Last chance! Register for tonight's free webinar on 'Inclusive reporting that represents Australia’s diversity', Thu 19 Aug. This session focuses on engaging with communities, w/ Julie Szego, Jieh-Yung Lo & Akashika Mohla (
@mangolassi14
,
@MediaDiverseAU
)
Hi
@rowandean
, thanks for the shout-out in your
@FinancialReview
column on Saturday. () One thing you missed in your research is that the Walkley Awards are self-nominated. Since you didn't enter, the judges couldn’t consider your work.
1/2 And now for the big reveal: Huge congratulations to the 2020 Gold Walkley-winners,
@markwillacy
,
@4corners
& the ABC Investigations Team for “Killing Field” on Four Corners
#walkleys
Congratulations to Luke Henriques-Gomes (
@lukehgomes
), winner of the Shortform Journalism category of the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, supported by
@abcaustralia
#walkleys
Know a freelancer working on a story about regional Australia? Nudge them to apply for $75k in funding from the Walkleys and
@Twitter
Australia. Entries close May 29:
Our Awards Manager lauren.dixon
@walkleys
.com can answer your qs:
Congratulations
@abcnews
and ABC Regional and Local Team, winners of the Coverage of a Major News Event or Issue for the “ABC Bushfire Coverage”. Supported by
@Facebook
#walkleys
The Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism is selected by the Walkley Trustees. The 2018 winner is the great Sean Dorney, for an incredible 40-year career reporting on the Pacific and particularly PNG.
#Walkleys
@SkyNewsAust
Investigative journalists Chris Masters and Nick McKenzie (
@Ageinvestigates
) have been presented the Walkley Honour for Media Freedom to recognise their Ben Roberts-Smith stories published in
@theage
,
@sydneymorningherald
and on
@60Mins
from 2018 to 2023.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2020 Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Award Ross Gittins (
@1RossGittins
), Economics Editor of
@smh
. Category supported by
@newscorpaus
#walkleys
Congratulations to Russell Jackson (
@rustyjacko
), winner of the Print/Text: Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words) category, supported by UQ, for
@abcaustralia
’s “The Persecution of Robert Muir”
#walkleys
Prue Clarke (
@prueclarke
) from the Judith Neilson Institute (
@JN_Institute
) shares why they’re proud to be supporting grants for freelance journalists to report on Asia. Apply by May 29:
The Walkley Awards are about courageous acts of journalism and we acknowledge and applaud our brave comrade,
@BehrouzBoochani
, for his continuing battle to bring genuine refugees to our shores, despite fears for his own safety.
#Walkleys
The winner of Print/Text News Report, supported by
@MediaSuper
is Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Lady Vanishes: Melissa Caddick and the missing millions”,
@Kate_McClymont
@smh
Liz Jackson won nine Walkleys, including the Gold. She served on our board, and as an example to our industry of the best that journalism can be. Fearless, dogged, and with a wonderful sense of humour, she will be dearly missed. Our thoughts are with her family and colleagues.
Congratulations to
@markwillacy
,
@4corners
& the ABC Investigations Team, winners of the 2020 Investigative Journalism category for “Killing Field” on Four Corners
#walkleys
The winner of Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, supported by News Corp, is the frank and fearless George Negus. “I tell it like it is,” as he is famous for saying.
Congratulations to Sarah Ferguson (
@FergusonNews
),
@NialFulton
and Tony Jones, winners of the 2020 Walkley Documentary Award for “Revelation” (ABC and In Films)
#walkleys
2/2.
@MarkWillacy
's work was outstanding, and it came after a series of investigations in previous years that together prompted the Brereeton inquiry into war crimes. This has been one of the most significant stories of the year – congratulations Mark and the ABC team.
#walkleys
Congratulations to Calla Wahlquist (
@callapilla
) and Lorena Allam, winners of 2020 Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, supported by
@pwc_au
Indigenous Consulting, for their
@GuardianAus
work “Rio Tinto explodes Juukan Gorge, and BHP’s 24-hour backdown”
#walkleys
The Chair of the Walkley Foundation
@adele_ferguson
has called on the Australian Government to intervene in the case of Julian Assange.
"Press freedom and human rights are vital to our society and what is happening sets a very dangerous precedent"
The winner of Print/Text: Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words), supported by Facebook, is
@andrewquilty
,
@THEMONTHLY
for “The Worst Form of Defence: New revelations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.”
Isabella Higgins wins the 2019
#Walkleys
Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award for Shortform Journalism. Congratulations
@isabellahiggins
!
@ABCNews
Congratulations to Tony Wright (
@tonyowright
), winner of the Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique category for his trio of columns for
@theage
#walkleys
See the most powerful, jaw-dropping photojournalism from Australia’s devastating 2019/20 bushfire season in this video montage by the
#walkleys
. And read the “stories behind the shots” from the photojournalists here:
Watch:
The Walkley Documentary Award, supported by the NSW Government, goes to “Firestarter - the Story of Bangarra” by Ivan O'Mahoney,
@waynerblair
and
@NelMinchin
of
@infilmsaus
.
The Walkley Foundation welcomes
@adele_ferguson
as a new Director of the Foundation. A multi-award winning journalist and columnist, Adele has won eight Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley. Read more here:
The Walkley staff and board offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Age journalist Michael Gordon. Michael won the 2017 Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. The below photo is of his very first press card, in 1973. .
The Belmarsh Tribunal comes to Sydney - the case of Julian Assange.
4 MARCH, 7PM, The Great Hall, Sydney University. The Sydney chapter of the Tribunal will add a uniquely Australian voice to the global demand to free Julian Assange. Register here.
And huge congratulations to
@AnnabelHennessy
, the overall winner of the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award, supported by the Jibb Foundation
#walkleys
Emily Baker wins the 2022 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award for Public Service Journalism. Congratulations
@emlybk
,
@abcnews
.
@newscorpaus
#Walkleys
We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to journalist Jesse Cox's family and friends. A groundbreaking storyteller, Jesse won the Innovation Walkley this year for his work as executive producer on Trace.
"My biggest advice I give to young women is marry well," says Emma
@albericie
. And "it's not about marrying someone who makes a lot of money (though that would be nice); you need a partner with the same outlook as you."
#sydneywritersfestival
#walkleys
We would like to sincerely apologise to
@albericie
for tweeting her comments without sufficient context. We see how, without the preceding information about sharing home duties in a relationship, the meaning of the comments could be misconstrued.
Congratulations to Ella Archibald-Binge (
@EllaMareeAB
), winner of the Longform Feature or Special category of the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, supported by
@smh
and
@theage
#walkleys
The winners of the 2019 Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs are: Lorena Allam and the
@GuardianAus
team with
@Uni_Newcastle
’s Colonial Frontier Massacres Project. This
#Walkleys
category is supported by
@PwC_AU
.
Congratulations to
@liammannix
, winner of the Print/Text: Feature Writing Short (under 4000 words) category, supported by
@smh
and
@theage
, for “The Perfect Virus: Two gene tweaks that turned COVID-19 into a killer”
#walkleys
.
@AnthonyDowsley
: "My Mum’s here. She’s 82. I told her it was the Logies so she came."
@AnthonyDowsley
and Patrick Carlyon are our Gold Walkley Winners for 2019 - we're happy his Mum made it!
Congratulations to
@MarcFennell
,
@NinahKopel
& Joel Stillone, winners of the Television/Video: Current Affairs Short (less than 20 minutes) for “Stuffed: Inside Australia's Biggest Museum Heist” on
@TheFeedSBS
. Supported by
@SBS
#walkleys
Xanthe Gregory (
@xanthe_gregory
)
@abcnews
,
@abc730
is the winner of the 2023 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award for Coverage of Community & Regional Affairs. Congratulations!
#MidYearAwards
Announcing the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism: $10,000 to support a significant work of Aus journalism on an underreported issue in the region. In honour of Sean Dorney's 40-year career as an ABC journalist in PNG and the Pacific islands region.