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Marina Go announced as new Walkley Foundation Chair The Walkley Foundation has announced Marina Go as the Foundation’s new Chair. The Walkley Foundation manages Australia’s pre-eminent journalism awards and has programs that celebrate and support journalism, fostering the next generation,...

Shining a Light on the Truth: Walkley Foundation brings masterclasses and public talks about journalism to the State Library of WA Press freedom, democracy, the people’s right to know, public interest versus national interest… What does it mean to be…

Australia & NZ GNI Leadership program fellows announced Three journalists from Australia and New Zealand have been announced among the inaugural Google News Initiative Newsroom Leadership program fellows for 2019-20.  They are: Danielle Cronin, Brisbane Times for “Storytelling Toolbox Templates…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

14 outstanding journalists from around Australia have been selected as the inaugural Our Watch Fellows. The journalists, from a wide range of backgrounds and media organisations, will attend a series of three retreats in February, March and June 2019. The...