Major rural lender, Rabobank, has come on board as sponsor of Australia's first national broadcast award for rural media.

Finalists in the Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting will now compete for $1000 in prize money, thanks to the support of the bank.

The winner will also get to represent their country in the first ever international award for rural broadcasting, due to be announced in Belgium in April 2010.

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2009 Telstra BigPond
Rural Media Awards announced

South Australia's top rural journalists and photographers for 2009 were recognised today with the announcement of the Telstra BigPond Rural Media Awards.

Journalist Alisha Fogden (Stock Journal) and photographer Brenton Edwards (The Advertiser) are the 2009 Telstra BigPond Rural Media Journalist and Photographer of the Year.

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Expanded rural media awards
search for best in the bush

Three major national awards for journalists and photographers covering rural issues have been announced today by the Australian Council for Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ).

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RMSA honours Jon Lamb

Having spent a lifetime in the media, veteran journalist Jon Lamb was honoured by Rural Media South Australia at its 22 October function.

He was inducted as the RMSA's second Rural Media Icon.

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Tait Schmaal wins top national photo award

Advertiser Newspaper photographer Tait Schmaal has won the 2009 Australian Star Prize for Rural Photography.

The competition organised by the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists (ACAJ) recognises the best photographers from around the country each year.

The winning photo of a young girl in a field with a backdrop of promising rain clouds was taken by Tait for the Adelaide Advertiser.