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What price would you pay?

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

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Applications open for Newsroom Leadership Program

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

Walkley Foundation Chair Kerry O'Brien announces the grant winners in Sydney on April 5, 2019. Photo: Oneill Photographics.

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11 projects share $75,000 in inaugural Walkley Grants for Freelance Journalism

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

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Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism launched

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

Benjamin Ansell and Amber Schultz win the 2018 Jacoby-Walkley scholarship

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A foot in the door for young journos: Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship opens for 2019

The Walkley Foundation and Nine News are calling for bright final-year university students and recent graduates aged 26 or under to apply for a 14-week scholarship with stipend. Now in its seventh year, the Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship is targeted at young…

WalkleyMagMarch 18, 2019

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Walkley Foundation introduces John Bergin as project manager for Google News Initiative training program in Australia and NZ

The Walkley Foundation is delighted to welcome a new staff member to the Walkley team. Based in Sydney, John Bergin will be project manager responsible for rolling out the Google News Initiative training program in Australia and New Zealand, a...

WalkleyMagFebruary 4, 2019

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Inaugural Our Watch fellows announced

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...

WalkleyMagDecember 6, 2018

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2018 Walkley Winners: Hedley Thomas and Slade Gibson

The Australian “The Teacher’s Pet” Hedley Thomas wrote and recorded an average of more than 15,000 words each week as new informants came forward in what became a live, unfolding investigation into the disappearance of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson. A…

adminNovember 29, 2018

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2018 Walkley Winners: Guardian Australia

Guardian Australia “Deaths Inside: Indigenous deaths in custody” The Guardian’s “Deaths Inside” database and stories compile painstakingly verified data into a publicly available tool. It will stand as a resource to be used by other reporters, lawyers and academics, but it…

adminNovember 23, 2018

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Hit podcast The Teacher’s Pet wins the 2018 Gold Walkley Award

The Australian’s investigative journalist Hedley Thomas and composer/producer Slade Gibson were announced as the winners of Australian journalism’s highest honour in Brisbane tonight. The Teacher’s Pet explored the 1982 disappearance of Sydney mother Lyn Dawson, bringing investigative reporting to 27...

WalkleyMagNovember 22, 2018