WalkleyMag, Author at The Walkley Foundation

Hit podcast The Teacher’s Pet wins the 2018 Gold Walkley Award

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

Walkley News

Walkley Foundation announces $50,000 in 2019 grants for journalists, Kerry O’Brien as new chair

As well as unveiling Walkley Award-winners in 30 categories, some major industry news was announced at the 63rd Walkley Awards Gala Dinner in Brisbane on Thursday November 22. Walkley Foundation chief executive Louisa Graham announced that the first round of...

WalkleyMagNovember 22, 2018

Walkley Awards

The Walkleys are coming

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

2018 Walkley Book Award longlisted books

Walkley Awards

2018 Walkley Book Award Shortlisted Finalists Announced

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

Walkley Awards

Finalists announced for the 2018 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

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

Photography Walkley Awards

Finalists announced for 2018 Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism and Walkley Documentary Award

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

Past Events

2019 Walkley Documentary Longlist Screenings (Sydney)

October 16, 2019

WalkleyMagOctober 2, 2018

Quinn Rooney, Getty Images, “Speed Streaks”

Past Events

2019 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition (Melbourne)

Until 5pm October 27, 2019

WalkleyMagOctober 2, 2018

Past Events

MELBOURNE Walkley Finalist Announcements

October 17, 2019

WalkleyMagSeptember 23, 2018

Past Events

MELBOURNE Nikon-Walkley Photojournalism & Walkley Doco Finalists Announcement

October 10, 2019

WalkleyMagSeptember 19, 2018

Past Events

SYDNEY Nikon-Walkley Photojournalism & Walkley Doco Finalists Announcement

October 10, 2019

WalkleyMagSeptember 19, 2018

Walkley News

ABC wins Gold Our Watch Award – all winners announced in 2018 violence against women media awards

An ABC investigation into domestic violence in faith communities has won the top honour at the 2018 Our Watch Awards for excellence in reporting on violence against women. The reports, by Julia Baird, Hayley Gleeson, Debra Jopson, Sarah Malik and...

WalkleyMagSeptember 12, 2018

Past Events

Walkley Media Talks: September 2019—Telling our stories

September 26, 2019

WalkleyMagSeptember 5, 2018

Past Events

2018 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition (Fremantle)

August 31 - October 6, 2019

WalkleyMagAugust 31, 2018

Laura Murphy Oates, winner of the 2018 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the year

Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship Walkley News Young Journalist of the Year

Winners announced for 2018 Walkley Mid-Year awards

SYDNEY — The Walkley Foundation tonight announced winners for this year’s suite of mid-year awards. Peer-judged and selected on the basis of journalistic excellence, the Mid-Year Awards encompass seven awards, including the Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, as well...

WalkleyMagJuly 18, 2018

Past Events

Walkley Media Talks: Changing the conversation on violence against women (Sydney)

July 18, 2019

WalkleyMagJuly 18, 2018

Innovation Walkley Awards Walkley News

Finalists announced for 2018 Walkley Mid-Year Awards

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

Past Events

Walkley Masterclass: FOI for Journalists (Ballarat)

March 2, 2020

WalkleyMagFebruary 4, 2018

Walkley News

Postcards from Korea

Three Australian journalists, Myles Morgan (SBS), Phoebe Wearne (The West Australian), and Angela MacDonald-Smith (The Australian Financial Review), along with Walkleys multimedia manager Kate Golden are on exchange in the the land of kimchi and K-pop thanks to DFAT and the Australia-Korea Foundation. In this post…

WalkleyMagSeptember 28, 2016

Archive Walkley Awards

60 years of Walkleys, starting with a stateless refugee

By Jacquelyn Hole, executive producer of the 2015 Walkleys With the 60th Walkleys coming up next week, we’re in a remembering mood. So we dug through the archives and found these great moments from the past decades. 1956 In the…

WalkleyMagNovember 25, 2015