• Applicants must be Australian citizens, permanent residents of Australia or able to work in Australia on an appropriate work visa.
• Applicants must be a journalism student in their final year at university, or a journalism graduate who has completed their studies within the past 12 months and has not engaged in paid work with a television broadcast network.
• Undergraduate or postgraduate students will be eligible.
• Proof of enrolment / graduation is required.
• There will be two rounds of judging. Judges will review all entries and select a shortlist of applicants.
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to produce 5 short ‘piece to camera’ videos answering questions about your interest in working in broadcast news journalism, and upload these for the judges to review.
• Shortlisted applicants will also be invited to attend an interview via remote video call with the judging panel. If you are shortlisted, you must be available to attend the interview within the judging timeframe.
• Shortlisted applicants must be available to be interviewed via video call by the judging panel in April and May 2024.
• The winner must be able to participate in the scholarship for the entire 10-week period between September 2024 and March 2025. Dates to be agreed with the Walkley Foundation and WIN News.
• The scholarship will be undertaken at WIN News in Wollongong.
• The winner will receive a stipend of $10,000 to support living expenses for the duration of the scholarship.
• The winner will need to fund their own travel and accommodation costs from the stipend.
• The winner will participate in tasks assigned to them by WIN News.
• During the scholarship, the winner will be bound by the same obligations as regular staff members
• The winner is expected to keep confidential any information obtained during the course of the scholarship.
• The winner will be covered by the Walkley Foundation’s Volunteers Insurance.
• On completion of the scholarship, the winner must complete an end-of-project questionnaire and provide a report for the Walkley Foundation and the program’s donors outlining how the scholarship has developed their understanding of journalism and in particular long-form journalism.
• On completion of the scholarship, the winner must also write a short report about their scholarship experience for the Walkley Foundation to use to market the scholarship in future.

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