Schutz is FNB’s Reporter of the Year

WINDHOEK – The Editor of the Namibia Sport magazine and website, Helge Schutz, won the award for the Best Overall Reporter during the 2007 First National Bank (FNB) Sport Media Awards held on Friday.

Schutz also won the Best Online Reporter/Website category. He won an Acer laptop worth N$10 000 as the top prize.It is the first time that veteran sports writer Schutz has won the category that has been dominated by Republikein sport editor Boet Mathews for the past five years.Mathews was runner-up in the Best Overall Reporter category and won two other awards in the Best Reporter Print media category as well as the Best Columnist category.In other categories, One Africa sports editor Lesley Tjiueza scooped the Best TV Producer award, while Namibia Press Agency sports editor Natasha Diergaardt won a Merit award and Reporters’ Reporter award for the second year.NampaHe won an Acer laptop worth N$10 000 as the top prize.It is the first time that veteran sports writer Schutz has won the category that has been dominated by Republikein sport editor Boet Mathews for the past five years.Mathews was runner-up in the Best Overall Reporter category and won two other awards in the Best Reporter Print media category as well as the Best Columnist category.In other categories, One Africa sports editor Lesley Tjiueza scooped the Best TV Producer award, while Namibia Press Agency sports editor Natasha Diergaardt won a Merit award and Reporters’ Reporter award for the second year.Nampa