Create your own big break by entering the MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year competition!

If you are studying Journalism, Communications or Media, the MEDIA Super Student Journalism Awards are your chance to showcase your talent and receive recognition for your university work.

2009 winner announced!

Nic Christensen, of University of Technology Sydney, has been named 2009 MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year for his story "The Chinese Businessman Bankrolling Australian Politics".  Read more here.

Congratulations as well to the two other finalists:

  • Michelle Wilding, "Parents Liable for Drop in Childcare Escape", University of Western Sydney
  • Gabrielle Young, "Mandatory Sentencing", Curtin University

MEDIA Super and the Walkley Foundation would like to extend their congratulations to these promising young journalists on their fantastic achievement.

Thanks to our panel of judges: Don Lange, NSW news editor for ABC; mX editor Melissa Stevens; and Yaara Bou Melhem, videojournalist for SBS TV and the Walkleys’ 2009 Young Australian Television Journalist of the Year.

The 2008 winner & finalists

The 2008 Media Super Student Journalist of the Year is:

  • John Connell, "The Desert Talks Too", University of Technology, Sydney

The winning piece was a radio entry dealing with the issues surrounding the Northern Territory Intervention and was the culmination of several months of research, interviews and meetings.

There were two other finalists:

  • Matthew Knott, "Silent Suffering of the New Lepers", University of Technology, Sydney
  • Stephanie Dalzell, "Hodern Pipes Hoard Sewerage", University of Technology, Sydney
Highly Commended
  • Simon Nichols, "How To Pick Up Girls", University of Technology, Sydney

For more information about the 2008 Award, download the press release.

Entries were judged by a panel of journalists; Triple J Hack reporter and 2008 Young Australian Journalist of the Year Radio Category Winner, Michael Atkin, The Sydney Morning Herald's environment reporter, Ben Cubby, and Agence France-Presse reporter, Amy Coopes. The Walkleys would like to thank these judges for donating their time and expertise to the awards.