Nominations for the 2010 Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Media Awards are now open. Now in its ninth year, the ASC Media Awards recognise excellence in sports journalism and sports broadcasting, and are a great opportunity to have outstanding work rewarded.

In 2010 there are several new categories and, for the first time, nominations will be accepted online as well as by post.

Journalists can nominate for the following categories:

1. Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Sports Journalism
2. Best Reporting of an Issue in Sport
3. Best Coverage of Sport by an Organisation - Broadcast Media
4. Best Coverage of Sport by an Individual - Broadcast Media
5. Best Coverage of Sport by an Organisation - Print Media
6. Best Coverage of Sport by an Individual - Print Media
7. Best Profiling of an Athlete, Team or Coach - Broadcast Media
8. Best Profiling of an Athlete, Team or Coach - Print Media
9. Best Sports Journalism from Rural, Regional or Suburban Media
10. Best Sports Photography
11. Best Depiction of the Value of Sport to Australians in a Community Setting
12. Best Coverage of Women in Sport
13. Best Coverage of Sport for People with Disability.
    

To be eligible for nomination, work must have been published or broadcast in Australian media for the first time between 28 September 2009 and 30 September 2010. Nominations will close on Friday 1 October at 4.00pm.

The ASC Media Awards continue to attract high-quality entries from sport and sport affairs journalists, broadcasters and photographers. The Awards now also regularly attract non-sports media, such as news, current affairs and business media, which is recognition of the Awards' growing profile in the industry.

The ASC Media Awards are Australia's premier sports media awards and the only dedicated awards recognising sports journalism, broadcasting and photography.

Winners from the 2009 ASC Media Awards included Mike Hurst, The Daily Telegraph, Inside Sport, Roger Carter, Australian Story, ABC Television, Quinn Rooney and Getty Images. The coveted Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Sports Journalism was won by Les Murray from SBS.

Winners will be announced at the presentation gala dinner at Doltone House (Pyrmont Point) in Sydney on Thursday 25 November 2010.

For further information on how to enter and to submit a nomination online, please visit the Media Awards website.

We encourage you to share the message of the Media Awards with your colleagues and we look forward to receiving your entries!