Daryna Zadvirna, a cross platform reporter from Western Australia, was named the 2023 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year, as the Walkley Foundation announced all the winners in the 2023 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism in Sydney…
The Walkley Foundation has today announced significant changes to the existing Walkley Award categories following the largest consultative media review in the Foundation’s history. The latest review, led by external consultant Simon Crerar in association with the chair of the…
The Walkley Foundation has tightened the criteria for the 2023 Walkley Book Award which opens for entries on Monday, May 29. Walkley Chief Executive Shona Martyn, previously the publishing director at both HarperCollins and Transworld/Random House, led a review of…
The Walkley Foundation has welcomed five incoming members of the Walkley Judging Board: Suzanne Dredge, Head of Indigenous News, ABC; Rashell Habib, Head of Digital News & Strategy, 10 News First; Gabrielle Jackson, associate editor, Guardian Australia; Kate Kyriacou, Crime…
Winning the 2022 Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship ultimately helped me in securing my first job in the industry, writes Amelia Hirst. If you’re an aspiring journalist looking to enter the broadcast industry, the experiences and opportunities afforded to you through the Jacoby-Walkley…
Australian journalists on a management track and with at least five years’ career experience were invited to apply for the Walkley Foundation Leadership Program. With thanks to program supporters, Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the UNSW Business School,…
This survey (and subsequent industry roundtables in February 2023) will inform recommendations for changes to the Walkley Awards that the judging board will consider and act on before entries to the 2023 awards open on July 1 next year.
Walkley-winning journalist Helen Pitt shares the impact the Journalists Benevolent Fund has had in her life and beyond. Two days after my husband William died, the Journalists Benevolent Fund (JBF) of NSW got in touch to see if I needed…
On November 17 Karen Percy gave a speech at the 67th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, in her capacity as the federal president of MEAA’s National Media Section. Karen is also deputy chair of the Walkley Foundation Board of…