The Walkley Foundation has revealed the finalists for its 2019 Mid-Year Celebration, with Facebook on board as a key partner.
Awards for the mid-year celebration includes Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards, Arts Journalism Prizes, Women’s Leadership in Media and the inaugural Media Diversity Australia Award.
The winners for the the Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship with Nine, the Media Super Scholarship with Seven, the William Buckland Foundation Fellowship with The Age, and the Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism will also be announced on the night.
Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards finalists include; Avani Dias from Hack on Triple J, Isabella Higgins from ABC News and Rebecca Metcalf from Vice Video.
Partners and supporters for the 2019 Mid-Year Celebration include; PwC, Google, News Corp Australia, ABC and Sky News.
Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards
All media: Shortform journalism
- Avani Dias, Hack, triple j, ABC
- Jennifer Duke and Michael Koziol
- Isabella Higgins, ABC News 7pm bulletin, ABC TV and ABC Online
All media: Longform feature or special
- Jack Banister, The Citizen and The Guardian
- Oliver Gordon, Background Briefing, Radio National, ABC Radio
- Laura Murphy-Oates, The Feed, SBS
All media: Coverage of community & regional affairs
- Rachel Baxter, PRIME 7 News North West (Tamworth)
- Aneeta Bhole, ABC
- Henry Zwartz, ABC News Regional
All media: Visual storytelling
- Mridula Amin, The New York Times
- Annika Blau and Zoe Osborne, ABC News
- Rebecca Metcalf, VICE Video
All media: Public service journalism
- Osman Faruqi, Radio National, ABC and ABC Life
- Oliver Gordon, AM and Background Briefing, Radio National, ABC
- Laura Murphy-Oates, SBS
All media: Student journalist of the year
- Matilda Boseley, Monash University, The Age and Mojo News
- Reena Mukherjee, UNSW
- Ciaran O’Mahony,University of Melbourne and The Guardian
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