###2015 Quill Award winners
Photographer
Michael Rayner, The Weekly Review, wins Best Features Photo
The Young Journalist of the Year Award
Winner: Tom Minear (Herald Sun)
Highly Commended (HC): Reid Butler (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
Other finalists: Liam Mannix (The Age); Therese Allaoui (Leader)
Best News Report in Writing
Winner: Annika Smethurst (Herald Sun)
HC: Julia Medew (The Age)
Other finalists: Annika Smethurst, James Campbell, Ellen Whinnett & Andrea Hamblin (Herald Sun); Michael Bachelard & Armando Cordoba (The Age)
Best Feature in Writing
Winners: Margaret Simons & Dave Tacon (The Monthly)
Other finalists: Miki Perkins (The Age); Michael Gordon (The Age); Ellen Whinnett (Herald Sun)
Best Business Story in any Medium
Winner: Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert & Klaus Toft (ABC Four Corners/The Age)
HC: Josie Taylor & Alison Branley (7.30, ABC Television)
Other finalists: Madeleine Morris (ABC TV); Richard Baker & Nick McKenzie
(The Age)
Keith Dunstan Quill for Best Columnist/Blogger
Winner: Waleed Aly (The Age)
HC: Tim Colebatch (Inside Story)
Other finalists: Tony Wright (The Age); Michael Gordon (The Age)
Best Breaking News Coverage
Winner: Jacqueline Felgate & Emily Angwin (Seven News)
HC: Anthony Dowsley, James Dowling, Samantha Landy, David Hurley & Wes Hosking (Herald Sun)
Other finalists: Jon Kaila, Wes Hosking & Andrea Hamblin (Herald Sun); Emily Rice (Nine News)
The RACV Transport Quill
Winner: John Trevorrow & Jesse Wray-McCann (Leader)
HC: Adam Carey (The Age)
Other finalists: Ashley Argoon (Herald Sun); Rania Spooner, Cameron Houston & Adam Carey (The Age)
The Victorian Government Quill for Reporting on Disability Issues
Winner: Ruth Lamperd (Herald Sun)
HC: Rachel Carbonell (ABC Radio National)
Other finalists: Patrick Carlyon (Sunday Herald Sun); Madeleine Morris & Gus Goswell (ABC TV)
Best Sports News Story in any Medium
Winner: Grant Baker, Michael Warner & Carly Crawford (Herald Sun)
HC: Patrick Bartley (The Age)
Other finalists: Gerard Whateley, Mark Robinson & Tim Hodges (AFL 360, Fox Footy); Jake Niall (The Age)
Best Sports Feature in any Medium
Winner: Mark Robinson (Herald Sun)
HC: Mike Hirchfield & Brad Smith (Fox Footy)
Other finalists: Mike Sheahan (Fox Footy), Tony Wright (The Age)
Best Suburban Report in Writing
Winner: Nicholas Payne, Fiona Sexton & Jon Andrews (Bayside Leader)
HC: Therese Allaoui (Mordialloc Chelsea Leader)
Other finalist: Kate Ashley-Griffiths, Emily Webb, Kimberley Seedy & Andrew Rennie (Knox Leader)
Best Cartoon
Winner: Andrew Dyson (The Age)
HC: Mark Knight (Herald Sun)
Other finalists: John Ditchburn (Ballarat Courier); Ron Tandberg (The Age)
Best Three Headlines in any Medium
Winner: Duska Sulicich (The Sunday Age)
HC: Barrie Cassidy, Kate Coghlan, Kellie Mayo (Insiders, ABC)
Other finalists: Fergus Shiel (The Age); Cindy MacDonald (The Saturday Paper)
Best Illustration or Graphics in any Medium
Winner: Richard Giliberto (The Sunday Age)
HC: Richard Giliberto (The Saturday Age)
Other finalists: Andrew Dyson (The Age); Jim Pavlidis (The Age)
Best Use of Digital or Social Media
Winner: Mark Stehle, Felicity Lewis, Nathanael Scott, Tom McKendrick & Adele Ferguson (The Age)
HC: Russell Skelton (ABC Fact Check)
Other finalists: Tom Whitty & Waleed Aly (The Project, Network Ten); Herald Sun online team
Best Coverage of an Issue or Event
Winner: Annika Smethurst & Rob Harris (Herald Sun)
HC: Mandy Squires (Geelong Advertiser)
Other finalists: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark & Max Murch (ABC TV);
Jewel Topsfield, Sarah Whyte, Karuni Rompies & Amilia Rosa (The Age)
Best TV or Video News Report
Winner: Cameron Baud (Seven News)
HC: Kate Jones (Seven News)
Other finalists: Alexis Daish (Nine News); Karen Michael (Nine News)
Best TV Or Video Current Affairs/Feature over 10 Minutes
Winner: Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker & Klaus Toft (ABC Four Corners/The Age)
Highly commended: Belinda Hawkins (Australian Story, ABC TV)
Other finalist: Louise Milligan (7.30, ABC TV)
Best TV or Video Current Affairs/Feature under 10 minutes
Winners: Tom Whitty & Waleed Aly (The Project, Network Ten)
Other finalists: Sharnelle Vella (Ten News); Louise Milligan (7.30, ABC TV); Josie Taylor (7.30, ABC TV)
The TAC Towards Zero Road Safety Quill
Winner: Christie Cooper (Seven News)
HC: Adam Carey (The Age)
Other Finalists: Brendan Roberts (Seven News); Riverine Herald
Best Radio News Report
Winner: Lauren Hilbert (Radio 3AW)
Highly Commended: Yvette Gray (Radio 3AW)
Other finalists: Danny Tran (ABC Radio News); Emma Younger (774 ABC Melbourne)
Best Radio Current Affairs Report
Winner: Jon Faine, Daniel Ziffer & Tess Armstrong (774 ABC Melbourne)
Highly Commended: Neil Mitchell (Radio 3AW)
Other finalists: Josie Taylor (PM, ABC Radio); Clare Rawlinson (774 ABC Melbourne)
The Student Journalist of the Year Award
Winner: Bridget Davies (RMIT)
Other finalists: Jess Davis (RMIT); Hugh McMaster (University of Melbourne); Jack Paynter (Monash University)
Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism
Winner: Caro Meldrum-Hanna & Sam Clark (ABC Four Corners)
HC: Tammy Mills (The Age)
Other finalists: Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker & Michael Bachelard (The Age)
Best Regional or Rural Affairs Report in any Medium
Winner: Mandy Squires (Geelong Advertiser)
Other finalists: Stephanie Corsetti (ABC Radio, PM); Chris McLennon (The Weekly Times); Brigid Donovan, Heather Ewart, Ron Ekkel & Tony Kuric (Backroads, ABC TV)
Best Camera Work
Winner: Will Pristel (Seven News)
HC: Cameron Schwarz (Nine News)
Other finalists: Phil Loschiavo (Seven News); Will Pristel (Seven News)
Best News Photo
Winner: Joe Armao (The Age)
HC: Meredith O’Shea (The Age)
Other finalists: David Caird (Herald Sun); Michael Willson (AFL Media)
Best Sports Photo
Winner: Colleen Petch (Herald Sun)
HC: Scott Barbour (The Australian)
Other finalists: Michael Willson (AFL Media); Jay Town (Herald Sun)
Best Features Photograph
Winner: Michael Rayner (The Weekly Review)
HC: Justin McManus (The Age)
Other finalists: Alex Coppel (Herald Sun); David Caird (Herald Sun)
The Gold Quill
Winner: Adele Ferguson (The Age)
Shortlist: Nick McKenzie & Richard Baker (The Age); Annika Smethurst (Herald Sun); Caro Meldrum-Hanna (ABC Four Corners)
Melbourne Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike Sheahan