WA Business News journalist Jim Hawtin has won the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies Joe Keeling Award for his October 28 article, ‘Call to solve clearing delay’.
AMEC chief executive Justin Walawski said Mr Hawtin’s article provided the catalyst for change that the industry was desperately seeking.
“The day after that article there were changes,” he said. “We got a meeting with the minister two days later and we believe the article generated significant changes because the Government did a complete turnaround.”
The Joe Keeling Award is presented to a journalist with less than five years’ experience who has written an outstanding article on the mining and exploration industry.
Reporter for The West Australian, John Phaceas, was awarded the AMEC print journalist award and ABC reporter Sinead Mangan won the AMEC electronic media award.