THE Australian's WA editor, Tony Barrass, and reporter Paige Taylor have won two top prizes at the West Australian Media Awards.
Barrass last night won the Clarion Prize for the greatest contribution to West Australian journalism during the year.
"He was the first reporter who went to jail for protecting his sources," Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance state president David Cohen said. "He has always been an upholder of the code of ethics. He is a senior figure admired by all."
Barrass spent five days in jail after refusing to reveal the sources behind a story published in Perth's Sunday Times in 1989.
Taylor was a co-winner of the prestigious Lovekin prize for the best work by a newspaper journalist, for her series on outback loan shark Sam Tomarchio, who was charged with illegally operating a money-lending business after Taylor revealed he controlled the welfare payments of hundreds of Aborigines.
The other co-winners of the Lovekin were Gary Adshead and Sean Cowan, from The West Australian, for their 10-part crime series "Perth's dark underbelly".
Taylor also won the print news prize for her series of articles on Christmas Island.
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