{"id":27272,"date":"2015-04-01T13:45:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T11:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=27272"},"modified":"2015-04-01T13:45:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T11:45:56","slug":"observer-scoops-great-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2015\/04\/01\/observer-scoops-great-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Observer scoops great awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johann Gresse was crowned Photographer of The Year, received the prize for the best headline writer and was highly commended as sports writer.<\/p>\n

\"Photographer<\/a>
Photographer of the year and best headline writing: Johann Gresse receives his award from one of the models who handled the handing over of certificates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other awards went to:
\nBest Written Large sized Ad:
\nFinalist Minette de Beer (Goodluck Cravenweek).
\nSold Newspaper 8000 plus:
\nFinalist Middelburg Observer.<\/p>\n

Best Regular Column:
\nWinner: Tobie van den Bergh. The judges comment: Tobie’s Sonja Herholdt column was a masterpiece.
\nThere is a huge interest and entertainment factor in his columns and he grabs
\nthe readers’ attention from start to finish.<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/a>
Best Regular Column. Winner: Tobie van den Bergh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Best Sports Writing:
\nJohan Gresse Highly Commended.
\nBest Investigative reporting:<\/p>\n

Winner: Jana Boshoff. The judges said this piece was
\nthe light at the end of a dark tunnel! They loved the prostitution story and
\nagreed that while it is prevalent across South Africa, never before had it been
\nexposed in this manner. Jana went the extra mile. A good story by an impressive
\nwriter and hard worker.<\/p>\n

Best Headline Writing:
\nWinner: Johann Gresse. The judges said: Johann shows a wonderful ability to play with words and his headlines are clever, well thought out and entertaining.<\/p>\n

Most Promising Journalist:
\nFinalist: Naledi Malekane.<\/p>\n

Journalist of the Year:
\nHighly Commended: Jana Boshoff.<\/p>\n

Best Feature Photograph:
\nJana Boshoff (Die trekpad) finalist.<\/p>\n

Best Portrait Photograph:
\nFinalist: Gerhard Rheeder (Rika en haar dwerge)
\nGerhard Rheeder (through the door) Highly Commended.<\/p>\n

Photographer of the year:
\nJohann Gresse<\/p>\n

Best Hard News Photograph:
\nGerhard Rheeder (great escape) Highly Commended.
\nGerhard Rheeder (lost and found) finalist.<\/p>\n

Switchboard Operator of the Year:<\/p>\n

Winner: Susan Richards.<\/p>\n

\"Switchboard<\/a>
Switchboard Operator of the Year. Winner: Susan Richards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2022The judges said Susan was professional, very efficient and spoke with a clear, friendly voice. She was not only very knowledgeable about her own area but able to give the callers information regarding Johannesburg and faxed all the requested contact details 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n

Credit Controller of the Year:
\nFinalist: Lindie Maroos, Leana de Bruyn.<\/p>\n

\"Credit<\/a>
Credit Controller of the Year. Finalist: Lindie Maroos and Leana de Bruyn. The 2015 Caxton Awards had the theme Amazingly Africa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Middelburg Observer team scooped most of the journalism categories during the annual Caxton Awards that was held at the Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":27275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tobie van den Bergh","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"category_labels":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}