Bega journalist Jimmy Parker wins non-daily news story of the year
Bega narrative journalist Jimmy Parker wins non-daily news story of the year at Australian Community Media's Excellence Awards.
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00:00 in Japan and of Cathy Sharp.
00:07 Journalists are trained not to put themselves in stories without really good reason.
00:14 But James was justified in breaking that rule on this occasion as he told the tale of a
00:19 Canberra teacher's chance encounter with a stranger in Hiroshima holding a piece of
00:24 paper with a name and a bigger address scribbled on it.
00:28 With the help of James and his editor, Ben Smith, the man in Japan was eventually connected
00:33 to his Aussie second cousin living in Bega.
00:36 Hard to think of a better example of our journalism connecting communities.
00:40 Congratulations James.
00:42 [applause]
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