ABC tops the honours at Walkleys

Tim Burrowes

November 28, 2011 12:02

The ABC picked up the most trophies at The Walkleys last night, narrowly beating News Limited and Fairfax Media.

Among the ABC’s winners was a Gold Walkley for Sarah Ferguson’s agenda-setting Four Corners report on live animal exports.

And the ABC’s Hungry Beast,which currently seems unlikely to get another series, picked up an award for journalist Monique Schafter.

The ABC picked up eight awards, while both News Limited and Fairfax media collected seven. Last year Fairfax won the most trophies.

Be a member to keep reading

Join Mumbrella Pro to access the Mumbrella archive and read our premium analysis of everything under the media and marketing umbrella.

Become a member

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

Topics

2 COMMENTS

Rushdie 28 Nov 11

Hey Joseph Catanzaro. Do you think it might be just confirming public suspicions that the media are parasites, when you “Wahoo!” and smile your face off for winning an award for an article about the misery of honorable people? Just asking is all.

User ID not verified.

Drunk Journo 28 Nov 11

Seems Phil Dorling’s hoarding of the Wikileaks material didn’t make him any friends inside the Walkley Cartel.

While his behaviour was pretty crummy, there must be an element of schadenfreude. Cartel members normally win the top gong for similar shenanigans.

User ID not verified.