Walkley News Archives - The Walkley Foundation

A statement from the Walkley Foundation: Meta Australian News Fund AI project

The Walkley Foundation said today that it is misleading and inaccurate to suggest that the Foundation itself funded Cosmos Magazine for a project that utilised AI and machine learning to assist in repurposing some of their existing science stories into…

James GormanAugust 8, 2024

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‘Such intimate and lengthy newsroom experience is very rare’

Young journalist Nyibol Gatluak on her experience in the AAP newsroom as an inaugural winner of the Walkley Opportunity Scholarship.

WalkleyMagAugust 8, 2024

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Australian journalists investigate business, economics and defence in Korea

James Gorman reports back on the 2024 Australia-Korea Media Exchange. Six Australian journalists returned to Australia last week after an 11-day exchange program across the Republic of Korea (ROK). The program, supported by the Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF), the Korea Press…

James GormanJuly 25, 2024

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‘A life-changing experience’

Young journalist Liam Murphy reflects on his experience in the SBS newsroom as an inaugural winner of the Walkley Opportunity Scholarship.

WalkleyMagJuly 22, 2024

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Sharing metro knowledge with the regions

Mansfield Courier journalist Hannah Kennelly won the William Buckland Foundation Fellowship with The Age in 2023. What did she learn in the big smoke and how it has benefited her regional newsroom? In January I stood outside 717 Bourke Street…

Corinne PodgerJuly 9, 2024

Walkley News Young Journalist of the Year

Winners announced for 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism

Finalists for the Walkley Foundation's 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism have been announced today.

WalkleyMagJune 20, 2024

Walkley News Young Journalist of the Year

Winners announced for 2024 Media Diversity Australia Award administered by the Walkley Foundation

Finalists for the Walkley Foundation's 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism have been announced today.

James GormanJune 20, 2024

Walkley News Young Journalist of the Year

Finalists announced for 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism

Finalists for the Walkley Foundation's 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism have been announced today.

WalkleyMagMay 23, 2024

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The Walkley Foundation bans chequebook journalism

The Walkley Foundation has revised the Terms and Conditions for entry to the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Stories and interviews that are paid for will not be eligible for a Walkley Award. Allowance will be made for reasonable/minimal…

James GormanMay 22, 2024

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Key takeaways from the International Journalism Festival

The 2024 International Journalism Festival has wrapped up in Perugia, and the Walkleys' Corinne Podger was there. Read her wrap of the conference to catch up on key themes - from the unavoidable AI to new approaches to monetising journalism,…

WalkleyMagMay 9, 2024

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Contraception access and Pacific Games featured in Sean Dorney Grant coverage

The 2023 winners of the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism have produced their finished works, Marian Faa covering Vanuatu and Sefan Armbruster reporting on the Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

WalkleyMagMay 9, 2024

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Walkley Foundation announces new Judging Board members

The Walkley Foundation has welcomed five incoming members of the Walkley Judging Board: Colleen Egan (former investigative journalist, Western Australia), Claire Mackay (ABC, SA), Konrad Marshall (Good Weekend, Victoria), Solua Middleton (ABC, Queensland) and Jake Nowakowski (Herald Sun photojournalist, Victoria).

WalkleyMagApril 22, 2024

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2024 Australia-Korea Media Exchange delegates announced

Six Australian journalists have been selected to travel to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in June as part of the 2024 Australia-Korea Media Exchange program. Alexander Blair (News.com.au), Bridget Carter (The Australian), Nadia Daly (ABC), Elouise Fowler (AFR), Tobias Loftus…

James GormanApril 11, 2024

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Mid-Years: A new science award and key change for entrants

The 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism opens on Monday, 4 March. The Mid-Years are a standalone series of awards, held separately from the Walkley Awards, announced in November. The Mid-Year Awards are not Walkley Awards. They are judged by panels…

James GormanFebruary 15, 2024

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Walkley Foundation announces 51 newsrooms and independent journalists to share AU$5M in Meta Australian News Fund’s third round

Fifty-one news publishers and independent journalists will be awarded AU$5M in funding from the Meta Australian News Fund, in the third round of a AUD$15M three-year investment in partnership with the Walkley Foundation. In its final year, the fund program…

James GormanFebruary 8, 2024

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2024 Walkley Mentorship Program recipients announced

Ten journalists from around Australia have been announced as successful applicants for the 2024 Walkley Mentorship program. Each mentee has been matched with a mentor for the 12-month program supported by the Walkley Public Fund and Hantomeli Foundation. The program…

WalkleyMagFebruary 1, 2024

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Walkley photojournalism images on display at the Australian National University

The 2023 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition is on display now at Libraries ACT’s Civic Library

James GormanDecember 11, 2023

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A statement from the Walkley Foundation

The Board of The Walkley Foundation has reviewed documents uploaded to the Federal Court this week which show an exclusivity agreement made between Seven and Bruce Lehrmann in April 2023 and a leasing arrangement which provided Mr Lehrmann with 12…

James GormanDecember 7, 2023

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Walkley photojournalism images on display at Canberra’s Civic Library

The 2023 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition is on display now at Libraries ACT’s Civic Library

WalkleyMagDecember 4, 2023

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68th Walkley Awards winners announced

Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth have won the Gold Walkley, Australian journalism’s highest honour, for ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’ in The Australian Financial Review. The judges said: “Clearly the most outstanding piece of journalism of the year. This is powerful, important,…

James GormanNovember 23, 2023