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.

Transcript

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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