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…

The Chair of the Walkley Foundation, Adele Ferguson, has called on the Australian Government to stand up for press freedom and intervene in the case of  Julian Assange.  On Friday, June 17, UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, approved the extradition…

Winners for the Walkley Foundation's 2022 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism were announced on June 15 in Sydney.

Andrew Quilty has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Humanitarian Storytelling Award supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and administered by the Walkley Foundation. 2022 Humanitarian Storytelling Award Supported by the International Committee of…