Over 400 entries were received for the Kennedy Awards for Excellence in NSW Journalism.
The Feed's Joel Tozer took the prize for best young journalist, against The Sydney Morning Herald's Sarah Whyte and The Daily Telegraph's Taylor Auerbach.
Last year's winner of the Kennedy Award for journalist of the year, Joanne McCarthy at the Newcastle Herald, presented the award.
Three video reports for The Feed garnered Joel the prize - including a story on the Australian operation of the secretive Korean church, Providence.
Joel Tozer said winning the award - named in honour of celebrated Sydney crime reporter Les Kennedy - is meaningful on a number of levels.
"It's a huge honour to win this award. I had the privilege of meeting Les Kennedy while I was interning at the SMH and it means a lot to win an award in his name," he said.
"Each of these stories were deeply personal and it took a lot of courage for each of these people to go on camera.
"I work with a really talented bunch of people at The Feed and I'm lucky to get the time to make these stories."
Watch the award-winning stories below:
Adele Ferguson won 4 awards, including Journalist of the Year.
Network TEN, Nine, and Prime also won an award each.
Channel Seven won two awards in the categories News Camera coverage and Television Reporting.
The Kennedy Awards were established in 2012 in memory of Sydney police and crime reporter, Les Kennedy's contribution to journalism.
Colleagues of Les Kennedy said they were motivated to set up the awards to remember the ongoing legacy of the dedicated reporters who have informed millions of Australians over the years.
"Other states and territories New South Wales did not properly recognise journalists doing battle in one of the world’s most competitive news markets," said organisers.
Full list of winners
NEW SOUTH WALES JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Natalie O’Brien, The Sun Herald
Adele Ferguson, Fairfax, ABC
Andrew Clennell, The Daily Telegraph
LES KENNEDY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CRIME REPORTING
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Deb Masters and Mary Fallon, Four Corners, ABC
Linton Besser, Janine Cohen and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, ABC
Jodie Duffy, The Illawarra Mercury
PAUL LOCKYER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING REGIONAL BROADCAST REPORTING
Catherine Clifford, ABC Tamworth
Amy Phillips, Prime7 News, Lismore
Sally Block, ABC 7.30 Report
OUTSTANDING TURF REPORTING
Greg Bearup, The Australian
Patrick Galloway, ABC TV
Andrew Bensley, SKY Racing
CLIFF NEVILLE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEAM PLAYER AND MENTOR
Alison Piotrowski, A Current Affair, Nine Network
Michael Thompson, The Ray Hadley Show, 2GB
Wes Hardman, Nine News
NSW YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sarah Whyte, The Sydney Morning Herald
Joel Tozer, SBS
Taylor Auerbach, The Daily Telegraph
GARY TICEHURST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEWS CAMERA COVERAGE
Paul Walker, 7News
IIankovan Frank, Nine News
Paul Bousfield/Paul Walker – Nine News, 7News
HARRY POTTER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING
Antoinette Lattouf, TEN News
Robert Ovadia, Tony Fox, Duncan Farr, & Paula Doneman, 7News
Gabrielle Boyle, Nine News
OUTSTANDING TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING
Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters, and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, ABC
Ross Coulthart, and Steve Pennells, Sunday Night, Channel Seven
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Deb Masters, and Mary Fallon, Four Corners, ABC
OUTSTANDING FINANCE REPORTING
Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters, and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, Fairfax
Nabila Ahmed, Sue Mitchell, and James Chessell, Australian Financial Review
Linton Besser, Janine Cohen and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, Fairfax
OUTSTANDING CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORTING
Ben Doherty and Sarah Whyte, Fairfax Media
Linton Besser, Janine Cohen, and Mario Christodoulou, Four Corners, ABC
Quentin McDermott, Peter Cronau and team, Four Corners, ABC
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Ross Coulthart, Sunday Night
Adele Ferguson, Four Corners
7News Team
OUTSTANDING POLITICAL REPORTING
Brigid Glanville, ABC News
Andrew Clennell, The Daily Telegraph
Lee Jeloscek, 7News
