PRINT/TEXT NEWS REPORT
- Luke Henriques-Gomes, The Guardian, ‘Colleen Taylor: The Robodebt Whistleblower’
- Liam Mendes, The Australian, ‘Northern Territory’
- Paul Sakkal, The Age, ‘Daniel Andrews Under Direct Investigation in Operation Daintree’
FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4000 WORDS) Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
- Stephanie Convery, The Guardian, ‘“Slowly Tortured by His Brain”: Family Urges Action on Head Trauma at Concussion Inquiry’
- Ben Smee, The Guardian, ‘Ricky’s Story’
- Jeremy Story Carter, ABC, ‘Kick in Hope’
FEATURE WRITING LONG (OVER 4000 WORDS) Award Partner MEAA
- Greg Bearup, The Weekend Australian, ‘White Hands on Black Art’
- Richard Cooke and Anna Verney, The Monthly, ‘Being John Hughes’
- Tom de Souza, The West Australian, ‘The Road Home: Finding Joy After Juvenile Detention and Ice Addiction’
ALL MEDIA: COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE Award Partner Thomson Geer Lawyers
- Lorena Allam, The Guardian, ‘An Indigenous Perspective on the Voice’
- John Lyons, ABC, ‘John Lyons Body of Work’
- Katharine Murphy, The Guardian, ‘Saturday Political Commentary’
ALL MEDIA: EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM
- Matt Bevan, Yasmin Parry, Andrew George and Andrew Harrison, ABC, ‘If You're Listening’
- Karla Grant and the Living Black Team, NITV, ‘Referendum for an Indigenous Voice: The Campaigners’
- Rick Morton, The Saturday Paper, ‘The Robodebt Royal Commission’
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
- Ben Abbatangelo, Anthony Hawwa, Andy Marriott and Casey Vigushin, Network 10, The Project, ‘Young Voices Lost’
- Bridget Brennan, Suzanne Dredge, Brooke Fryer and Stephanie Zillman, ABC, Four Corners, ‘How Many More?’
- Mathew Cornwell, Carrie Fellner, Katrina McGowan and Rhett Wyman, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Paradise Poisoned’
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS Award Partner BHP
- Tallulah Bieundurry, Hannah Murphy, Erin Parke and Andrew Seabourne, ABC, 7.30 and ABC News, ‘Kimberley Floods’
- Daniel Clarke, Fox Docos, Binge, The Advertiser, ‘Body of Work’
- Christopher Walsh and David Wood, NT Independent, ‘Fatal Failures: Behind the Scenes of the Zach Rolfe Affair’
ALL MEDIA: CARTOON Award Partner Epson
- Badiucao, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Badiucao’
- Warren Brown, The Daily Telegraph, ‘Warren Brown – The Daily Telegraph’
- Mark Knight, Herald Sun, ‘How Dutton Sees the Referendum’
ALL MEDIA: SPORTS JOURNALISM Award Partner University of Queensland
- David Mark, ABC 7.30 and ABC News, ‘“After Almost 30 Years, These Women are Finally Seeing Justice": The Investigation into Paedophile Rock Climbing Coach, Stephen Mitchell’
- Pat McGrath, Alex McDonald, Carla Hildebrandt and Sarah Curnow, ABC, Four Corners and ABC News, ‘Game, Bet, Match’
- Team Fenech, Spotlight and Channel 7 News, ‘Thanks for the Memories – Mario Fenech’
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
- Robert Cianflone, Getty Images and The Daily Telegraph, ‘Just Another Day’
- David Gray, AFP, ‘Moments in Sport’
- Quinn Rooney, Getty Images, ‘Beauty in Sport’
AUDIO SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES) Award Partner ABC
- Allyson Horn, ABC Radio, ABC RN and AM, ‘Inside Iran’
- Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC Radio, AM, ‘Türkiye Earthquake Disaster’
- Elsa Silberstein, ABC News, ‘Dialysis in Balgo’
AUDIO LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES) Award Partner Minter Ellison
- Dying Rose Team, The Advertiser, ‘Dying Rose’
- Brooke Fryer, Kirstie Wellauer, Brigid Anderson and the Indigenous Affairs Team, ABC, Background Briefing, ‘The Outland or the Cage’
- LiSTNR Factual Team, LiSTNR, ‘The Children in the Pictures Podcast’
DIGITAL MEDIA: INNOVATION JOURNALISM Award Partner News Corp
- ABC News Video Lab and the Indigenous Affairs Team, ABC, ‘Locked Up and Locked Down’
- ABCQueer, ABC Innovation Lab and ABC Digital Story Innovations Team, ABC News, ‘Retracing the Steps of the First Mardi Gras’
- The Offside Project Team, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘How to Lay a Perfect Offside Trap – and How to Break It’
ALL MEDIA: SCOOP OF THE YEAR Award Partner The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
- Liam Bartlett, Steve Jackson and Mark Llewellyn, Channel 7, Spotlight, ‘Trial and Error’
- Josh Hanrahan and Mark Morri, The Daily Telegraph, ‘Cooma Taser Scandal’
- Andrew Probyn and Jake Evans, ABC News, ‘Lidia Thorpe and the Bikie Boss’
ALL MEDIA: COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE Award Partner Sky News Australia
- The Australian Financial Review Team, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal – AFR Coverage’
- Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes, ‘Home Affairs Failings’
- The State of Addiction Team, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘State of Addiction’
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY
- Ian Munro, The West Australian, ‘Banksia Hill Riot’
- Dean Sewell, Oculi and The Guardian, ‘Return to Uluru – The Repatriation of Yukun’
- Darrian Traynor, Getty Images, ‘A Dark Day’
ALL MEDIA: SPECIALIST AND BEAT REPORTING
- Sophie Aubrey and Clay Lucas, The Age, ‘Flood Fury: The Maribyrnong River Disaster’
- Christopher Knaus, The Guardian, ‘The Catholic Church’s New Tactic to Fight Abuse Claims’
- Rick Morton, The Saturday Paper and 7am, ‘The Robodebt Royal Commission’
ALL MEDIA: BUSINESS JOURNALISM Award Partner ING Australia
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’
- Peter Ker and Brad Thompson, The Australian Financial Review, ‘The Forrests and Fortescue’
- Bri Lee, The Monthly, ‘Debt-à-Porter’
FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY Award Partner Canva
- Matthew Abbott, The New York Times and The Washington Post, ‘As China Expands Pacific Reach, a Tug-of-War for Island Nations Ensues’
- Justin McManus, The Age and The Sunday Age, ‘Leaving the Land of Plenty’
- Jason South, The Age, ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK
- Matt Davis, ABC, Foreign Correspondent and ABC News, ‘Surviving in Somalia’ and ‘Canada on Fire’
- Tom Joyner, ABC News, ‘International Humanitarian Coverage’
- Andy Taylor and Roger Price, SBS, Dateline, ‘Ray Martin: Mysteries of the Outback’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: NEWS REPORTING Award Partner Seven
- Colin Cosier and Ben Lewis, SBS World News, ‘Ukraine: One Year On’
- Paula Doneman, Robert Ovadia and Kathryn Sutton, 7NEWS Australia, ‘Hearts Bleed Blue’
- Prue Lewarne, SBS World News, ‘Haiti’s Turmoil’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (UNDER 20 MINUTES) Award Partner SBS
- Amelia Ballinger and Nick McKenzie, Nine, 60 Minutes, ‘Home Truths’
- Gavin Blyth, Michelle Elias, Jennifer Luu and Jodie Noyce, SBS, The Feed, ‘Uncovering Incels’
- Dan Nolan, Nine, A Current Affair, ‘Childcare Whistleblower’
TELEVISION/VIDEO: CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (OVER 20 MINUTES) Award Partner TEN News First and The Project
- Mahmood Fazal, Amos Roberts and Dylan Welch, ABC, Four Corners, ‘Cocaine Nation: Australia's Booming Drug Trade Revealed’
- Angus Grigg, Jessica Longbottom, Jonathan Miller and Maddison Connaughton, ABC, Four Corners, ‘Shadow State’
- Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer, Nine, 60 Minutes, ‘Trafficked’
ALL MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL Award Partner Sydney Airport
- Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, ‘Winter in Ukraine’
- Stephanie March, Naomi Selvaratnam, Shaun Kingma and Matt Henry, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, ‘Philippines: Saving the Children'
- Marty Smiley and Leah Donovan, ABC, Foreign Correspondent, ‘Inside Iran: The Fight Continues’
ALL MEDIA: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Award Partner Guardian Australia
- Alexandra Blucher and the Background Briefing and ABC Investigations Teams, ABC, Background Briefing and ABC News, 'How the System Failed to Save Darcey and Chloe'
- Neil Chenoweth and Edmund Tadros, The Australian Financial Review, ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal’
- Kate McClymont and Thea Dikeos, The Sydney Morning Herald, ‘Charlie Teo: The Profit of Hope’
WALKLEY DOCUMENTARY AWARD FINALISTS
- Darren Dale, Belinda Mravicic, Jacob Hickey and Allan Clarke, The Dark Emu Story, Blackfella Films / ABC
- Isabel Darling and Tom Zubrycki, The Carnival, Torchlight Media
- Rachel Perkins, Darren Dale and Jacob Hickey, The Australian Wars, Blackfella Films / SBS Australia
WALKLEY BOOK AWARD LONGLIST (Shortlist to be announced November 2) Award Partner Banki Haddock Fiora
- Jackie Dent, The Great Dead Body Teachers, Ultimo Press
- Christine Kenneally, Ghosts of the Orphanage, Hachette Australia
- Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, Scribe Publications
- Chris Masters, Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes, Allen and Unwin
- Nick McKenzie, Crossing the Line, Hachette Australia
- Ben Schneiders, Hard Labour: Wage Theft in the Age of Inequality, Scribe Publications
- Tracey Spicer, Man-Made: How the Bias of the Past is Being Built into the Future, Simon & Schuster Australia
- Chris Wallace, Political Lives, NewSouth Publishing
- Brendan Watkins, Tell No One, Allen & Unwin
NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Award Partner Nikon
- Diego Fedele, Getty Images and Ms. Magazine, ‘Eastern Ukraine Portfolio’
- Jake Nowakowski, Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph, ‘Jake Nowakowski’
- Jason South, The Age, ‘Pictures of the Year’
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