Fairfax on top at The Walkleys
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Fairfax has come out on top at The Walkley Awards, Australia’s top awards show for journalists.
The company claimed 11 awards, dominating the print category with wins for Good Weekend for Magazine Feature Writing, the Australian Financial Review for Newspaper Feature Writing and the SMH and The Age for Print News Report.
The ABC, which won the most Walkeys last year, won nine awards, cleaning up in the radio category. News Limited won seven.
Steve Pennells, chief writer for Seven West Media’s The West Australian newspaper, won the most prestigious award, however – the Gold Walkley – and two other awards; Best Scoop for a story on the legal stoush over the estate of mining magnate Lang Hancock, and Social Equity Journalism for a feature on the drowning victims of an asylum seeker tragedy.
The Walkleys winners list in full:
Gold Walkley
Steve Pennells, The West Australian
Outstanding contribution to journalism
Peter Cave
Journalism Leadership
The Border Mail
Nike-Walkey Press Photographer of the year
Justin McManus, The Age
All Media
Best Three Headings
Paul Dyer, NT News, ‘Eyeful tower’, Dogs of phwoarrr!’ and ‘Why I stuck a cracker up my clacker’.
Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
SBS Online Team, sbs.com.au, ‘The Block: Stories from a Meeting Place’
Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs
The Border Mail team, ‘Ending the suicide silence.
Sports Journalism
Richard Guilliatt, The Weekend Australian Magazine, ‘The price of glory’
Cartoon
Andrew Marlton, Crikey.com.au, ‘Drowning’
Artwork
Steven Grice, The Advertiser and News Limited websites, ‘Titanic centenary’
Sustained Coverage
Ruth Lamperd and Stephen Drill, Herald Sun, ‘Cancer town’
Business Journalism
Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker, 7.30, ACT TV and The Age, Fairfax, ‘RBA faces questions over bribery connections’
Investigative Journalism
Linton Besser and Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, ‘Exposed: Obeids’ secret harbour deal’
Broadcast and Online Interviewing
Leigh Sales, 7.30, ABC TV, ‘Interviews with Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and Christine Milne’
International Journalism
Matthew Carney and Thom Cookes, Four Corners, ABC TV, ‘In This Sights’
Best Broadcast Camerawork
Gary Ramage, News Limited, ‘This is Afghanistan’
Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique
John Silvester, The Age, ‘Over coffee, Carl murdered the truth’
Social Equity Journalism
Steve Pennels, The West Australian, ‘The untold story of the asylum boat tragedy’
Best Scoop of the Year
Steve Pennells, The West Australian, ‘Battle for billions’
Radio
Radio News and Current Affairs Reporting
Nance Haxton, AM, PM and The World Today, ABC Radio Current Affairs ‘Justice Systems fails disabled victims of sexual abuse’
Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special
Amanda Gearning, Louise Mitchell and Claudia Taranto, 360documentaries, ABC Radio National, ‘The day that changed Grantham’
Television
Television News Reporting
Sharri Markson, Lee Jeloscek, Adam Walters and Michael McKinnon, Seven News, Seven Network, ‘The Cabinet leak’
Television Current Affairs Reporting (less than 20 minutes)
Hamish Macdonald and Sam Clark, The Project, Network Ten, ‘Age of uncertainty’
Television Current Affairs, Feature or Special (more than 20 minutes)
Mary Ann Jolley, Geoff Thompson and Mary Fallon, Four Corners, ABC TV, ‘Unholy silence’
Digital
Best Digital Journalism
Stuart Washington, Tom Allard, Conrad Walters and UTS Team, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Sky’s the limit on political gifts’
Magazine Feature Writing
Jane Cadzow, Good Weekend, Fairfax, ‘The world according to Bryce’
Newspaper Feature Writing
Angus Grigg and Hannah Low, The Australian Financial Review, ‘The Punters’ Club – tax, toes and the boys from Tassie’
Print News Report
Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, ‘Thomson: New Credit card claims’
Photojournalism
Daily Life/Feature Photography
Nic Walker, AFR Magazine, The Weekend Financial Review, ‘The Kattle Run’
Sports Photography
Phil Hillyard, The Daily Telegraph, ‘Sally – the race for gold’
News Photography
Lukas Coch, Australian Associated Press, ‘Australia Day protest’
Photographic Essay
Sam Ruttyn, The Sunday Telegraph, ‘Josh Carter, Super Boy’
Long Form Journalism
Documentary
Celeste Geer and Rebel Films/ABC TV, The the Wind Changed
Book
George Megalogenus, The Australian Moment, Penguin
Congrats to our Walkley winners this year. Fantastic that despite the mass sackings and redundancies our great scribes and artists continue to pour out exceptional work.
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Who won the Walkley for Best Naval Gazing While My Publisher Goes Bust Because We Did Nothing To Adapt?
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who won the Walkey for best unfunded blog?
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