Photographers

The Walkley Awards are peer-judged, and each year around 100 judges give their time to sort through mountains of entries...

Print News Report and Three Headings
  • Joe Hildebrand, political reporter, The Daily Telegraph
  • Jane Cadzow, feature writer, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Mark Scott, managing director, ABC
Newspaper Feature Writing
  • Hall Greenland, editor, Australian edition, The Week
  • Fergus Shiel, state news editor, The Age
  • Gerard McManus, journalist, Herald Sun
Magazine Feature Writing
  • John Silvester, investigative journalist, The Age
  • Graham Erbacher, deputy editor, The Australian
  • Michelle Endacott, managing editor, Australian Women's Weekly 
Artwork and Cartoon
  • Matthew Martin, cartoonist, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Patrick Cook, columnist, ACP
  • Fiona Katauskas, freelance cartoonist
Photography
  • Milan Scepanovic, picture editor, The Australian
  • Leigh Henningham, picture editor, The Age
  • Phillip Quirk, photographer, freelance
  • Chrissie Goldrick, picture editor, Australian Geographic
  • Maria Wood, picture editor, Time Asia
Radio News Reporting and Radio Current Affairs Reporting
  • Cath McGrath, political editor, Australia Network
  • Ian Ferguson, journalist, Sky News, former news director, Macquarie Radio
  • Lissa McMillan, executive producer, Radio News, SBS
Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special
  • John Beeston, executive producer Asia Pacific, ABC
  • Anna Reynolds, managing editor, The Courier-Mail
  • Andrew Kruger, executive producer, World View, SBS Radio
Television News Reporting
  • Leigh Sales, Lateline anchor, ABC TV
  • Moira Conway, bureau manager, SBS
  • Lane Calcutt, journalist, National Nine News
Television Current Affairs Reporting (Less than 20 Minutes)
  • Jim Middleton, presenter, Newshour ABC TV
  • Mark Llewellyn, executive producer, News & Public Affairs, Seven News
  • Kirsty Thompson, producer, Sixty Minutes, Nine Network
Television Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special (More than 20 Minutes)
  • Jonathan Holmes, presenter, Media Watch, ABC TV
  • Jeune Pritchard, producer, Insight, SBS TV
  • David Turnbull, journalist, formerly Nine Network
Television News and Current Affairs Camera
  • David Salmon, senior news producer, Seven News
  • John Bean, senior camera operator, ABC TV
  • Jan Kenny, head of cinemaphotography, AFTRS 
Best Use of the Media
  • Sigrid Kirk, publisher, news.com.au
  • Sue Ahearn, senior producer, Radio Australia, ABC Radio
  • Simon Mann, senior correspondent, The Age
Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs
  • Jocelyn Nettlefold, Tasmanian correspondent, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV
  • Sue Lappeman, journalist, Gold Coast Bulletin
  • Greg Wendt, business editor, The Newcastle Herald 
International Journalism
  • Steve Waterson, editor, Time South Pacific
  • Tony Stephens, journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Leila McKinnon, reporter, Nine Network
Coverage of Asia-Pacific
  • Deborah Snow, journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Sean Dorney, Pacific correspondent, ABC Radio National
  • Hugh Riminton, anchor, CNN, Hong Kong
Business Journalism
  • Jeffrey James, anchor, CNBC
  • Jane Schulze, media editor, The Australian
  • Gina McColl, journalist, BRW
Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
  • Lin Buckfield, series producer, Q&A, ABC TV
  • Stephen Hagan, lecturer, University of Southern Qld
  • John Andersen, regional editor, Townsville Bulletin
Investigative Journalism
  • Cameron Stewart, associate editor, The Australian
  • Mischa Schubert, political correspondent, The Age
  • Wendy Page, producer, Australian Story, ABC TV
Sport News Reporting
  • Rohan Connolly, senior football writer, The Age
  • Gerry Collins, journalist, ABC Sport
  • Amanda Lulham, sports journalist, Daily Telegraph
Sport Feature Coverage
  • Mark Beretta, sports journalist, Sunrise, Channel Seven
  • Greg Baum, sports journalist, The Age
  • Kat Costigan, sports journalist, The Australian
Social Equity Journalism
  • Connie Levett, journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Murray Travis, executive producer, ABC TV
  • Michael McKinnon, FOI journalist, Seven News
Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique
  • Sian Powell, journalist, The Australian
  • Mark Baker, editor, Special Projects, The Age
  • Paul Barry, freelance journalist and author
Broadcast Interviewing
  • Jim Waley, journalist, retired
  • Patrick Condren, political reporter, Seven News
  • Madonna King, breakfast presenter, ABC Radio
Non-Fiction Book
  • Malcolm Farr, chief political reporter, Daily Telegraph
  • Jeff Sparrow, editor, Overland, Victoria University
  • Dr Susan Maushart, columnist, The Weekend Australian Magazine
  • Prof Donna Lee Brien, head of School of Arts, Central Queensland University
  • Jeremy Fisher, president, Australian Society of Authors
  • Dennis Atkins, national affairs editor, The Courier-Mail
  • Dr Carmen Lawrence, professorial fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of WA
  • Clive Hamilton, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University
  • Ian Henschke, presenter, Stateline, ABC TV
  • Christine Wallace, freelance journalist and author
  • Jonathan King, author and journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald
  • Jenny Tabakoff, author and journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald
Walkley Advisory Board Judging Panel
  • Paul Bailey, managing editor, The Australian Financial Review (chair)
  • Gay Alcorn, editor, Sunday Age
  • Cathy Border, political editor, Network Ten Queensland
  • Mike Carlton, 2UE
  • Quentin Dempster, Stateline, ABC
  • Alan Kennedy, representing AJA arm of the Media Alliance
  • Peter Meakin, director of news & public affairs, Seven Network
  • Laurie Oakes, Nine Network
  • Jenni O'Dowd, group editorial marketing manager, News Ltd
  • Malcolm Schmidtke, Herald Sun, Melbourne
  • David Dare Parker, freelance photographer, Western Australia