Australian Sports Commission Media Awards
The Australian Sports Commission Media Awards were established in 2002 to recognise excellence in Australian sports journalism and broadcasting. The awards focus on analytical and insightful reporting and the presentation of sport and sporting issues. The awards are the only dedicated sports media awards in Australia. The Walkley Awards do have several sports categories.
The most prestigious award is the Lifetime Achievement Award that recognises exceptional service to sports journalism over an extended period of time. This award is determined by the Sport Australia Board.
Best Reporting of an Issue in Australian Sport
| Year | Journalists | Comments |
| 2002 | Kate McClymont and Anne Davies | Bulldogs salary cap scandal |
| 2003 | Kyle Patterson | Soccer's Crawford Reform Process. |
| 2004 | Michael Davis | His Fragile Brilliance |
| 2005 | Neil Jameson | ‘Professional Foul’ |
| 2006 | Nick McCallum | 'Blowing the whistle' |
| 2007 | Robert Drane and Ian Kennins | Goodbye Grassroots |
| 2008 | Gerard Ryle and Jacquelin Magnay | Firepower |
| 2009 | Mike Hurst | Caster Semenya |
| 2010 | Adrian Proszenko, Brad Walter, Greg Prichard and others | Thunderstruck |
| 2011 | Greg Prichard and Chris Barrett | Want a Bet? |
| 2012 | Daniel Lane | 'For 30 years, they had a monster in their midst' |
| 2013 | Andrew Holden | Essendon FC drug scandal |
| 2014 | Michael Warner, Mark Robinson and Chip Le Grand | Essendon drugs scandal |
| 2015 | Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark and Max Murch | ‘Making a killing’ |
| 2016 | Nick Tabakoff | Gotcha: The Parramatta Eels Salary Cap Scandal |
| 2017 | Louise Milligan, Lisa McGregor and Trish Drum | ‘After the Game’, |
| 2018 | Leo Schlink | 'The big fix' |
| 2019 | Shark Island Productions | The Final Quarter |
| 2020 | Jessica Halloran and Julian Linden, The Australian and The Daily Telegraph | 'On Thin Ice: Katia's Story' |
| 2021 | Selina Steele, Michael Cain, Julian Linden Adrian Arciuli, Anna Henderson, Abdullah Alikhil | Tackling abuse in football, The Daily Telegraph The Taliban Takeover, SBS |
| 2022 | Julian Linden News Corp | Swimming takes the plunge |
| 2023 | David Mark, ABC News Scott Gullan, Herald Sun | The investigation into paedophile rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell Peter Bol drugs scandal |
| 2024 | Julian Linden, News Corp | ‘China's secret doping cover-up’ |
Best Sport Podcast
Best Depiction of Inclusive Sport
From 2009 to 2017 called Best Coverage of Women in Sport.| Year | Journalists | Coverage title |
| 2009 | Merryn Sherwood | 'Canberra United - Making a Difference for Women's Sport' |
| 2010 | Raelee Tuckerman | - |
| 2011 | Luke Waters | ‘A Belt that Fits’ |
| 2012 | Canberra Times | ‘A capital season for women in Canberra’ |
| 2013 | Warren Partland | Raising Netball's Status |
| 2014 | Matt Weiss, Denise Reardon and Kelli Underwood | ‘Breaking Ground’ |
| 2015 | SBS | The 2015 women's FIFA World Cup |
| 2016 | Network Ten | 2015-16 Women's Big Bash League |
| 2017 | Fox Footy | AFL Women's coverage |
| 2018 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Outer Sanctum Podcast |
| 2019 | Media Stockade | ‘Power Meri’ |
| 2020 | Amanda Shalala, ABC | 'In Her Words' |
| 2021 | Peter Dickson | The Ripple Effect, Dickson Films |
| 2022 | Johnny Taranto | I’m Not a Runner, Adventure Time Films |
| 2023 | Konrad Marshall, Good Weekend Magazine | Life changes tomorrow and I’m just being me |
| 2024 | That Pacific Sports Show, ABC | - |
Discontinued Awards
Best Depiction of the Value of Sport to Australians in a Community Setting
Up until 2009 named Community Sports Award| Year | Journalists | Story Title |
| 2002 | David Pearson and Brian Webb of 104.1FM, Darwin | - |
| 2003 | Nick McCallum | 'Manangatang Horse story' |
| 2004 | Mark Howard | 'Footy From the Hearts' |
| 2005 | Brad McEwan | ‘Local Hero’ series |
| 2006 | Nick McCallum | Footy Fanatics |
| 2007 | Travis Cranley | 'Disabling sports' |
| 2008 | Paul Kennedy | 'Drug Game' |
| 2009 | Travis Cranley | 'Kiddie Wars' |
| 2010 | Mary Gearin – | ‘Majak Daw’ |
| 2011 | Grantlee Kieza | ‘Million Dollar Noby’ |
| 2012 | Luke Waters | ‘Race Game’ |
| 2013 | Will Swanton | 'Life saver' |
| 2014 | McGuire Media | ‘The Recruit — Indigenous Carnival episode’ |
| 2015 | Dan Goldberg, Adam Kay and Anthony De Sylva | ‘Pitch battle’ |
| 2016 | Tim Sheridan and Matt Weiss | 'From Little Things' |
| 2017 | Allyson Horn | ‘Afghan AFL’ |