Walkley Foundation chair Kerry O’Brien spoke frankly about the risks facing Australian journalism: “Freedom is usually eroded gradually... Its loss is not necessarily felt day by day, but we will certainly know when it’s gone.” This year, for a brief…
WalkleyMagNovember 29, 2019
Herald Sun’s “Lawyer X” wins 2019 Gold Walkley Award Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon have won Australian journalism’s highest honour in Sydney tonight, for their reporting of the “Lawyer X Informer Scandal” for the Herald Sun. A deep and sustained...
WalkleyMagNovember 28, 2019
Get your fix of Australia’s best journalism this Thursday November 28 It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for. A fantastic crop of 2019 Walkley finalists have been selected by their peers as the best journalists of the year, and…
WalkleyMagNovember 25, 2019
NSW will be home to the esteemed Walkley Awards gala for two years, attracting the country’s best journalists, photographers, editors and media professionals to Sydney and regional NSW to celebrate Australia’s rich media landscape. The NSW Government has partnered with…
WalkleyMagNovember 8, 2019
2019 Walkley Book Award shortlisted finalists announced November 7, 2019 The Walkley Foundation today announced the shortlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of Australia’s most prestigious journalism accolades, the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The Walkley Book Award...
WalkleyMagNovember 7, 2019
Finalists in the 64th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced tonight at simultaneous events in Sydney and Melbourne. Journalists around Australia submitted over 1,300 entries, which were judged by more than 100 senior industry representatives. The finalists...
WalkleyMagOctober 17, 2019
The three finalists in the prestigious Business Journalism category of the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced today in Sydney, at a lunch hosted by ING. The 2019 finalists for the Walkley Award for Business Journalism are: Adele...
WalkleyMagOctober 15, 2019
Jason South has been named the winner of the 2019 Nikon-Walkley Photo of the Year Prize for “Running the gauntlet”. The Nikon-Walkley judges thought Jason South’s image of George Pell for The Age managed to tell the biggest news story...
WalkleyMagOctober 10, 2019
Top tips for photographers entering the Walkleys Photo editor and member of the Walkley Judging Board, Mags King, shares her advice for photographers. As a member of the Walkley Judging Board I, along with the other board members, select the…
WalkleyMagJuly 29, 2019
The Australian “The Teacher’s Pet” Hedley Thomas wrote and recorded an average of more than 15,000 words each week as new informants came forward in what became a live, unfolding investigation into the disappearance of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson. A…
adminNovember 29, 2018
Guardian Australia “Deaths Inside: Indigenous deaths in custody” The Guardian’s “Deaths Inside” database and stories compile painstakingly verified data into a publicly available tool. It will stand as a resource to be used by other reporters, lawyers and academics, but it…
adminNovember 23, 2018
The Australian’s investigative journalist Hedley Thomas and composer/producer Slade Gibson were announced as the winners of Australian journalism’s highest honour in Brisbane tonight. The Teacher’s Pet explored the 1982 disappearance of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson, bringing investigative reporting to 27...
WalkleyMagNovember 22, 2018
Get your fix of Australia’s best journalism this Thursday November 22. It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for. A fantastic crop of 2018 Walkley finalists have been judged by their peers as the best journalists of the year, and...
WalkleyMagNovember 16, 2018
The Walkley Foundation today announced the shortlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of Australia’s most prestigious journalism accolades, the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The Walkley Book Award celebrates Australian writers who take enduring subjects from news, eyewitness...
WalkleyMagNovember 8, 2018
Finalists in the 63nd annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced tonight at simultaneous events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Journalists around Australia submitted over 1,300 entries, which were judged by more than 100 senior industry representatives. The...
WalkleyMagOctober 18, 2018
Lukas Coch has been named the winner of the 2018 Nikon-Walkley Photo of the Year Prize for “Linda Burney Airborne”. It’s a news image rich in emotion and deeper significance, as described by photographer Lukas Coch: “For Burney it was...
WalkleyMagOctober 11, 2018
Finalists announced for Walkley Mid-Year Awards The Walkley Foundation is delighted to announce finalists for its 2018 Mid-Year Awards. Peer-judged and selected on the basis of journalistic excellence, the Mid-Year Awards suite includes the Young Australian Journalist of the Year...
WalkleyMagMay 30, 2018
The Australian “From The Heart” The Uluru Statement arose from extensive nationwide dialogues with Indigenous groups on constitutional recognition, followed by a four-day First Nations National Constitutional Convention. The result was a call for the establishment of a First Nations…
adminNovember 29, 2017