The Gold Walkley is the major award of the Walkley Awards for Australian journalism.[1] It is chosen by the Walkley Advisory Board from the winners of all the other categories (excluding the Journalism Leadership and Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism awards). It has been awarded annually since 1978.
List of award winners
[edit]Order | Year | Recipient(s) | Program / Title | Location / Publisher | Story / Issue | Reference |
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1. | 1978 | Catherine Martin | The West Australian | Perth | The impact of asbestos–related diseases on the mining community in Wittenoom Gorge | [2] |
2. | 1979 | Ron Tandberg | The Age | Melbourne | Cartoon: The public and the real Malcolm Fraser | [3] |
3. | 1980 | Leslie Grant Heading | ABC | Hobart | 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires | [4] |
4. | 1981 | John Lewis | The Newcastle Herald | Newcastle | Attempted takeover of NBN Television. | [5] |
5. | 1982 | Kerry O'Brien | ATN Channel 7 | Sydney | Circle of Poison, an investigation into adverse health affects arising from the usage of popular chemicals in Australia | [6] |
6. | 1983 | Mary Delahunty and Alan Hall | Four Corners | ABC TV | ||
7. | 1984 | Jan Mayman | The Age | Melbourne (freelance) | Death of John Pat, a 16-year-old Aboriginal Australian youth who died in police custody | [7] |
8. | 1985 | Chris Masters and Bruce Belsham | Four Corners | ABC TV | Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior | [8] |
9. | 1986 | Ron Tandberg | The Age | Melbourne | Cartoon highlighting the demarcation dispute between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating | [9] |
10. | 1987 | Phil Dickie | The Courier-Mail | Brisbane | Corruption in the Queensland Police Service which led to the Fitzgerald Inquiry | [10] |
11. | 1988 | Norman Swan | Radio National | ABC Radio | Allegations of scientific fraud against Foundation 41 founder Dr William McBride | [11] |
12. | 1989 | Alan Tate and Paul Bailey | The Sydney Morning Herald | Sydney | ||
13. | 1990 | Janet Hawley | The Good Weekend | Fairfax Media | ||
14. | 1991 | Monica Attard | ABC Radio | 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt | [12] | |
15. | 1992 | Jenny Brockie | ABC TV | Cop it Sweet, a documentary investigating the police treatment of Indigenous Australians in Redfern | [13] | |
16. | 1993 | Phillip Chubb and Sue Spencer | ABC TV | Labor in Power, a documentary series about the inner workings of a governing political party | [14] | |
17. | 1994 | Peter McEvoy | Radio National | ABC Radio | Investigation into air safety following the Monarch Airlines disaster, near Young | [15] |
18. | 1995 | David Bentley | The Courier-Mail | Brisbane | The Helen Demidenko literary scandal | [16] |
19. | 1996 | Peter Hartcher | The Australian Financial Review | |||
20. | 1997 | Mary-Louise O'Callaghan | The Australian | The Sandline Crisis: How the PNG government hired a mercenary group in an effort to crush the Bougainville rebels | ||
21. | 1998 | Pamela Williams | The Australian Financial Review | A plan to smash a union: The dispute involving Patricks' stevedores questioned the role of the Federal Government and the Maritime Union | ||
22. | 1999 | Richard Ackland, Deborah Richards and Anne Connolly | Media Watch | ABC TV | Cash for comment: Exposed Alan Jones, John Laws, and Radio 2UE's Cash for comment affair | [17] |
23. | 2000 | Mark Davis | Dateline | SBS TV | Timor Intelligence: How much Australia's intelligence services knew about the violence surrounding East Timor's independence election | |
24. | 2001 | Andrew Rule | The Age | Melbourne | Geoff Clarke: Power and rape: Allegations of sexual abuse by ATSIC chairman Geoff Clarke | |
25. | 2002 | Kate McClymont and Anne Davies | The Sydney Morning Herald | Sydney | Bulldogs salary cap scandal: Overpayment of Bulldogs' players led to a corruption inquiry by the NRL | |
26. | 2003 | Richard Moran | National Nine News | Nine Network | Canberra Bushfires: Filming of the firefighting process of the ACT fires, while still managing to help evacuees | |
27. | 2004 | Neil Chenoweth, Shraga Elam, Colleen Ryan, Andrew Main, and Rosemarie Graffagnini |
Australian Financial Review | Rivkin's Swiss Bank Scandal: The unknown business dealings of Rene Rivkin | ||
28. | 2005 | Tim Palmer | ABC | Aceh Tsunami and Jakarta Embassy Bomb: Extensive, innovative and courageous coverage of South Asia | [18] | |
29. | 2006 | Liz Jackson, Lin Buckfield, Peter Cronau | Four Corners | ABC TV | Stoking the Fires: Arming of a civilian militia in East Timor after the country's independence process | [19][20] |
30. | 2007 | Hedley Thomas | The Australian | Dr Haneef: Arrest of Gold Coast doctor Muhamed Haneef | [21] | |
31. | 2008 | Ross Coulthart and Nick Farrow | Sunday | Nine Network | Butcher of Bega: Investigation of a doctor's alleged malpractice and incompetence in Bega | [22] |
32. | 2009 | Gary Hughes | The Australian | The Black Saturday bushfires | [23] | |
33. | 2010 | Laurie Oakes | Nine News | Nine Network | Labor leaks during the 2010 election campaign | [24] |
34. | 2011 | Sarah Ferguson, Michael Doyle and Anne Worthington | Four Corners | ABC TV | A Bloody Business: Cruelty inflicted on Australian cattle exported to Indonesian abattoirs | [25][26] |
35. | 2012 | Steve Pennells | The West Australian | Perth | Coverage of Gina Rinehart's feud with her children and an asylum seeker boat tragedy | [27] |
36. | 2013 | Joanne McCarthy | The Newcastle Herald | Newcastle | Sex abuse in the Catholic Church in the Hunter region | [28] |
37. | 2014 | Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulo | Four Corners | ABC TV | Banking Bad: Financial planning and advice offered by the Commonwealth Bank and other organisations | [29][30][31] |
38. | 2015 | Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Sam Clark, Max Murch | Four Corners | ABC TV | Making a Killing: Live baiting in the Australian greyhound industry | |
39. | 2016 | Andrew Quilty | Freelance | The Man on the Operating Table | [32] | |
40. | 2017 | Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty | The Age | Melbourne | Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul | [33] |
41. | 2018 | Hedley Thomas and Slade Gibson | The Australian | (podcast) | The Teacher's Pet | [34] |
42. | 2019 | Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon | Herald Sun | Melbourne | Lawyer X Informer Scandal | [35] |
43. | 2020 | Mark Willacy and the ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team | Four Corners | ABC TV | Killing Field: an exposé into alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan | [36] |
44. | 2021 | Samantha Maiden | news.com.au | Open secret: The Brittany Higgins story | [37] | |
45. | 2022 | Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman and Ali Russell | Four Corners | ABC TV | State Control: report on Queensland's Public Guardian and Trustee system | [38] |
References
[edit]- ^ "History of the Walkley Awards". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ Stephens, Tony (1 May 2009). "Journalist exposed the dangers of asbestos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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- ^ "Journalism awards". The Canberra Times. 11 October 1980. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ (10 October 1981) Journalism award to two staff members, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Walkley Award winners". The Canberra Times. 22 October 1982. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Award for best news story goes to freelance writer". The Canberra Times. 17 October 1984. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Adelaide drowning story takes out Walkley Award". The Canberra Times. 22 October 1985. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Top Walkley Awards to Melbourne journalists". The Canberra Times. 21 October 1986. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Journalists win awards". The Canberra Times. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Year's top journalists". The Canberra Times. 27 October 1988. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "ABC scoops Walkleys". The Canberra Times. 19 November 1991. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "ABC journalists wins top award". The Canberra Times. 28 November 1992. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "'Labor in Power' takes out Walkley". The Canberra Times. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Top award for ABC journalist". The Canberra Times. 1 December 1994. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Qld journalist wins Gold Walkley". The Canberra Times. 1 December 1995. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Spence, Edward H.; Andrew Alexandra; Aaron Quinn; Anne Dunn (2011). "A Conflict of Media Roles: Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism". Media, Markets and Morals. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-4051-7547-0.
- ^ "Top journalism gong for ABC's Tim Palmer". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. AAP. 1 December 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Walkley Award winners announced". The Age. Melbourne. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Four Corners: Stoking the Fires"
- ^ "Haneef story gets Thomas a Gold Walkley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ Knox, David (28 November 2008). "Sunday journos win Gold Walkley". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ Kelly, Joe (27 November 2009). "The Australian takes out the Gold Walkley". The Australian. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Laurie Oakes Wins Gold Walkley For ALP Leaks Stories". AustralianPolitics.com. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Four Corners wins Gold Walkley" (Press release). Australia: Four Corners, ABC TV. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ Four Corners: "A Bloody Business"
- ^ Emery, Ken (30 November 2012). "The West's Gold Walkley winner". The West Australian. Perth. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Walkley Awards: Joanne McCarthy wins gold, Caroline Jones among ABC journalists honoured". ABC News. Australia. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "2014 Walkley awards: The Age takes top gongs". The Age. Melbourne. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Walkley Awards: Fairfax business reporter Adele Ferguson strikes gold". The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulou". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gold for photo of Kunduz hospital bombing aftermath". ABC. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty win Gold at 62nd Walkley Awards for Mosul coverage". Walkley Foundation. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Hit podcast The Teacher's Pet wins the 2018 Gold Walkley Award". Walkley Foundation. 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Herald Sun's "Lawyer X" wins 2019 Gold Walkley Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Mark Willacy and the ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team". The Walkley Foundation. 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Samantha Maiden wins the Gold Walkley Award". The Walkley Foundation. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Burgess, Kate (23 November 2022). "Spotlight on the 2022 Gold Walkley Winners". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 24 November 2022.