Walkley Foundation announces inaugural winner for the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism Ben Bohane has been named the inaugural winner of the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism, a $10,000 reporting grant awarded annually by the Walkley Foundation. Bohane…
WalkleyMagJune 26, 2019
Walkley Awards entry fee halved to improve accessibility, diversity Walkley Judging Board chair Lenore Taylor launches the 64th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism Hard to believe it’s this time of year again: we’re about to open entries for the…
WalkleyMagJune 26, 2019
Open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese, Members of the Parliament of Australia The Australian Federal Police raids on the home of News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst and on the offices of the…
WalkleyMagJune 14, 2019
A statement from the Walkley Foundation The Walkley Foundation supports journalists’ rights to do their job, to report vigorously in the public interest, and to protect their sources and whistleblowers who speak out at great personal cost. We are deeply…
WalkleyMagJune 5, 2019
For the first time in our 60-year history, the Walkley Foundation is staging a public campaign asking Australians to back quality journalism. Walkleys chief executive Louisa Graham shares how and why the campaign was created. Walkley Award-winning journalists are the…
WalkleyMagMay 23, 2019
Three journalists from Australia and New Zealand will have the opportunity to build their newsroom leadership skills as part of the new Google News Initiative Newsroom Leadership Program at Columbia Journalism School. As part of a program to help journalists…
WalkleyMagApril 24, 2019
The Walkley Foundation has announced that it will fund 11 journalism projects in the public interest in this inaugural round of the Walkley Grants for Freelance Journalism. The judging committee selected the winners from a field of 117 applicants on…
WalkleyMagApril 5, 2019
WALKLEY FOUNDATION LAUNCHES SEAN DORNEY GRANT FOR PACIFIC JOURNALISM Veteran reporter Sean Dorney has given his name to a $10,000 journalism grant, to be awarded annually by the Walkley Foundation commencing in 2019. The Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism will…
WalkleyMagApril 5, 2019