Walkley Awards

Walkley Awards

The Walkley Awards are an Australian journalism award given out annually. Recipients of the award are chosen by an independent board consisting of prominent journalists and photographers. The awards are officially administered by the Walkley Foundation for Journalism. They have often been considered an Australian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. [The Walkley Foundation. [http://www.walkleys.com/the-awards/winners/history.html The Walkley Awards - history] , retrieved 6 December, 2006.] [AAP MediaNet. [http://www.rummage.com.au/AAPView.aspx?id=31609 Media Release: The Walkley Awards] , retrieved 6 December, 2006.]

History

The awards were established in 1956 by businessman William Gaston Walkley, the founder of Ampol Petroleum. The first awards consisted of only five categories. After his death, the awards were handed over to the Australian Journalists' Association, which then became part of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. In 2000, the Alliance voted to create the Walkley Foundation to administer the awards. The same year, the Walkley Awards merged with the Nikon Press Photographer of the Year Awards to create the present organisation.

Awards

As of 2003, there are 33 awards presented each year. Only Australian-based newspapers or daily news organizations are eligible for the journalism prize. Entries are initially evaluated by a jury on newsworthiness, research, writing, production, incisiveness, impact, public benefit, ethics, originality, innovation and creative flair. The jury will then shortlist 3 entrants to the Walkley Advisory Board, who will then select the best entrant in each category, as well as the winner of the "Press photographer of the year", "Journalism Leadership Award" and the "Gold Walkley".

The awards are formally announced in October, and are presented at a formal ceremony in early December.

Categories

General

* Gold Walkley
* Journalism Leadership
* Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism
* Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year
* Walkley Award for Non-Fiction Book

Print

* News Report(ing)
* Three Headings
* Newspaper Feature Writing
* Magazine Feature Writing
* News Photography
* Cartoon(ing)
* Artwork
* News Photography
* Daily Life Photography
* Sports Photography
* Photographic Essay

* Editorial Graphics and Design

Radio

*News Reporting
*Current Affairs Reporting
*Feature, Documentary or Broadcast Special

Television

*News Reporting
*Current Affairs (less than 20 minutes)
*News and Current Affairs Camera Work
*Current Affairs, Feature, Documentary or Special (more than 20 minutes)

All Media

*Best Use of Medium
*Coverage of Suburban or Regional Affairs
*International Journalism
*Coverage of Asia-Pacific Region
*Business Journalism
*Investigative Journalism
*Coverage of Indigenous Affairs
*Coverage of Sport
*Social Equity Journalism
*Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique
*Broadcast Interviewing

Entries are authorised by their editor or producer. Entries (video, text, etc) are accompanied by a 200-word entrant statement.

Controversy

Australian journalism's most prestigious night descended into chaoscite web
url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/crikey-news-limited-journalist-makes-a-night-of-it/2006/11/30/1164777727768.html
title = Crikey! News Limited journalist makes a night of it
publisher = The Age
date = 2006-12-01
accessdate = 2007-07-23
] when Glenn Milne attacked rival journalist Stephen Mayne on stage at the 2006 Walkley Awards.

As presenter Stephen Mayne prepared to present an award to Morgan Mellish of "The Australian Financial Review",cite web
url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20849892-25090,00.html
title = Milne's Mayne event
publisher = The Australian
date = 2006-12-01
accessdate = 2007-07-20
] a "red-faced" and "seemingly intoxicated"cite web
url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1802129.htm
title = Glenn Milne apologises for Walkleys outburst
publisher = ABC 'The World Today'
date = 2006-12-01
accessdate = 2007-07-20
] Mr Milne lurched onto the stage and began a diatribe of verbal abuse. On national television, Milne then lunged at Mayne, pushing him off the stage, and screaming at Mayne that he is "a disgrace".

"I could see from his sort of wild eyes, and his red face, that he was clearly very drunk, and I thought, you know, heck, this is going to be out of control," said Mayne, who suffered a sore ankle from the altercation.cite web
url = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,20854039-5006002,00.html
title = Award for best TV biff
publisher = The Daily Telegraph
date = 2006-12-02
accessdate = 2007-07-20
] "And next thing I know, I'd been shoved off the stage and I was hurtling through the air, in a four-foot drop onto the floor."

Milne tried to run at Mr Mayne a second time before being restrained by security guards,cite web
url = http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2006/12/achievements_wo.html
title = Embarrassments: Gotcha! Live and dangerous
publisher = The Sydney Morning Herald
date = 2006-12-01
accessdate = 2007-07-20
] who frogmarched the dishevelled Canberra veteran out the door. Mr Mayne then gathered himself at the microphone, quipping,"That is the former "Sunday Telegraph" political correspondent Glenn Milne, sponsored by Fosters."

The following day, Milne apologised for the outburst, admitting he was intoxicated on both alcohol and migraine pills.cite web
url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=167371
title = Milne apologises for Walkley outburst
publisher = NineMSN
date = 2006-12-01
accessdate = 2007-07-20
]

ee also

* List of awards
* Prizes named after people

External links

* [http://www.walkleys.com Official site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IamdZlffbYU YouTube] video of 2006 scuffle between Glenn Milne and Stephen Mayne (Duration 2:02)

References


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