 circulation) | NZ Herald/NZME | | The Press/Stuff |
| Newspaper | Weekly Newspaper of the Year | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | Weekend Herald/NZME | |
| Newspaper | Voyager Newspaper of the Year | NZ Herald/NZME | | |
| Digital | Podcast – Best narrative/serial | "White Silence" – RNZ and Stuff | | |
| Digital | Podcast – Best episodic/recurrent | "He Kākano Ahau" – RNZ and Ursula Grace Films "Out of My Mind" – Stuff | | |
| Digital | Best innovation in digital storytelling | nzherald.co.nz/NZME – "Fighting the Demon" (NZ Herald/NZME and Greenstone) | newsroom.co.nz | |
| Digital | Best news website or app | nzherald.co.nz/NZME | newsroom.co.nz | |
| Digital | Website of the Year | nzherald.co.nz/NZME | | |