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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

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Walkley Foundation announces 51 newsrooms and independent journalists to share AU$5M in Meta Australian News Fund’s third round

Fifty-one news publishers and independent journalists will be awarded AU$5M in funding from the Meta Australian News Fund, in the third round of a AUD$15M three-year investment in partnership with the Walkley Foundation. In its final year, the fund program…

James GormanFebruary 8, 2024

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2024 Walkley Mentorship Program recipients announced

Ten journalists from around Australia have been announced as successful applicants for the 2024 Walkley Mentorship program. Each mentee has been matched with a mentor for the 12-month program supported by the Walkley Public Fund and Hantomeli Foundation. The program…

WalkleyMagFebruary 1, 2024

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Walkley photojournalism images on display at the Australian National University

The 2023 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition is on display now at Libraries ACT’s Civic Library

James GormanDecember 11, 2023

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A statement from the Walkley Foundation

The Board of The Walkley Foundation has reviewed documents uploaded to the Federal Court this week which show an exclusivity agreement made between Seven and Bruce Lehrmann in April 2023 and a leasing arrangement which provided Mr Lehrmann with 12…

James GormanDecember 7, 2023

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Walkley photojournalism images on display at Canberra’s Civic Library

The 2023 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition is on display now at Libraries ACT’s Civic Library

WalkleyMagDecember 4, 2023