Finalists for the 2017 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism revealed
The finalists for the 2017 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism have been announced.
More than 1,200 entries were submitted for the awards which were judged by over 100 industry professionals.
This year will be the 62nd Walkley Awards and will see the winners announced on Wednesday, November 29, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The finalists:
PRINT/TEXT NEWS REPORT – Award Partner: Media Super:
- Nick Hansen, The Daily Telegraph, “ATO fraud scandal: Sons and fraudsters” EXCLUSIVE – Steal as you earn: tax chief’s son accused of helping mastermind $100m tax fraud; Sons and Fraudsters; Family tax benefits: ATO boss tried to help scamming son
- Miki Perkins, The Age, “‘I’m the girl that got raped’: How a family coped with teenage daughter’s ordeal”
“I’m the girl that got raped”; “I’m the girl that got raped”: How a family coped with teenage daughter’s ordeal; Boost for victims of crime - Sarah Vogler, The Courier Mail, “Ashby Tape”
PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM
- Linton Besser, Klaus Toft and Jeanavive McGregor, Four Corners, ABC TV, “ Fighting the System”
- Fighting the System; Top disability services provider Lifestyle Solutions investigated over series of deaths; Lifestyle Solutions: Accusations of sexual abuse at national disability provider
- Joanne McCarthy, Newcastle Herald and The Age, Fairfax Media, “Living a Nightmare”
I’m living a nightmare; We tried to warn them; Mesh move - Shannon Twomey, The Weekly Times, “Toxic Crop Shock”
Toxic Crop Shock; Chemical Chaos; Chemical Farce
INNOVATION- Award Partner: News Corp Australia
- Rachael Brown, Jeremy Story Carter and Jesse Cox, ABC, “Trace”
- Nick Evershed and Ash Jonceski, Guardian Australia, “Stories from the Census”
- Ella Rubeli and SBS Online team, SBS Online, “K’gari”
HEADLINE, CAPTION OR HOOK- Award Partner: Qantas
- Daniel Franklin, ABC Radio, “Unlucky fisherman reeling amid banana karma drama”, “Plot your course through Sydney’s must-see cemeteries” and “Swarming seagulls fast becoming public enemy number two”.
- James Jeffrey and The Australian 404 team, The Australian, “ Tony Abbott 404”, “Sam Dastyari 404” and “Sussan Ley 404”
- Michael Nolan, The Saturday Paper, “The father, the son and the Hillary ghost”, “Dualling ban grows” “Carpe PM: Turnbull biographer Paddy Manning turns on the PM”
COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
- Jane Bardon, AM & PM, ABC Radio, 7.30 & News 24, ABC TV and ABC Online, “Demanding Justice: Marshall Wallace, BushMob and Stolen Generation 2”
- Sarah Dingle and Wendy Carlisle, Background Briefing, Radio National, ABC & ABC Online “Death in Kalgoorlie”
- Death in Kalgoorlie; Kalgoorlie Mayor defends lack of drop-in centre, blames Aboriginal parents for social problems; Kalgoorlie doctor ‘seeing more complications’ after Aboriginal maternal health service closed
- Calla Wahlquist, Guardian Australia, “ Three deaths in WA”
‘We’ve got to put our story out there’: Ms Dhu’s family prepare for verdict on death in custody; The killing of Elijah Doughty: oil patch at crime scene fades but stain remains; My boy’s dead’: Jayden Bennell’s mother’s search for answers after death in custody
COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY OR REGIONAL AFFAIRS- Award Partner: BHP
- Bronwyn Adcock, Griffith Review, “Rush to judgement: Stigmatising the homeless in Nowra”
- Carrie Fellner, Newcastle Herald, “The sorrow on Cabbage Tree Road”
- The sorrow on Cabbage Tree Road; Profiles: the 50 cancer cases of Cabbage Tree Road; Rare cancer strikes twice in the red zone
Shannon Twomey, The Weekly Times, “Toxic Crop Shock”
Toxic Crop Shock; Chemical Chaos; Chemical Farce
SPORTS JOURNALISM
- Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Fairfax Media, “AOC bullying crisis”
- Coates tolerated bullying at Olympic Committee; More bullying claims emerge; AOC ‘not a sheltered workshop’
- Louise Milligan, Lisa McGregor and Trish Drum, Four Corners, ABC TV, “After The Game”
- Jamie Pandaram, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, “Western Force saga”
- Western Force set to be axed; Frank exchange between Western Force officials and ARU duo that sparked legal row; Force fate hangs on 15 games
RADIO NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS JOURNALISM- Award Partner: ABC
- Matt Brown, AM, ABC Radio, “The War on Islamic State”
- Mosul Front; Mosul Battle; Turkey Terror List
- James Purtill, triple j Hack, ABC Radio, “The Kalgoorlie Riot”
- The death of Elijah and the day of the riot; How stolen bikes created Facebook fury; Growing up Indigenous in Kalgoorlie
- Peter Ryan, AM, PM & The World Today, ABC Radio, ABC News 24 & BBC World Service, “Commonwealth Bank Scandal – accused of 53,000 breaches of anti-money laundering and terror financing laws”
- Breaking News – CBA risks massive fines over anti-money laundering & terrorism financing law breaches; CBA boss Ian Narev gives first broadcast interview on money laundering scandal; tells AM “mistakes were made” but won’t be standing down; CBA announces Ian Narev to retire by 30 June 2018 – succession planning expedited; APRA announces inquiry
RADIO/AUDIO FEATURE- Award Partner: QUT
- Sophie Black & Behind the Wire Team, wheelercentre.com, “The Messenger”
- Rachael Brown and Trace Team, ABC Radio, “Trace Podcast”
- Kirsti Melville, Radio National, ABC Radio, “Rottnest Island: Black Prison, White Playground”
FEATURE WRITING LONG (OVER 4000 WORDS)- Award Partner: UQ
- Ben Doherty, Guardian Australia, “The death of Omid Masoumali”
- Helen Garner, The Monthly, “Why She Broke”
- Billy Rule, The Sunday Times, “Trying to Save Ben”
SCOOP OF THE YEAR- Award Partner: Nine
- Josh Gordon, Richard Willingham and Benjamin Preiss, The Age, “Expenses scandal engulfs Victorian speaker and deputy”
Speaker of the Houses; Deputy Speaker also claimed ‘second residence’ allowance; Crackdown on rorts - Annika Smethurst, Herald Sun, “Ley of the Land”
Flat a Ley Buy on Trip; New year’s farce; Ley of the Land - William Summers, williamsummers.wordpress.com, “Uncovering Barnaby Joyce’s dual nationality”
CARTOON- Award Partner: Banki Haddock Fiora
- Matt Golding, The Age, “The Sensible Centre”
- David Pope, The Canberra Times, “Murray-Darling Nation”
- Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Low-cost housing, London”
PRODUCTION
- The Australian Digital Team and In Films, The Australian Online, “The Queen & Zak Grieve”
- The Fairfax Multimedia Team, theage.com.au, smh.com.au, watoday.com.au and canberratimes.com.au, “Surviving IS: Stories from Mosul”
- The Siege Team, Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Siege”
The Siege: Part one ; The Siege: Part two
COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE- Award Partner: Lion
- Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Stories of Mosul”
- Surviving IS: Stories from Mosul; They don’t make any exception for children; Kindness for human shields; Mosul’s most house-proud man; The idea of Iraq itself needs to be rebuilt; The war has just started
- Louise Milligan, 7.30, ABC TV & Melbourne University Publishing, “George Pell Investigation”
- Police interview George Pell in Rome over child abuse allegations; Pell failed to care for abuse victims, royal commission told; Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell; Cries of ‘witch-hunt’ ring hollow for Catholic clergy survivors; Australia reacts to news of the George Pell charges
- Peter Ryan, AM, PM & The World Today, ABC Radio, ABC News 24 & BBC World Service, “Commonwealth Bank Scandal – accused of 53,000 breaches of anti-money laundering and terror financing laws”
- Breaking News – CBA risks massive fines over anti-money laundering & terrorism financing law breaches; CBA chief executive Ian Narev in first broadcast interview re scandal – tells Peter Ryan “mistakes were made” but not resigning; CBA cuts Ian Narev’s bonus to “zero” as a result of Austrac money laundering allegations; ASIC to investigate CBA disclosure to stock exchange. When did it know about money-laundering risks?; Ian Narev to retire by 30 June 2016 as CBA chief executive; APRA announces independent inquiry into CBA; ASIC to investigate CBA disclosure to stock exchange. When did it know about money-laundering risks?; Ian Narev to retire by 30 June 2016 as CBA chief executive; APRA announces independent inquiry into CBA
FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4000 WORDS)- Award Partner: Fairfax
- Michael Bachelard, Kate Geraghty and The Age Multimedia Team, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, “Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul”
- Chip Le Grand, The Australian, “Melbourne rampage” (paywall)
- The Tragedy of Aviana Team, smh.com.au, theage.com.au and Sun-Herald, “The tragedy of Aviana”
BUSINESS JOURNALISM- Award Partner: ING
- Neil Chenoweth, David Marin-Guzman and Les Hewitt, Australian Financial Review, “Plutus: The Gen Y crime wave”
- ATO tax fraud: Behind a $191m Gen Y crime wave; Sex, tax and Instagram; The bug that caught Cranston
- Adele Ferguson and Mario Christodoulou, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Domino’s Pizza Expose”
- Boxed In What life is really like inside pizza giant Domino’s; Domino’s Scandal – Franchisees ‘selling visas’; A small serve Domino’s deal not so fair
- Leo Shanahan, Sky News Business, “Budget Bank Levy Exclusive”
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK- Award Partner: Australian Super
- Daniel Fallshaw, Guardian Australia, “The Fight”
- Aaron Hollett, ABC TV Four Corners, “Highway to Hell – The Battle for Mosul”
- Aaron Smith, TheAustralian.com.au, “The Queen & Zak Grieve – Eps 1, 3 & 6”
- The Queen & Zak Grieve – The Murder (ep1); The Queen & Zak Grieve – Zak (ep3); The Queen & Zak Grieve – The Missing Man (ep6)
TELEVISION/VIDEO: NEWS REPORTING- Award Partner: Seven
- Sophie McNeill, 7pm news, ABC TV, “Mosul coverage”
- Mosul offensive begins (clip not found online); The children who live under ISIS(article with clip); Desperate families flee Mosul (article with clip)
- Sally Sara, ABC News, “Six Days in Somaliland”
- Bryan Seymour and Megan Miller, Seven News, Seven Network, “Australia’s Child Brides”
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)- Award Partner: SBS
- Dimity Clancey, A Current Affair, Nine Network, “Malcolm Naden Confession”
- Matt Doran, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Haiti Undercover”
- Nathan Morris, ABC News, ABC TV and ABC Online, “The Leonora Undertaker”
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (MORE THAN 20 MINUTES)
- Tara Brown, Grace Tobin and Sean Power, 60 Minutes, Nine Network, “Bitter Deal”
Bitter Deal: Part one ; Bitter Deal: Part two; Bitter Deal: Part three - Winsome Denyer and Sophie McNeill, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Khaled Naanaa – The Road From Damascus”
- Kirstin Murray and Roger Carter, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Tough Love”
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM- Award Partner: Bayer
- Linton Besser, Mary Fallon and Lucy Carter, Four Corners , ABC TV and ABC News Online, “Pumped”
Pumped; Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Taxpayer-purchased water intended for rivers harvested by irrigators; Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Irrigation lobbyists offered access to confidential government documents - Rachael Brown and the Radio National Team, ABC Podcast/ABC Radio, “Trace Podcast”
- Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert and Klaus Toft, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Retirement Racket”
- Villages of the Damned (not online); The Retirement Racket (part 3); Some things can’t be forgiven (not online)
COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE- Award Partner: Three Plus
- Laurie Oakes, Nine News, “Unrivalled Analysis”
Live Cross on Prime Minister’s major speech; Live Cross on same-sex marriage proposal vote; Live cross on retirement and future of Australian Politics - John Silvester, The Age and The Saturday Age, “Naked City”
Tough-guy laws: brave or stupid?; PSOs: Victoria’s dumbest policy?; Knight condemned by his own hand - Chris Uhlmann, Insiders, ABC TV, ABC Online & The Australian, “Trumped”
Trump at the G20; Bob Carr fascinates with with sins of omission on Chinese influence (paywall); Tony Abbott could try to wound Malcolm Turnbull if hopes of becoming prime minister fade
WALKLEY BOOK AWARD LONGLIST- Award Partner: Media Super
- Graham Archer, Unmaking a Murder: the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney, Penguin Random House Australia
- Julia Baird, Victoria: The Queen, HarperCollins Publishers
- James Boyce, Losing Streak, Black Inc.
- Troy Bramston, Paul Keating: The Big Picture Leader, Scribe
- Steve Cannane, Fair Game: The incredible untold story of Scientology in Australia, ABC Books/HarperCollins Publishers
- Joe Gorman, The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, University of Queensland Press
- Louise Milligan, Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell, Melbourne University Press
- Madeleine O’Dea, The Phoenix Years, Allen & Unwin
- Jenny Valentish, Woman of Substances, Black Inc.
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What does “covering the creative space” mean in Abigail’s bio please?
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Hi Richard,
It means Abigail’s main focus is reporting on creative agencies and advertising campaigns. That is her ‘beat’. She also covers stories outside that realm (such as this one) when required.
Thanks,
Vivienne – Mumbrella