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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…

adminJuly 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