Walkley list revealed
The shortlist has been revealed for this year’s Walkley Awards. Cameron Stewart of the Australian’s revelations of an alleged terror plot which outraged the Victorian police at the time is among those shortlisted. Work on the Victorian bushfires is also strongly represented.
The shortlist:
Print News Report
- Natasha Boddy, Kalgoorlie Miner, “600ml of Water for Hot Four Hour Journey”
- Gary Hughes, The Australian, “Black Saturday 1 & 2”
- Michael McKenna, The Australian, “Police Feel Heat After Girl Tasered”
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”
- Tim Douglas, The Weekend Australian and The Australian “Ludwig bans vote haven”; “Regrets? We’ve had a flu”; “Rebels without a clause deserve the desk sentence”
- Leigh Tonkin, The Newcastle Herald “It’s all love, no Waugh”; “Poulet the other one”; “Swapping the beat for the grind”
Magazine Feature Writing
- Annabel Crabb, Quarterly Essay, “Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull”
- Julie-Anne Davies, The Weekend Australian Magazine, “Back From the Brink”
- Gary Hughes, The Weekend Australian Magazine, “One Day at a Time”
Commended: Roy Eccleston, SA Weekend, The Advertiser, “Inside Bob’s Brain”
Newspaper Feature Writing
- Patrick Carlyon, Herald Sun, “Where the Hell is Everyone?”
- Jock Cheetham, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Who Killed Isaac Dinsdale?”
- Corrie Perkin and Cameron Stewart, The Australian, “Black Saturday”
Cartoon
- Neil Matterson, The Sunday Mail, “Sold”
- Peter Nicholson, The Australian, “Bashir and Bombing”
- Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Two Clouds”
Artwork
- Simon Letch, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Colour me Kevin”
- David Rowe, The Australian Financial Review, “Budget Boat”
- John Tiedemann, The Week, “Waiting in the Wings”
RADIO
Radio News and Current Affairs Reporting
- Samantha Donovan, The World Today, ABC Radio, “Black Saturday Aftermath”
- Stephen Long, ABC Radio, “The Week That Shook the World”
- Stephen McDonell, AM, ABC Radio, “China: Wall of Silence”
- Sally Sara, AM, ABC Radio, “India Child Sex”
Radio Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special
- Anita Barraud, 360, ABC Radio National, “Indonesian Journeys: Democracy and Diversity: Jakarta, Aceh, West Timor, Bali”
- Damien Carrick, The Law Report, ABC Radio National, “Ercan Tekin’s Treatment”
- Ian Townsend, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, “Crisis for Children”
ONLINE
Best Online Journalism
- Kate Geraghty, Jonathan Pearlman and Kimberley Porteous, smh.com.au, “Sexual Warfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
- Leader Community Newspapers team, “Feeling the Strain”
- news.com.au and heraldsun.com.au team, “Victoria in Flames”
TELEVISION
Television News and Current Affairs Camera
- Tim Hawkins, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Volcano Hunter”
- Robert Hill, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “Kashgar: The Uighur Dilemma”
- Tim Noonan, Today Tonight, Seven Network, “Street Gangs”
Television News Reporting
- Greg Jennett, Simon Johnson and Chris Uhlmann, ABC News, “Our Man Godwin”
- Chris Reason, Seven News, “The Tapes”
- Seven News Victoria team, “Black Saturday Bulletin”
Commended: Jane Cowan, ABC News, “Marysville Gone”
Television Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special (more than 20 minutes)
- Anna Broinowski, SBS TV, “Forbidden Lie$”
- Steve Cannane, Antoinette Chiha, Kath Earle and Brendan Hutchens, The Hack Half Hour, ABC TV2, “Fight”
- Anne Connolly, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O’Mahoney and Kate Wild, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Code of Silence”
Television Current Affairs Reporting (less than 20 minutes)
- Ross Coulthart, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Ice Man”
- Andrew Geoghegan and Mary Ann Jolley, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “Zimbabwe, Left to Die”
- Matthew Peacock, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV, “Killer Carpets”
ALL MEDIA
Social Equity Journalism
- Aaron Lewis, Dateline, SBS TV, “The Skin Trade”
- Steve Pennells, West Weekend Magazine, “Collateral Damage”
- Heather Stewart, The Law Report, ABC Radio National, “Queensland’s Child Protection Service”
Commended: Yaara Bou Melhem, Dateline, SBS TV, “Jordan: Jailing the Innocent”
Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
- Janine Cohen, Liz Jackson and Kate Wild, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Who Killed Mr Ward?”
- Paul McGeough, The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Intervention: Two Years On”
- Jamie Walker, The Australian, “Death in Doomadgee”
Commended: Murray McLaughlin, 7.30 Report, ABC TV, “Young Love”
Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs
- Jodie Duffy, Illawarra Mercury, “Living Nightmare”
- Louise FitzRoy, Steve Kyte, Kon Karamountzos and Simon Rogers, ABC Kinglake Ranges 94.5FM, “A New Voice”
- Bianca Hall, The Melbourne Times, “Paper Tigers”
Best Sports Journalism
- Anne Connolly, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O’Mahoney and Kate Wild, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Code of Silence”
- Jacquelin Magnay, The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Punch”
- Josh Massoud, The Daily Telegraph, “Parramatta Eels Elections”
Commended: Trent Dalton, QWeekend, The Courier-Mail, “Shadow Boxer”
Best Scoop of the Year
- John Garnaut and Mathew Murphy, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Rio Tinto Executives Detained in China”
- Paul Maley, The Australian, “Why I Faked Email: Grech”
- Cameron Stewart, The Australian, “Operation Neath: Army Base Terror Plot Foiled”
Outstanding Continuous Coverage of an Issue or Event
- The Age, The Sunday Age and The Age Online team, “Black Saturday”
- James Thomas, Seven Network and Yahoo Seven, “War Criminal At Large, Government in Hiding”
- HeraldSun.com.au team, “Black Saturday Bushfires”
Commended: A Current Affair team, Nine Network, “Kinglake Ground Zero”
Business Journalism
- Sarah Curnow, Liz Jackson and Steve Skinner, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Tax Me if You Can”
- Duncan Hughes, The Australian Financial Review, “ASIC Knew About Storm for Months”
- Pamela Williams, The Australian Financial Review, “Future Fund Calls Time on Telstra”
Commended: John Garnaut, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Shock and Ore”
International Journalism
- Matthew Carney, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Pakistan on the Brink”
- Fouad Hady and Geoff Parish, Dateline, SBS TV, “City of Widows”
- Li Bin, Robert Hill, Stephen McDonell and Jiang Xin, Foreign Correspondent, ABC TV, “China: Crisis and Control”
Commended: Belinda Hawkins, ABC TV News, “One Night in Sofia”
Investigative Journalism
- Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie, The Age, “Visa Came After Ruling”
- Michael Best, Peter Doherty, Michael McKinnon and Neil Warren, Seven News, “Police Corruption”
- Caro Meldrum-Hanna and Sally Sara, Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Many Faces of Brother Paul”
Broadcast and Online Interviewing
- Sarah Ferguson, Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Dishonouring of Marcus Einfeld”, “Code of Silence”, “Buying Back the River”
- Tracy Grimshaw, A Current Affair, Nine Network, “Simon Cowley”, “Nick D’Arcy”, “Matthew Johns”
- Liz Jackson, Four Corners, ABC TV, “Eye of the Storm”, “Who Killed Mr Ward?”
Commended: David Speers, Sky News, “Mark Arbib”, “John Howard”, “Joe Hockey”
Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique
- Jo Chandler, The Age, “Angola versus Angelina”
- Paul Cleary, The Australian Financial Review, “The Curse of Plenty”
- Paul McGeough, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Doing the Bidding of Organised Crime”
PHOTOGRAPHY
Daily Life / Feature Photography
- Stephen Dupont, Monster Children, “Port Moresby”
- Kirk Gilmour, Illawarra Mercury and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Batten Down the Boogie Boards”
- Craig Greenhill, The Daily Telegraph, “Burnout Masters”
News Photography
Finalists were chosen from each of two sub-categories: General and Spot News.
General News
- Justin McManus, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “Black Saturday Body”
- Jason South, The Sunday Age, “Blackest Saturday”
Commended: Brad Hunter, Northern District Times, “Laid to Rest”
Spot News
- Alex Coppel, Sunday Herald Sun, “Black Saturday”
- Rob Maccoll, The Courier-Mail, “Ingham Floods”
Commended: Andrew Brownbill, Sunday Herald Sun, AP and AAP, “Howling Flames”
Sport Photography
- Mark Dadswell, Getty Images and The Sun Herald, “Golden Light”
- Phil Hillyard, The Daily Telegraph, “Sports Light”
- Cameron Spencer, Getty Images, “Water World”
Photographic Essay
- Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald, “Displaced Future”
- Jason South, The Age, “Papua Birth”
- Tamara Voninski, Oculi, “Coming of Age in Samoa”
Commended: Renee Nowytarger, The Australian, “Tears of Stolen Love”
Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year
- Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald
- Craig Greenhill, The Daily Telegraph
- Renee Nowytarger, The Australian
LITERARY
Best Non-Fiction Book
- Graham Freudenberg, Churchill and Australia, Pan Macmillian
- Peter Hartcher, To The Bitter End, Allen & Unwin
- Jenny Hocking, Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History, Melbourne University Press
- Mary-Rose MacColl, The Birth Wars, University of Queensland Press
- David Marr, The Henson Case, Text Publishing
- Iain McCalman, Darwin’s Armada, Penguin
- Sally Neighbour, The Mother of Mohammed, Melbourne University Press
- Matt Peacock, Killer Company, ABC Books
- Gerard Ryle, Firepower, Allen & Unwin
- Robert Wainwright, The Killing of Caroline Byrne, Allen & Unwin
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Tim Douglas HAS to win best headline: “Ludwig bans vote haven” is possibly one of the all-time great.
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I agree. Tim has the best pack nominated, but Paul Cully’s “From second fiddle to fecund Siddle” is also great.
Sad to see the Telegraph’s “Grief Vindaloo” (about the family who lost their Indian restaurant in Surry Hills due to a structural crack, and who had no insurance) didn’t get nominated though.
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Yes, Tim has my vote.
There was a story in The Age earlier in the year about a serial offender who was exposing himself at a dance class.
The headline was: “Flashdance: What a Felon”.
Not bad.
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I’m still proud of the one I wrote about some (now forgotten) coup for Visy, the packaging company:
“Visy: veni, vidi, vici”
Sadly, the fact the Latin tenses is off annoys the crap out of me but I think that’s an issue I (and my therapist) need to work on.
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Go, TD! Was a finalist last year and should have won then. Worked with him and he’s a genuinely brilliant wit. Should be an ad campaign manager earning millions!
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Truely extraordinary that two of the three scoops of the year – Maley’s story on Grech and Stewart’s on the terror cell – were in the same paper in the same day.
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