The Australianâs Media Diary says Melbourne Press Club has sounded out 3AW veteran Neil Mitchell and former Age editor Gay Alcorn for the lifetime achievement award at the Quills this month, but both politely declined. Alcorn told Diary that her career was far from over and she didnât want to be put in the spotlight. Mitchell said he declined the award as he couldnât attend the ceremony this year due to a long-term family commitment, but he would accept the award if he was offered it at some stage in the future and he was able to accept it in person.
The Age receives a record 44 nominations at the 2024 Quill Awards
The Ageâs journalism has been recognised by the Melbourne Press Club with a record 44 nominations at this yearâs Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.
The masthead, which celebrates its 170th anniversary later this year, dominated the shortlist, with nominations across 22 categories, alongside that of The Sydney Morning Herald and Good Weekend.
Work by journalists, photographers, artists and designers at the mastheads have been shortlisted, including nominations for The Ageâs Nick McKenzie and the Heraldâs Kate McClymont in the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year category.
The Ageâs Michael Gleeson and Jake Niall are both finalists for the Harry Gordon Sports Journalist of the Year alongside the Heraldâs Tom Decent.
âThis list of nominations is a ringing endorsement of The Ageâs relentless pursuit of public interest journalism and commitment to providing a truly Victorian perspective on news, sport and life in this state,â said The Age editor Patrick Elligett.
âIâm immensely proud to work with the accomplished nominees, and indeed all the reporters, editors, photographers and others in our newsroom who uphold these commitments every day.â
Full list of nominations can be found HERE
The 29th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism will be held on Friday, March 15.
The Australianâs John Ferguson wins the 29th Gold Quill
A scoop about the tragic consequences of a mushroom lunch in regional Victoria has won the prestigious Gold Quill at the Melbourne Press Clubâs 29th Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism.
John Fergusonâs exclusive story about the Leongatha lunch was first published on The Australianâs website on a Saturday, and he followed it up with other exclusives, including an interview with the now-charged woman who hosted the lunch.
The Gold Quill judges praised Fergusonâs scoop that set the agenda for a story which engaged Australia and the world. âThis was journalism which celebrates, and honours, everything the Gold Quill stands for,â the judges said.
Fergusonâs report of the lunch where three people died, won the Scoop of The Year Quill, which along with all other category winners, meant it qualified to be considered for the Gold Quill.
The Quill Awards is the annual celebration of excellence in Victorian journalism.
This year featured a record number of entries across 31 categories, reflecting the breadth, depth and excellence of the stateâs journalism during 2023.
The first Quill of the night is Young Journalist of the Year, won this year by Carla Jaeger of The Age!
The News Report in Writing Quill goes to Aneeka Simonis of the Herald Sun for âExtreme violence: justice system reform for family violence survivorsâ
Congratulations to Stephen Drill, Andrea Thiis-Evensen and Dan Box of Network News/Herald Sun on winning the Podcasting Quill.
The Quill for Coverage of Women in Sport goes to Marnie Vinall and Greg Baum of The Age for their FIFA Womenâs World Cup coverage.
The Quill for Business News/Feature goes to Peter Ker and Brad Thompson of The Australian Financial Review for âForrests and Fortescueâ.
ABC News Victoria wins the Quill for Best Breaking News of Live Coverage.
Aneeka Simonis of the Herald Sun wins the Quill for Best Coverage of an Issue with âFamily violence: The victims, the survivors and a justice system reviewâ
The News Report in Writing Quill goes to Aneeka Simonis of the Herald Sun for âExtreme violence: justice system reform for family violence survivorsâ
The Quill for TV/Video Feature goes to Christine Ahern and Lisa Brown, 60 Minutes, for âVBA exposedâ.
The Scoop Of the Year Quill goes to John Ferguson of The Australian for âPolice investigate mass poisoning in Leongathaâ.
Michael Bachelard of Good Weekend magazine wins the Feature Writing Quill with âTalking transâ.
Excellence in Science, Medical and Health Reporting goes to Sherryn Groch of The Age for âJourney into the deep seaâ.
Kai Feng, Jarrod Fankhauser, Olivia Ralph and Steven Viney of ABC News win Innovation in Journalism with âInstant credibilityâ
Shane McInnes of 3AW wins Radio Current Affairs with âVictoriaâs Meningococcal Vaccine Failureâ.
TV/Video News is won by Sharnelle Vella of 7NEWS for âPorter Davis Crisisâ
Danny Tran of ABC News Melbourne wins the Radio News Quill with âThe Melbourne hospital where radiation leaked through the floorâ
Congratulations to Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros of The Australian Financial Review on winning the 48th Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award. The pair won for their coverage of the PwC Tax Leaks Scandal.
Congratulations to our 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Jennifer Keyte!
Congratulations Charlotte Grieve of The Age on winning the Quill for Reporting on Disability Issues with âThe disturbing treatment for mental health crisesâ.
ABC Newsâ Rachel Clayton, Charlotte King and Andy Burns have won the Quill for Regional and Rural Journalism with âSuspected unlicensed dams multiplying across stressed Moorabool Riverâ.
The 2023 Victorian Student Journalist of the Year is Sasha Gattermayr of University of Melbourne! Congratulations Sasha, we look forward to seeing more from you.
Ben Schneiders of The Age has won the Sports News Quill with âThe tax haven, the PO box, the tropical island: Who owns Australian soccerâ.
Sports Feature goes to ABC Newsâ Jeremy Story Carter for âKick in hopeâ.
Shane McInnes of 3AW wins Radio Current Affairs with âVictoriaâs Meningococcal Vaccine Failureâ.
Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters of The Age have won the Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism for their Ben Roberts-Smith Investigations.
This yearâs Keith Dunstan Quill for Commentary goes to Erik Jensen of The Saturday Paper for âThe Voice editorialsâ.
Matt Golding of The Sunday Age has won the Quill for best cartoon with âThe nation said no.â
The Artwork Quill has been won by Matthew Absalom-Wong, The Age, for âHong Bao diplomacyâ.
The winner of TV Camera Work (Shot of the Year) is Tim Furness, Nine News, for âFitzroy garden murderâ.
Andrew Altree-Williams of 7.30 has won TV Camera Work (Creative)
with âAndy Jacksonâs poetry âgives us a new way to seeâ disabilityâ.
Christopher Hopkins, The Age, has won the Quill for News Photograph with âNazis on Our Doorstepâ.
Eddie Jim of The Age has won the Features Photograph Quill with âFighting, Not Sinkingâ.
Congratulations John Ferguson of The Australian on winning the 29th Gold Quill for âPolice investigate mass poisoning in Leongathaâ.
Complete list of winners at 29th Quill Awards with judgesâ comments
Linda Pearce was named Harry Gordon Australian Sports Journalist of the Year at the Quill Awards last night, for a series of articles on the demise of Super Netball club Collingwood Magpies.
ABC wins at the Quill Awards
Congratulations to the ABCâs finalists and winners at the 29th Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
ABC teams and journalists won six awards, for best breaking news or live coverage, innovation in journalism, radio news, regional and rural journalism, sports feature and TV camera work (creative).
The ABCâs work was also highly commended in 10 categories: innovation in journalism, radio news, regional and rural journalism, TV camera work (creative), coverage of women in sport, excellence in Indigenous affairs reporting, multicultural affairs and media, radio current affairs, scoop of the year and tv/video feature.
Stephanie March was a finalist for the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year for her coverage of global affairs, including reporting four Foreign Correspondent episodes from the Philippines, Somalia, Iraq and Israel.
The awarded stories included breaking news on Victorian Premier Daniel Andrewsâ resignation, an innovative mixed media piece on the evolution of sneakers from functional kicks to high-value commodities, an expose on a radiation leak at a major Melbourne hospital, an investigation into water theft and its local and national implications, a look into the role local football plays in a complicated social and economic landscape, and a 7.30 story about award-winning poet Andy Jackson.
Nineâs mastheads, 3AW, 9News and 60 Minutes have swept the field at the 2024 Quill Awards for Excellence in Victorian Journalism
Pretty sure the last time I checked, âswept the fieldâ meant winning everything possible - something Nineâs various outlets definitely didnât do at the Quill Awards.
2024 Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards
David Swan was awarded the highest title of best journalist overall, known as the âGold Lizzyâ, best telecommunications journalist, best cybersecurity journalist and was highly commended for the best technology issues category.
The Age and SMH were awarded the title of best consumer technology coverage.
UPDATE 28/3: full list of winners
The Age and SMH federal political correspondent Paul Sakkal has been awarded the 2023 Wallace Brown Young Journalist Award for his news and analysis over the course of his first year in the federal press gallery.
The award is for a body of work by a journalist aged up to 30 with less than five yearsâ experience in the gallery, who excels in fair reporting.
Sakkal was presented with the award at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday by Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
ABC winners at The Lizzies
Congratulations to the ABC winners and nominees at the 2024 Australian IT Journalism Awards. Affectionately known as The Lizzies, they acknowledge the most outstanding journalists and outlets covering technology in Australia each year.
The ABC won the prestigious gold Lizzie for Best Title. Recognising the collective sum of the ABCâs award-winning and nominated content across all categories, the award was a shared honour between ABC News Story Lab and ABC Radio.
ABC News Story Lab also took home the award for Best News Coverage for three outstanding stories about the scale and impact of data breaches affecting Australians, including an innovative personalised article that allowed users to visually explore how often their own data has been stolen.
- See your identity pieced together from stolen data (By Julian Fell, Ben Spraggon, and Matt Liddy)
- Why the FBI calls this Gold Coast man when it finds a trove of stolen data (By Julian Fell, with photography by Tim Leslie)
- This is the most detailed portrait yet of data breaches in Australia (By Julian Fell, Georgina Piper, and Matt Liddy)
Gianni Di Giovanni and Jackson Ryan won the award for Best Gaming Coverage for their impressive body of work including:
- League of Geeks games studio lays off half its workforce, âindefinitely pausesâ production on Jumplight Odyssey â ABC News
- Monopoly Go mobile game misrepresented Dreamtime stories, misspelled Uluru â ABC News
- Gubbins, a video game by Melbourneâs Studio Folly, looks to capture the genius of Wordle â ABC News
- Carbon emissions from indie video game development revealed by Australian researcher â ABC News
Julian Fell was also highly commended in the Best Technology Issues Journalist category.
Both works, which took out awards in the South-East Asia and Oceania regions, speak about environmental concerns.
As well as winning the regional prize, Casey and Jimâs images will go into the running for the global awards, which will be announced later this month.
Award for David Mark
ABC National Sport Reporter David Mark has been honoured at the prestigious AIPS (International Sports Press Association) Sports Media Awards â the highest international accolade in the sport media industry.
At the ceremony in Spain on Monday night, Mark was given a special award for investigative reporting for his three-year exposé of systematic child abuse by former rock-climbing coach Stephen Mitchell.
Considered the most prestigious of the APIS awards, the special award is dedicated to an investigative treatment of sport-related topics or issues judged to be of public interest.
The win follows his recent Walkley for Sports Journalism, and award for âBest reporting of an issue in sportâ at the Australian Sports Commission Awards.
Mark has also been recognised by the Australian Federal Police with a medal from the AFPâs Operation Pyrite, with the Chief Investigator saying his reporting âdirectly affected the outcomes of the investigationâ into Mitchell and had âbrought resolution to numerous victims of child sexual assault.â
The ABC series told the stories of multiple victims of Mitchell, who was arrested in February 2022 and is now serving 13 years for the historic sexual assaults of six girls â now all women.
2024 ACS National Awards for Cinematography
ABC camera operators Michael Franchi and Tom Hancock have won esteemed Gold Tripod awards at the 2024 ACS National Awards for Cinematography, which were held in Brisbane on Saturday night.
Franchi, a camera operator and photographer with ABC News in Darwin, took home Gold in the National News category for his work on âOne of a Kind: Outback Amateur Racesâ.
Foreign Correspondent camera operator Hancock was awarded Gold in Current Affairs for âFighting Backâ, in which he and reporter Steve Cannane travelled to northern Ukraine to meet the people freed from Russian occupation. Read his Backstory about the experience here.
Also in the National News category, Jordan Young of ABC Tasmania was acknowledged with a distinction for âHarness Racing Investigationâ.
Distinctions also went to Mitch Woolnough in the International News category for the report âKinmen Islandâ and Cameron Schwarz in Current Affairs for his work on Four Cornersâ âFox and the Big Lieâ.
Freelance camera operator Ben Cunningham received a distinction in the Entertainment & TV Magazine category for the Back Roads episode about Marrawah in Tasmaniaâs north-west.
A year after promising to review its sponsorship policy, the Walkley Foundation has doubled down on its fossil fuel links, pledging to honour its commercial arrangement with Ampol and refusing to rule out similar sponsorships in the future.
Stories and interviews that are paid for will not be eligible for a Walkley Award. Allowance will be made for reasonable/minimal payment and/or reimbursement of expenses.
Entrants must now, at the time of entry, declare and quantify in detail all payments, inducements, or benefits over a total value of $200, provided to interviewees, participants in stories, their representatives, or other related parties, either directly or via other means, including value-in-kind benefits.
Benefits that must be declared include payment or reimbursement for accommodation, hotels, flights, taxis, rideshare services, entertainment, event tickets, and any other service or activity that constitutes a benefit to the recipient.
Finalists for the Walkley Foundationâs 2024 Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism have been announced today.
Peer-judged and selected on the basis of journalistic excellence, the Mid-Year Celebration suite administered by the Walkley Foundation includes the John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, Coverage of Science and Environment, June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting, June Andrews Award for Freelance Journalist of the Year, June Andrews Award for Womenâs Leadership in Media, Our Watch Award for Excellence in Reporting on Violence Against Women, Media Diversity Australia Award, Humanitarian Storytelling Award, June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and The Pascall Prize for Cultural Criticism.
Coverage of community and regional affairs
Sad state of affairs for regional media when the three nominees are all from the ABC
South Australian Media Awards 2024 nominees
The ceremony will be held at Gallery Adelaide on July 6.