ABC Sport journalist and reporter Tracey Holmes has been honoured for her stellar career with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Media Awards.
Holmes’s ABC career begun in 1989 and has featured groundbreaking coverage on a number of sport’s biggest issues. She has covered 14 Olympic Games in a career that has put her at the forefront of radio, television and digital storytelling.
The ASC called Holmes “one of the most influential sports broadcasters in Australia”.
“Tracey’s work has had a profound impact around the world and there’s no doubt she’ll continue to inspire generations of Australians throughout the rest of her career,” ASC chair Josephine Sukkar said.
Holmes received the award at a ceremony at the MCG on Wednesday night.
“To be honest, this award is not because of any achievement on my part, but the absolutely privileged position I found myself in that has enabled me to play a part in being a witness to history in telling the stories of others,” said Holmes.
“I do my job selfishly because I am intrigued by people and their stories.
“I do my job unselfishly because I hope by telling these stories some of the walls that divide us will be brought down and that some of the in-built differences between us politically, culturally and ideologically can be understood even if we may never be entirely on the same page.”