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AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

JOURNALISM 

 

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FILMMAKING
  • Winner - AFI Award for Best Documentary: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Australian Film Institute 2000

  • Winner - Rudolf Vrba Award: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Prague One World Film Festival 2001

  • Winner - Austcare Media Award: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Austcare Awards 2000; Winner of the TV Category and Overall Media Winner

  • Winner - Golden Maile Award for Best Documentary: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Hawaii International Film Festival 2000

  • Winner - Margrit & Robert Mondavi Prize: Sally Browning & Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | California Wine Country Film Festival 2001

  • Winner - Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat   | Real Life on Film Festival 2000

  • Winner - Bronze Award: Wilson da Silva and Richard Corfield for Passing the Bug: The End of Antibiotics?  on ABC TV | London International Medical Film Competition 2000

  • Winner - Highly Commended, Medical Research Journalism Award: Wilson da Silva and Richard Corfield for Passing the Bug: The End of Antibiotics?  on ABC TV | Australian Society for Medical Research 1998

  • Winner - Most Popular Documentary, Audience Vote: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Sydney Film Festival 2000

  • Winner - Most Popular Documentary, Audience Vote: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | Melbourne International Film Festival 2000

  • Finalist - Scriptwriting Award: Wilson da Silva and Tom Zubrycki for The Diplomat  | New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards 2001

  • Finalist - Best Political Documentary: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  | New York Festivals 2001

  • Finalist - Best Documentary: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat   | Logie Awards 2001

  • Finalist - Best Documentary: Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat   | Film Critics Circle of Australia 2001

  • Finalist - Best Television: Tom Zubrycki, Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva for The Diplomat  United Nations Association Media Awards 2000

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PUBLISHING
 
  • Winner - Magazine of the Year 2009: Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern for COSMOS | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Magazine of the Year 2006: Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern for COSMOS | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Winner - Best Small Publisher 2009: Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for Cosmos Media | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Best Small Publisher 2006: Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for Luna Media | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Winner - Best Consumer Magazine 2009: Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern for COSMOS | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Best Consumer Magazine 2007: Kylie Ahern, Sara Phillips and Wilson da Silva for G: The Green Lifestyle Magazine  | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Winner - Best Consumer Magazine 2006: Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern for COSMOS | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Runner-Up - Best App on Mobile or Tablet 2012: Heather Catchpole, Lucy Glover, Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for COSMOS iPad edition | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Best Digital Engagement Strategy 2009: Wilson da Silva, Dean Turnbull, John Pickrell and Heather Catchpole for HELLO FROM EARTH | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Winner - Lord Mayor’s Sustainability Award 2008: Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for Luna Media | City of Sydney Business Awards

  • Winner - Sustainability in Publishing 2008: Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for Luna Media | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Winner - Environmental Award 2008: Kylie Ahern and Wilson da Silva for Luna Media | City of Sydney Business Awards

  • Winner - Best Consumer Magazine Cover 2005: Rodney Lochner, Frank Lindner and Wilson da Silva for COSMOS #3 | Bell Magazine Awards

  • Winner - Best Overall Design: Consumer Magazine Under 100,000 Circulation 1996: Ashley Crawford, Christopher Waller, Terence Hogan and Wilson da Silva for Science Spectra |  Folio Awards (USA)

  • Finalist - Consumer Magazine of the Year 2008: Kylie Ahern, Wilson da Silva, Sara Phillips, Alex Brooks for G: The Green Lifestyle Magazine  | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Finalist - Best Consumer Magazine Launch 2008: Kylie Ahern, Wilson da Silva, Sara Phillips and Alex Brooks for G: The Green Lifestyle Magazine  | Publishers Australia Excellence Awards

  • Nominee - Best Professional Achievement Award 2006: Damien Broderick, Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern for COSMOS  | Australian National Science Fiction Ditmar Awards

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
 
  • Winner - Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science: Robyn Stutchbury, Michael Burton, Paul Willis and Wilson da Silva for Science in the Pub | Australian Museum 2000

  • Finalist - Best New PR Talent of the Year: Wilson da Silva for research communications at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering | Mumbrella CommsCon Awards 2018

  • Finalist - UNSW President’s Excellence Awards: Wilson da Silva for research communications at the UNSW Faculty of Engineering | University of New South Wales 2017

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