Fairfax journalists win UN media awards October 21, 2013 Ruth Pollard: Price of Life. Fairfax Media scooped several awards at the 2013 United Nations Association of Australia Media Awards held in Melbourne on Friday night. The awards recognise those in the media whose work highlights and champions human rights and social justice issues and stimulates public debate and changes in public and private policy. Paul McGeough: Afghanistan Uncensored. Ruth Pollard, Fairfax Media's Middle East correspondent won the best print feature award for "Price of Life," published in Good Weekend, a compelling account of human trafficking, torture and ransom demands faced by Eritrean asylum seekers fleeing civil strife. Paul McGeough, Fairfax Media's chief correspondent, and photographer Kate Geraghty won best online award for "Afghanistan Uncensored," a comprehensive multimedia package of feature articles, photo galleries and video drawn from several weeks reporting on the ground in Oruzgan province, without the constraint of Australian military minders. The Age senior writer Chris Johnston won the award for promotion of Aboriginal reconciliation for "Going Home - the Great Aboriginal Dream." The West Australian's Steve Pennells won the best print news and best photojournalism awards for his series on Syria's refugee crisis.