Award categories
Award Categories and Sub-Categories
The Categories and Sub-Categories for the SAB Sports Media Awards 2012 are listed below along with the prize monies for the overall winner in each category. All Main category winners receive a cash prize of R25,000 while sub-category winners each receive R3,000 unless otherwise stated.
Print Category (R25 000)
Overall Print Contributor of the Year: The Sports Journalist who has contributed the most in terms of consistent and excellent written sports journalism over the year
Print Sub-Categories
- Feature Writer of the Year: The person who has written sports features or conducted in-depth interviews throughout the year.
- Columnist of the Year: The journalist who has contributed to a regular sports column.
- News Reporter of the Year: The person who has proved excellence and consistency in news reporting, including match reporting.
Photography (Print and Online) Category (R25 000)
Overall Photographic Contributor of the Year: The photographer who has consistently produced excellent photographic work over the course of the year.
Photographic Sub-Category
- Action Shot of the Year: The one visual image that depicts a defining moment in a particular sport.
New Media Category (R25 000)
Overall New Media Contributor of the Year: The person who made the biggest contribution to sports reporting through the best use of a variety of different forms of online media throughout the year.
New Media Sub-Categories
- Social Media Correspondent of the Year: The person who has used web-based and mobile based technologies to effectively communicate about sport, including but not limited to live tweets, website reporting, online columns, podcasts and vodcasts.
- Sports Blogger of the Year: The stand-out blogger of the year dedicated to Sport and everything associated with it, who has had discussions or information sites published online.
Radio Category (R25 000)
Overall Radio Contributor of the Year: The person who has made the biggest contribution to the field of sports journalism in the area of radio over the year.
Radio Sub-Categories
- Sports News Reporter of the Year: The person who has delivered consistently excellent sports reporting from the field over the year.
- Sports Commentator of the Year: The person who has delivered consistently great sports commentary over the year.
- Sports Presenter of the Year: The person who has excelled as a presenter on a live sport or magazine programme or who presents sports news bulletins.
Television Category (R25 000)
Overall Television Contributor of the Year: The person who has made the largest contribution to TV Sports Journalism over the year.
Television Sub-Categories
- Sports News Reporter of the Year: The person who has delivered consistently excellent news reporting from the field over the year.
- Sports Commentator of the Year: The person who has delivered consistently great sports commentary over the year.
- Sports Presenter of the Year: The person who has excelled as a presenter on a live sport or magazine programme from either a studio or a venue.
- Sports Producer of the Year: The person who has excelled in producing either a live-to-air or pre-recorded sports programme.
The Castle Lager Superfan Moment of the Year (R25 000)
Eligibility for this award is across all categories. Candidates should enter specific work for this award. This will be awarded to the candidate who best captures fans and/or people who have been brought together by the context of sport. The content of the entry should embody Castle's ethos of "It All Comes Together".
Hall of Fame Award
Nominated online by sports journalists based on specific criteria, people who are inducted into the SAB Sports Media Award Hall of Fame have made a significant contribution to sports journalism over 15 or more years.
Newcomer of the Year Award (R5 000 plus scholarship)
Nominated by sports editors based on specific criteria, the Newcomer of the Year Award recognises those newcomers who have been in the media for less than two years, and who show talent and commitment to sports journalism.
Sports Personality of the Year
Nominated online by sports journalists, the award goes to a sports personality who has most captured the imagination of sports media, and made an impression on the sporting world.
