Watch the 65th Walkley Awards live broadcast above
Watch the 2020 Year in Review Package
Watch the 2020 News Industry Year in Review
Watch the 2020 Coverage of Indigenous Affairs Package
Watch the 2020 Nikon Walkley Photo Montage
The Walkley Foundation honours its 2020 Walkley Award-winners through a live broadcast announcement on November 20. The traditional Gala Dinner, planned for Tamworth this year, will now take place in 2021.
2020 has already been huge for the news industry in Australia and around the world, from Australia’s summer bushfires to the global pandemic, from the Black Lives Matter protests to a US election campaign just starting to heat up. It will certainly be a year none of us forgets.
We had hoped that, despite the uncertainty created by COVID-19, we would be able to come together in person to celebrate the hard work, courage, innovation and resilience shown by the media over the past 12 months.
However, the restrictions stemming from COVID-19, including border closures and limitations on guest numbers, sadly make it impossible for us to hold a traditional Gala Dinner this November.
To ensure our 2020 Walkley finalists and winners are recognised while fulfilling our duty of care to all involved, we will broadcast the Walkley Winners announcement on Friday November 20 through our partner, Sky News. The announcement will also be livestreamed on the Walkley website.
COVID-19 is not something we could have anticipated and this was not the outcome we wanted, but we know that together we can still acknowledge and celebrate the amazing work produced in a year like no other.