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Finalists for the 52nd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced tonight at simultaneous events in Sydney and Melbourne. ABC Radio’s Leigh Sales and SBS TV’s Les Murray announced the finalists in Sydney at The Blacket Hotel. Meanwhile writer/broadcast Helen Razer, award-winning photographer David Dare Parker, and Walkley Advisory Board member and managing editor of Business Daily Malcolm Schmidke fronted the Melbourne announcement at Melbourne’s Span Galleries. It was another major year in the craft of journalism with more than 1100 entries in the awards – underlining the importance of The Walkley Awards as Australia’s most prestigious and comprehensive media accolade. A total of 106 nominees were announced in the Walkley shortlist, who will now go on for judging by the esteemed Walkley Advisory Board across 34 categories in print, radio, television, photography and all media. The shortlist reflects the year’s stories; from the tragedy of Garuda Flight 200 to the moving story of Australian terminally ill doctor, John Elliott; from the government’s response to terrorism, the storm-ravaged Newcastle, and the intervention into indigenous communities. A long-list of finalists in the Walkley Award for Best Non-Fiction Book will be announced in Sydney on Wednesday, October 24 followed by the shortlist announcement on Monday November 12. Winners will be announced at the Walkley Award Gala Ceremony on November 29 at the Royal Hall of Industries in Sydney. The delayed package of the award presentation will be broadcast on SBS TV the same night and streamed live at www.sbs.com.au/walkleys Walkley winners announced on the night will also vie for the pinnacle of Australian journalistic achievement, the illustrious Gold Walkley. Past Gold Walkley winners have included the ABC’s Tim Palmer for his coverage of the Asian tsunami, The Australian Financial Review team for its reporting into Rene Rivkin’s business dealings, Kate McClymont and Anne Davies of The Sydney Morning Herald for their unearthing of the Bulldogs salary cap scandal and The Age’s Andrew Rule for his investigation of the Geoff Clarke rape allegations. Most recently, the ABC Four Corners team of Liz Jackson, Lin Buckfield and Peter Cronau won the 2006 Gold Walkley for “Stoking the Fires”, their exposure of power rivalries in volatile East Timor. The Walkley Advisory Board is made up of senior journalists across the media including managing editor of The Australian Financial Review, Paul Bailey; political editor for Network Ten, Cathy Border; 2UE’s Mike Carlton; ABC Stateline presenter, Quentin Dempster; 7.30 Report journalist Heather Ewart; Media Alliance AJA Federal President, Alan Kennedy; chief political correspondent for the Nine Network, Laurie Oakes; the Herald Sun’s Malcolm Schmidtke and editorial director of The Australian Women’s Weekly, Deborah Thomas. The Walkley-nominated photography goes on show in the annual Nikon-Walkley Press Photo Exhibition at the Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington, October 26 – November 10, 2007. For further information please contact Fran Barlow, tel: 9333 0917 or email: fran.barlow@alliance.org.au A full list in pdf format is available for download here. 52nd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism2007 Judges and Finalists PRINT, ONLINE AND WIRE SERVICE JOURNALISM JUDGES – NEWS REPORT AND THREE HEADINGS Deborah Cameron, senior journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald Nick Cater, weekend editor, The Australian Julie-Anne Davies, journalist, The Bulletin PRINT NEWS REPORT FINALISTS Sponsored by JUST Super Richard Kerbaj, The Australian, “Sheik Hilali” Hedley Thomas, The Australian, “Dr Haneef” Laura Tingle, The Australian Financial Review, “Dr Ken Henry and the Year of Unusually Bad Policy” THREE HEADINGS FINALISTS Sponsored by Dow Jones Hall Greenland, The Bulletin “Beyond reasonable drought” Adrian Nesbitt, The Sydney Morning Herald “Textor leaves an indelible mark on polling” Andrew Tate, The Age “Ponting’s number two, turned a three into four” JUDGES - NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING Liz Deegan, editor, The Sunday Mail Tony Gillies, editor-in-chief, AAP Judith Whelan, editor, Good Weekend NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING FINALISTS Sponsored by News Limited James Button, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “A Death in Zurich” Malcolm Knox and Matthew Moore, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Dead Men Working” Paul McGeough, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Face to Face with the Prince of Death” COMMENDED Lou Robson, The Sunday Mail, “Valley of Tears” JUDGES - MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING Jill Baker, features editor, Herald Sun Garry Linnell, editor-at-large, Daily Telegraph Richard Walsh, consultant publisher, Allen & Unwin MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING FINALISTS Proudly sponsored by BHP Billiton Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, “Cruising” Frederick Pawle, STAB, “Gay Pro Surfer” Margaret Simons, Griffith Review, “Buried in the Labyrinth” ARTWORK JUDGES – ARTWORK AND CARTOON Jane Milledge, head of design, Animal Logic Peter Nicholson, cartoonist, News Limited John Sandeman, art director, The Sun-Herald CARTOON FINALISTS Sponsored by Banki Haddock Fiora Mark Knight, Herald Sun, “Lying Awake” David Pope, The Sun-Herald, “Looking for a Rabbit” Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Uncovered Meat” ARTWORK FINALISTS Sponsored by Casella Wines Remi Bianchi, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Bush’s Travelling Circus” Sturt Krygsman, The Australian, “The Shakey Sheik” Simon Schneider, Herald Sun, “The Destroyer” PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGES – PHOTOGRAPHY John French, group pictorial manager, Leader Newspapers Andrew Meares, chief photographer, The Sydney Morning Herald Robert McFarlane, freelance photo critic Michelle Turcsanyi, art director, TIME South Pacific Barbara Herrmann, photo editor in Asia, Stern Magazine, Hong Kong NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY FINALISTS Four finalists were chosen from two sub-categories of Spot and General News. SPOT NEWS Stuart McEvoy, The Australian, “G20 Melbourne” Eddie Safarik, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Haneef Leaves the Watchhouse” COMMENDED Dallas Kilponen, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race” Jason South, The Age, “Goodbye Daddy” GENERAL NEWS Steven Siewert, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Under Weeping Skies” Angela Wylie, The Age, “Tolmie Fires” COMMENDED Craig Borrow, Herald Sun, “Tracks of Tears” DAILY LIFE/FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY FINALISTS Sponsored by Epson Brian Cassey, The Courier Mail & The Australian, “To Be Indigenous - 40 Years On” Steven Siewert, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Act of Faith” Lisa Wiltse, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Little Voice Dhaka, Bangladesh” SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY FINALISTS Sponsored by Telstra Glenn Campbell, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Last Place at Brunette Downs” Craig Golding, The Sydney Morning Herald, “This Sporting Light” Rob Griffith, AP Photo Service, “Wet Job” COMMENDED James Brickwood, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Sydney Parkour” PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY FINALISTS Sponsored by Nikon Steve Christo, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Cricketing Courage” Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald, “John Elliot” Matthew Newton, The Monthly, “The Forests” COMMENDED Tim Clayton, The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Extraordinary Land Divers of Pentecost” NIKON WALKLEY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRIZES: There are no finalists in these two categories. The judges choose a single standout entry in each, and these are the winners of the Nikon-Walkley Photographic Prizes. WINNER – SUBURBAN/REGIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Simone de Peak, The Herald, Newcastle, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Illawarra Mercury, “24 Hour Storm Havoc” WINNER – PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY Stephen Dupont, The AFR Magazine, “Axe Me Biggie” COMMENDED Renee Nowytarger, The Australian, “Mamdouh Habib” RADIO JUDGES – NEWS REPORTING AND CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING Rob Curtain, news director, 3AW David Herbert, journalist, SBS Radio Elizabeth Jackson, executive producer and presenter, Saturday AM, ABC Radio RADIO NEWS REPORTING FINALISTS Sponsored by AKE Asia Pacific ABC Radio Newcastle Team, ABC Radio, “Floods and Storms” Rafael Epstein, ABC Radio, “Mohamed Haneef” Michael Rowland, ABC Radio, “Hicks Trial” COMMENDED Brendan Donohoe, Radio 3AW, “Steve Bracks Resigns” RADIO CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING FINALISTS Sponsored by ABC Anne Barker, AM, PM and The World Today, “NT Intervention” Rafael Epstein, ABC Radio Current Affairs, “Mohamed Haneef’s SIM Card” David Hardaker, AM and PM, “Life, Love and Loss in Israel and the Palestinian Territories” JUDGES – RADIO FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY OR BROADCAST SPECIAL Paul Barclay, presenter, Australia Talks Back, ABC Radio Gabby Hills, journalist, SBS World News Anne Stone, senior journalist, 5AA RADIO FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY OR BROADCAST SPECIAL FINALISTS Sponsored by QUT Creative Industries Eurydice Aroney and Sharon Davis, ABC Radio National, “The Search for Edna Lavilla” Michael Edwards, Eleanor Hall, Stephen Long and Tim Palmer, The World Today, ABC Local Radio and ABC Radio National, “Where the Boom Ended” Nance Haxton, PM, ABC Radio, “Operation Flinders” TELEVISION JUDGES – TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING Ellen Fanning, presenter, Sunday, Nine Network Steve O’Ferrall, chief-of-staff, Ten Network Paul Williams, executive producer, Insight, SBS TV TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING FINALISTS Sponsored by Network Ten Michael McKinnon and Mark Riley, Seven News, Seven Network, “Lifting the Lid” Brian Thomson, World News Australia, SBS TV, “Timor in Transition” Adam Walters, National Nine News, Nine Network, “Scully Sacking” COMMENDED Paul Lobb, NBN Newcastle, “Pasha Bulker Grounding” JUDGES – TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING Adrian Brown, journalist, Seven News, Seven Network Debbie Whitmont, journalist, Four Corners, ABC Max Uechtritz, editor-in-chief, NineMSN TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS REPORTING (less than 20 minutes) FINALISTS Sponsored by Media Monitors Sarah Ferguson, Sunday, Nine Network, “Garuda Flight 200” Nick Grimm, Deborah Masters and Scott Munro, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV, “Kelly’s War” Frank McGuire and Adam Shand, Sunday, Nine Network, “Force Within a Force” COMMENDED Phil Gould, The Footy Show, Nine Network, “The Andrew Johns Interview” JUDGES - TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS, FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL Helen Dalley, presenter, Sky Business Peter Lewis, journalist, NZ correspondent, ABC Mick O’Donnell, producer, 60 Minutes, Nine Network TELEVISION CURRENT AFFAIRS, FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY OR SPECIAL (more than 20 minutes) FINALISTS Sponsored by Southern Cross Broadcasting Matthew Brown and Wayne Harley, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “West Bank – Loveand Betrayal” Peter Butt, ABC TV, Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? Nick Farrow and Sarah Ferguson, Sunday, Nine Network, “Shame Job: Circle of Abuse” COMMENDED Ellen Fanning and Kirstine Lumb, Sunday, Nine Network, “The Stilnox Dilemma” JUDGES – TELEVISION NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS CAMERA David Brill, cameraman, Dateline, SBS TV Bruce Inglis, cameraman, Sync Pictures Brett Ramsey, senior cameraman, ABC TV TELEVISION NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS CAMERA FINALISTS Sponsored by Australian Super Robert Hill, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “North Korea – Parallel Universe” Sophie McNeill, Dateline, SBS TV, “Sects in the City” Andrew Taylor, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Forward Base Afghanistan” COMMENDED David O’Shea, Dateline, SBS TV, “The Worst Ramadan” ALL MEDIA JUDGES – BEST USE OF MEDIA Libby Chow, online producer, freelance Peter Blunden, deputy managing director, Herald and Weekly Times Ian Henderson, presenter, ABC TV News, Victoria BEST USE OF MEDIA FINALISTS Sponsored by Sensis ABC Radio Newcastle Team, ABC Radio Newcastle and www.abc.net.au, “Emergency Broadcast June 2007” Paul McGeough and Ash Sweeting, www.smh.com.au, “Afghanistan: the Violent Frontier” Tom McKendrick, Tim Mummery, John Silvester and Andrew Webster, The Age, “Anatomy of a Murder” JUDGES – SOCIAL EQUITY JOURNALISM William Birnbauer, senior writer, The Sunday Age Fiona Cameron, senior journalist, The Australian Olivia Rousset, journalist, Dateline, SBS TV SOCIAL EQUITY JOURNALISM FINALISTS Sponsored by ANZ Tony Koch, The Australian, “Lost at Sea” Frank Moorhouse, Griffith Review, “The Writer in a Time of Terror” Hedley Thomas, The Australian, “Dr Haneef” JUDGES - COVERAGE OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Carolyn Jones, foreign editor, The Age Tom Krause, freelance journalist Tim Palmer, producer, Media Watch, ABC TV COVERAGE OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FINALISTS Sponsored by Seven Network Rowan Callick, The Australian, “Brave New China: Torn Between its Present and its Past” Sarah Ferguson and Mark Munro, Sunday, Nine Network, “Inside Garuda Flight 200” Malcolm Knox and Matthew Moore, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Dead Men Working” COMMENDED Mark Forbes, The Age, “Execution Shock for Bali 9” JUDGES - COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Anne Barker, journalist, ABC Darwin Julianne Schultz, editor, Griffith Review Stan Grant, journalist, SBS TV COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS FINALISTS Sponsored by SBS Helen Grasswill, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Cry Me a River” Tony Koch, The Australian, “Bloody Disgrace: Saga is State’s Worst Injustice” Paul Toohey, The Bulletin, “Northern Voices” COMMENDED Matthew Carney and Peter Cronau, Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Cape Experiment” JUDGES - COVERAGE OF SUBURBAN OR REGIONAL AFFAIRS Wayne Buttner, general manager, Community Newspapers Perth Sushi Das, senior writer, The Age Celina Edmonds, presenter, Sky News COVERAGE OF SUBURBAN OR REGIONAL AFFAIRS FINALISTS Sponsored by News Ltd Community News Damon Cronshaw, The Herald, Newcastle, “A Bridge Too Far” Greg McFarland, Central Western Daily, “Cadia Wants Our Water” Heather Stewart, The Courier-Mail and ABC Radio, “Mentally Ill in Regional Qld” JUDGES - SPORT FEATURE COVERAGE Bruce McAvaney, sports presenter, Seven Network Rob Pegley, editor, Alpha Magazine Debbie Spillane, sports presenter, ABC News Radio SPORT FEATURE COVERAGE FINALISTS Sponsored by Telstra Janet Hawley, Good Weekend, “Ian Thorpe, Fish Out of Water” Amanda Hooton, Good Weekend, “An Awfully Big Adventure” Wendy Page, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Man of the Century” COMMENDED Anthony Sharwood, Alpha Magazine, “Running For His Life” JUDGES - SPORT NEWS REPORTING Mike Cockerill, senior sports journalist, The Sydney Morning Herald Barry Dick, senior sports journalist, The Courier-Mail Tracey Holmes, presenter, Grandstand, ABC Radio SPORT NEWS REPORTING FINALISTS Sponsored by Nine Network Craig Hutchison, The Footy Show and Footy Classified, Nine Network, “Drugs in Football” Jacquelin Magnay and Gerard Ryle, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Secret Payments Scandal” John Silvester, The Age, “The Long Night” JUDGES - BUSINESS JOURNALISM Adele Ferguson, journalist, The Australian Ross Greenwood, journalist, Nine Network Mark Skulley, senior journalist, The Australian Financial Review BUSINESS JOURNALISM FINALISTS Sponsored by JP Morgan Anthony Klan, The Australian, “Fincorp Collapse” Gerard Ryle, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Where There’s Smoke” Hedley Thomas, The Australian, “Coal Hard Facts” COMMENDED Rebecca Urban, The Age, “Coles Meat Scandal” JUDGES - INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM Michael Gawenda, journalist and author, The Age Deborah Jones, executive editor, The Australian Mark Willacy, journalist, Landline, ABC TV INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM FINALISTS Sponsored by Fairfax Mansour Razaghi, Mark Corcoran and Bronwen Reed, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “Kurdistan– the Other Iraq” Olivia Rousset, Dateline, SBS TV, “State of Despair” Ginny Stein, Dateline, SBS TV, “Burma – Inside the Secret City” JUDGES - INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Matt Denholm, journalist, The Australian, Tasmania Peter McEvoy, executive producer, Factual, ABC TV Monique Farmer, managing editor sections, The Sydney Morning Herald INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FINALISTS Sponsored by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance William Birnbauer, The Sunday Age, “Cheated by the Law” David Higgins, Mark Schliebs and Will Temple, www.news.com.au, “Against the Odds” Ginny Stein, Dateline, SBS TV, “Rwanda – Questions of Murder” COMMENDED Richard Kerbaj, The Australian, “Sheik Hilali” JUDGES - BROADCAST INTERVIEWING Belinda Hawkins, journalist, Australian Story, ABC TV Ray Martin, journalist, Nine Network Chris Willis, Sydney news director, Seven Network BROADCAST INTERVIEWING FINALISTS Sponsored by Ernst and Young Sarah Ferguson, Sunday, Nine Network, “Broadcast Interviewing” David Hardaker, Foreign Correspondent and AM, ABC TV and ABC Radio, “Middle East Leaders” Tony Jones, Lateline, ABC TV, “Tony Jones Interviews” JUDGES - COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE Paul Kelly, editor-at-large, The Australian Margot O’Neill, journalist, Lateline, ABC TV Russell Skelton, journalist, The Age COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE FINALISTS Sponsored by CommSec Paul Daley, The Bulletin and The Bulletin Online, “Leadership Shadow Play” Sally Neighbour, The Australian, “Terrorism Coverage” Tony Walker, The Australian Financial Review, “Interesting Times” LITERARY Best Non-Fiction Book Sponsored by Copyright Agency Limited Longlist announced on October 24, 2007 Shortlist announced on November 12, 2007 |
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