Walkley Foundation names winners of 2020 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism

Last night, in a virtual awards ceremony, the Walkley Foundation announced the winners of the 2020 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism, which saw The West Australian’s Annabel Hennessy named the 2020 Young Australian Journalist of the Year.

Hennessy took out the honour with her investigation ‘Kill or Be Killed?: The First Chapter: The incarceration of Jody Gore’, in which she reported on the imprisonment of an Aboriginal woman who was convicted of killing her abusive ex-partner.

And huge congratulations to @AnnabelHennessy, the overall winner of the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award, supported by the Jibb Foundation https://t.co/FHLGD5xRVj#walkleys pic.twitter.com/RqzvZHrF1O