Congratulations to all the ABC finalists in the 66th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, announced today.
The ABC has 15 finalists spanning a dozen categories: public service journalism, investigative journalism, coverage of community or regional affairs, sports journalism, innovation, documentary, camerawork, radio/audio news and current affairs, radio/audio feature, TV/video current affairs (short and long) and coverage of a major event or issue.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Tamworth, NSW in February 2022.
The Walkleys media release can be found here.
ABC finalists:
PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM
- Avani Dias, Ali Russell, Ange McCormack and Laura McAuliffe, Four Corners, ABC TV and triple j Hack, ABC Radio, “Tinder: A Predators’ Playground“, “Federal Government meets with Tinder after ABC investigation” and “Tinder changes safety policies after Hack investigation“
INNOVATION
- Mt Resilience Team, ABC, “Mt Resilience“
COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY OR REGIONAL AFFAIRS
- Nathan Morris and Kath Sullivan, Landline, ABC, “Welcome back, Darling“
SPORTS JOURNALISM
- Caitlin Shea, Greg Hassall and Andrew Cooke, Australian Story, ABC, “Luc Longley: One Giant Leap“
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Rachel Mealey, AM and The World Today, ABC, “Port Macquarie Floods“
- Sally Sara and Victoria Pengilley, RN Breakfast and The World Today, ABC, “Afghanistan Interviews“
- Mark Willacy, AM, ABC, “Who Dares Kills“
RADIO/AUDIO FEATURE
- Alexander Mann, Kevin Nguyen and the Background Briefing team, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, “The Base Tapes“
COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE
- Louise Milligan and the Four Corners Team, Four Corners, ABC, “The Canberra Bubble”
- Laura Tingle and James Elton, 7.30, ABC, “Women, politics and accountability”
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK
- Andy Taylor, ABC TV, “Exposed – The Ghost Train Fire“
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)
- Kathryn Diss, 7.30, ABC TV, “Inside America’s COVID crisis“
TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (MORE THAN 20 MINUTES)
- Sarah Ferguson, Tony Jones, Patricia Drum and Lauren Day, Four Corners, ABC, “Fox and the Big Lie“
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
- Louise Milligan, Lucy Carter, Peter Cronau and Jeanavive McGregor, Four Corners, ABC, “Inside the Canberra Bubble“, “Scott Morrison, senators and AFP told of historical rape allegation against Cabinet Minister” and “Bursting the Canberra Bubble“
WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD SHORTLIST
- Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra, Ivan O’Mahoney, Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin, In Films, ABC
