Gold Walkley for Gary Hughes while Fairfax picks up the most trophies
Fairfax narrowly seized the bragging rights at last night’s Walkley Awards with nine trophies to News Ltd’s eight.
However, News Ltd’s Gary Hughes won the Gold Walkley for his first person reporting on the Victorian bush fire disaster for The Australian.
Meanwhile, the ABC picked up six trophies, the Seven Network four and SBS two.
The only trophy collected by PBL was for Tracy Grimshaw for her interviews on Nine’s A Current Affair.
The winners list:
Print News Report
Gary Hughes, The Australian, “Black Saturday 1 & 2”
Social Equity Journalism
Steve Pennells, West Weekend Magazine, “Collateral Damage”
Best Online Journalism
Maroondah Leader team, “Feeling the Strain”
Daily Life / Feature Photography
Kirk Gilmour, Illawarra Mercury and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Batten Down the Boogie Boards”
Best Three Headings
Paul Cully, The Sydney Morning Herald
“From second fiddle to fecund Siddle”
“Benji Martian”
“The curious case of Jenson Button, the man whose salary is stuck in reverse”
Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
Janine Cohen, Liz Jackson and Kate Wild, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Who Killed Mr Ward?”
Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs
Louise FitzRoy, Steve Kyte, Kon Karamountzos and Simon Rogers, ABC Kinglake Ranges 94.5FM, “A New Voice”
Best Sports Journalism
Anne Connolly, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O’Mahoney and Kate Wild, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Code of Silence”
Sport Photography
Phil Hillyard, The Daily Telegraph, “Sports Light”
Radio News and Current Affairs Reporting
Samantha Donovan, The World Today, AM and PM, ABC Radio, “Black Saturday Aftermath”
Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special
Anita Barraud, 360, ABC Radio National, “Indonesian Journeys: Democracy and Diversity: Jakarta, Aceh, West Timor, Bali”
Magazine Feature Writing
Annabel Crabb, Quarterly Essay, “Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull”
Best Scoop of the Year
John Garnaut and Mathew Murphy, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Rio Tinto Executives Detained in China”
Cartoon
Peter Nicholson, The Australian, “Bashir and Bombing”
Artwork
David Rowe, The Australian Financial Review, “Budget Boat”
Outstanding Continuous Coverage of an Issue or Event
HeraldSun.com.au team, “Black Saturday Bushfires”
Newspaper Feature Writing
Patrick Carlyon, Herald Sun, “Where the Hell is Everyone?”
News Photography
Justin McManus, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Black Saturday Body”
Business Journalism
Duncan Hughes, The Australian Financial Review, “ASIC Knew About Storm for Months”
Photographic Essay
Jason South, The Age, “Papua Birth”
International Journalism
Fouad Hady and Geoff Parish, Dateline, SBS TV, “City of Widows”
Television News and Current Affairs Camera
Tim Noonan, Today Tonight, Seven Network, “Street Gangs”
Television News Reporting
Seven News Victoria team, “Black Saturday Bulletin”
Television Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special (more than 20 minutes)
Anna Broinowski and Sally Regan, SBS TV, “Forbidden Lie$”
Television Current Affairs Reporting (less than 20 minutes)
Andrew Geoghegan and Mary Ann Jolley, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “Zimbabwe, Left to Die”
Investigative Journalism
Michael McKinnon, Neil Warren, Peter Doherty and Michael Best, Seven News, “Police Corruption”
Broadcast and Online Interviewing
Tracy Grimshaw, A Current Affair, Nine Network, “Simon Cowley”, “Nick D’Arcy”, “Matthew Johns”
Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique
Jo Chandler, The Age, “Angola versus Angelina”
SENIOR AWARDS
Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year
Renee Nowytarger, The Australian
Best Non-Fiction Book
Graham Freudenberg, Churchill and Australia, Pan Macmillan
Journalism Leadership
Michael McKinnon, national Freedom of Information editor, Seven Network
Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism
Tony Stephens, journalist and author, formerly of the SMH
Gold Walkley
Gary Hughes, The Australian
More details of the winners can be seen on the Walkleys site
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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