Damon Johnston, Gary Oxley, Nathaniel Bane & Kiah Doodie  of the Herald Sun won the 2014 Quill for Best Breaking News Coverage.

Judges’ statement

The Herald Sun’s coverage of the downing of flight MH17 in Ukraine was exceptional. It included a special 7am edition of the paper as well as comprehensive rolling online coverage including details of Australians on board.

Highly Commended

Michael Rowland, Virginia Trioli and Erin Vincent from the ABC were highly commended in this category for their outstanding coverage of the Lindt Café siege in Sydney.

'MH17: The Victorians on doomed Malaysia Airlines flight'

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