In 2006 Sharon was a finalist in the South Australian Media Awards In the 2007 South Australian Media Awards she won awards for Best Freelance Contribution, and Best Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special for the BBC World Service documentary 'Wildfire'[http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2007/12/071227_wildfire.shtml. She was also voted Best South Australian Radio Broadcaster In the 2009 awards, she again won the award for Best Freelance Contribution [http://www.samediaawards.com.au/2009-winners.html. In 2010, she won Best Radio Documentary, Best Freelance Contribution for the BBC World Service documentary 'The Wildlife Smugglers'and was again named Best Radio Broadcaster in recognition of her investigative reporting [http://www.samediaawards.com.au/2010-winners.html. In 2011, she was commended by the Walkley Awards judging panel for her documentary series 'The Big House'(Part 1 and Part 2 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rstrn), broadcast on BBC World Service and ABC Radio in July and August 2011 In the 2012 SA Media Awards, Sharon won the award for Best Radio Current Affairs, and for the third time was voted the Best Radio Broadcaster [http://www.samediaawards.com.au.