Heart-wrenching photo of NSW South Coast farmer shooting burnt calf wins rural journalism award

Ben Smyth
December 3 2020 - 1:00pm
EMOTIONAL: Sean Davey's award-winning photo of Coolagolite farmer Steve Shipton. Photo: Sean Davey/Oculi/AAP/National Rural Press Club Awards
EMOTIONAL: Sean Davey's award-winning photo of Coolagolite farmer Steve Shipton. Photo: Sean Davey/Oculi/AAP/National Rural Press Club Awards

It's a heart-wrenching image capturing the trauma of last summer's extreme bushfire disaster: Steve Shipton standing alone on his scorched farm outside Cobargo shooting a burnt calf.

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Ben Smyth

Ben Smyth

Editor

I have worked as a journalist since 2005 and am now Editor of Australian Community Media mastheads in Bega, Merimbula and Eden

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