Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards finalists announced
The Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards finalists have been announced.
The announcement:
The Walkley Foundation is thrilled to announce the finalists in the 2013 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards: our brightest young journalists representing the best of a new generation.
All finalists have been selected on the basis of journalistic excellence in the fundamental tenets of the craft as well as their ability to present distinctive and original journalism that pushes the boundaries of the profession.
They include:
TEXT-BASED JOURNALISM
Sponsored by Fairfax Media
Ashley Argoon, The Border Mail, “Ending the suicide silence”
Daniel Burdon, Gladstone Observer and Sunshine Coast Daily, “Harbouring Doubt”
Christopher Knaus, The Canberra Times, “Canberra’s cold case cover-up”
RADIO/AUDIO JOURNALISM
Sponsored by ABC
Amelia Birnie, 4BC News and Drive with Gary Hardgrave, 4BC Radio, “Election Day Injunction,” “Daniel Morcombe’s Funeral” and “January Floods”Caitlyn Gribbin, The World Today, PM and The Country Hour, ABC Radio, “Miners speak out about drug culture,” “Bundaberg floods helicopter rescue” and “Farmers desperate for new drought policy”
Natalie Whiting, AM, PM and triple J Hack, ABC Radio, “Stories from Wilcannia”
TELEVISION/VIDEO JOURNALISM
Sponsored by Sky News
Alexandra Fisher, Lateline, The World, Weekend Breakfast, ABC TV, “Mexico sex trafficking”Miranda Grant, ABC Open, ABC TV “Separated: Echoes of forced adoption”
Katrina Yu, SBS World News, SBS TV, “Breaking the silence on FGM,” “Remembering Vietnam” and “Changes to Singapore’s death penalty”
INNOVATION IN JOURNALISM
Sponsored by News LtdRebecca Fleming, Sydney Morning Herald, Sun-Herald and Udenplan,“Mapping Australia’s Census”
Sam Landsberger, Herald Sun, “Pick Me draft series”, “If you don’t mind, umpire!” “Drugs ban for VFL player”
Liam Mannix, Indaily, “Unis accused of bonus points war”,“Adelaide metro bus frequency map” and “Mapping SA’s population shifts”CAMERAWORK
Sponsored by UNSW
Brendan Francis, The Cairns Post, “Bird of Prey,” “Bhutan Refugee” and “Friday Night”
Ella Rubeli, The Global Mail, “Life, death – and transformation”
Rohan Thomson, The Canberra Times, “2013 Bushfire coverage”, “Beneath the surface of the Moscow Circus” and “Gotye returns to his roots”
STUDENT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Media Super
Siobhan Fogarty, Charles Sturt University, “Domestic violence in the Central West of New South Wales”Darcy Hay, Charles Sturt University, “Drug rehabilitation centre rejected by rural community”
Amanda Parkinson, Petersham TAFE, Sydney Institute, “Single parents to lose pension cards”
Category winners will go into the running for the overall Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award. The prize is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the CNN headquarters in Atlanta or New York or the BBC in London for a first-hand look at internationally significant news-makers, with all airfares and accommodation included.
The Walkley Foundation thanks major sponsor FOXTEL as well as category sponsors ABC, Fairfax Media, Media Super, News Limited, UNSW, Sky News, and partners Qantas, BBC World, CNN and Nikon.
The awards ceremony will be held at The Beresford Hotel in Sydney on July 3. Visit the Walkley
Foundation website for more details (http://www.walkleys.com/young-australian-journalist-of-theyear) and keep an eye out for highlights of the finalists’ work, to be showcased in the run-up to the awards.
The Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards were open to all Australian journalists aged 26 and under as at April 26, 2013.
