Award-winning journalist and Griffith’s journalist-in-residence Nance Haxton has taken out the Bronze award at the New York Festival’s World’s Best Radio Programs for her radio documentary on Stradbroke Island.
Produced for ABC Radio National’s PM program “A New Chapter for Stradbroke Island” recounts the end of sand mining on North Stradbroke Island after the Queensland Government passed legislation to phase it out by 2019.
“I’m so honoured and thrilled to have won the award,’’ said an excited Nance.
“This means so much to me both as a journalist and teacher.”
“The story is an important one as thousands of Australians have enjoyed Stradbroke as a tourism destination for so many years. The demise of sand mining will launch it into another era and one that’s welcomed by its traditional owners, the Quandamooka Aboriginal people.”
“I’m so grateful to the Quandamooka people for trusting me with their story. I find it so inspiring and ironic
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