Walkley News

The law needs to keep up with the real world if journalism is to hold power to account, writes Walkley Foundation chair Adele Ferguson.

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…

Veteran Four Corners producer Sally Neighbour credits her luminescent 42-year journalistic career to tenacity, determination and resilience after receiving the 2022 Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Award at the 67th Walkley Awards gala dinner on November 17. Here is a transcript…

Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman and Ali Russell won the Walkley Award for Public Service Journalism for their Four Corners report "State Control", which lifted the lid on those affected by the repressive Public Guardian and Trustee system in Queensland. Their courageous…

22 November, 2022 A statement from the Walkley Foundation The Walkley Foundation has announced its decision to withdraw an award given to Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell of Nine News 6pm in the 2021 Walkley Awards. The award, for a…

Anne Connolly, Ali Russell and Stephanie Zillman have won the Gold Walkley, Australian journalism’s highest honour, for their investigation “State Control” on ABC Four Corners.  The judges said “This was enlightening and determined reporting, giving power to voiceless people and…

A statement from the Walkley Foundation 2 September, 2023 The Walkley Foundation has condemned and expressed deep regret for racist views expressed by the founder of its major awards Sir William Gaston Walkley in a newspaper column in 1961. “His…

Capturing incredible stories of triumph, tragedy and everyday life, the works of Australia's best photographers – as recognised by the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism – are on display now at NSW Parliament House. The free exhibition is open…

The Walkley Foundation is proud to announce its continued partnership with the Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) for a media exchange program for the next three years

The Walkley Foundation today announced that it will engage William Houghton KC to provide independent legal advice following the awarding of the 2021 Walkley Award for Television/Video News Reporting to Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell, Nine News 6pm, for a…

Six outstanding documentaries have been longlisted for the 2022 Walkley Documentary Award. 

Meta and Walkleys open applications for 2022 SYDNEY, 8AM Wednesday September 7 Meta, in partnership with the Walkley Foundation, has today launched the second round of the AU$15 million Meta Australian News Fund. Applications for the $5 million Year 2…

Photojournalist Alex Coppel discusses the perilous and rewarding process of capturing the biggest events of 2021   Whether it’s an Olympic swimmer winning Gold or a baby taking its first dip, Alex Coppel’s photography offers a striking insight into a…

Associate editor and investigative reporter for Crikey, Amber Schultz, won the 2022 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award in the Shortform journalism category for her reporting on opportunistic predators targeting vulnerable Ukrainian refugees. Amber shared…

The Walkley Foundation CEO Shona Martyn remembers one of Australia’s “most important novelists”, Frank Moorhouse. Celebrated Australian author, Vale Frank Moorhouse (pictured) has died at aged 83. Born in Nowra, New South Wales, in 1938, Moorhouse became a cadet journalist…