Guardian Australia has been nominated in three categories in the Walkleys, Australia’s top journalism awards.
The landmark Killing Times report was nominated for coverage of Indigenous affairs. A collaboration between Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam and the University of Newcastle professor Lyndall Ryan, the project mapped 270 frontier massacres over 140 years in every state and territory.
Guardian Australia journalists Nick Evershed, Paul Daley, Andy Ball and Carly Earl and two interns, Ciaran O’Mahony and Jeremy Nadel, all contributed to the project.
Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey, David Marr and podcast producer Miles Martignoni are finalists in the award for coverage of a major news event for their work on the trial of Cardinal George Pell.
Davey covered every day of both Pell trials, while Marr provided analysis from inside the courtroom and Guardian Australia reporters live-blogged the case and its fallout as it happened. The three also worked together on the Reckoning podcast.
Finalists for the 2019 Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs, supported by @PwC_AU: Lorena Allam, @GuardianAus and the @Uni_Newcastle’s Colonial Frontiers Massacre Project; Andy Burns and @geoff__thompson (@abc730); @amymcquire (@GriffithReview). #walkleys pic.twitter.com/YmZpvjdLbY
— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) October 17, 2019
The 2019 finalists for All Media: Coverage of a Major News Event or Issue, supported by Facebook: @MelissaLDavey and @GuardianAus team; @AnthonyDowsley and Patrick Carlyon (@theheraldsun); Adam Harvey @adharves, Tom Hancock @hancocktom and @suzannedredge, (@ABCTV). #walkleys pic.twitter.com/jt2DrwpQ9S
— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) October 17, 2019
Paul Daley was also nominated in the commentary, analysis and critique category for his work. Daley writes Guardian Australia’s Postcolonial column about Australia’s national identity and place in the world, and attempts to confront our nation’s past.
Guardian Australia reporter Gabrielle Chan was also nominated for the Walkey book award for her book, Rusted Off, about the disconnect between rural voters and Australia’s politics.
In the scoop of the year category, Josh Gerstein and Zoya Sheftalovich from Politico Europe are nominated for their report on the deal Australia struck with the US to accept two Rwandan men accused of the 1999 murder of tourists in Uganda on humanitarian visas.
They are nominated alongside Al Jazeera for its expose on One Nation and its links to the National Rifle Association in the US, and Sophie McNeill from the ABC for her report about Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed’s attempts to flee the country.
The awards will be announced in Sydney at the ICC Ballroom on 28 November.
The 2019 finalists for All Media: Scoop of the Year, supported by @9NewsAUS: Al Jazeera Investigations Unit (@AJIunit, @AJENews); @joshgerstein and @zoyashef (@politico); @Sophiemcneill (@4corners, @ABCTV). #walkleys pic.twitter.com/1zEWtgCna9
— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) October 17, 2019
The 2019 finalists for All Media: Commentary, analysis, Opinion & Critique, supported by @BondUniversity, are: Waleed Aly (@theage, @smh, @theprojecttv @Channel10AU); Paul Daley (@PPDaley, @GuardianAus); and @Jan__Fran (@TheFeedSBS @SBSVICELAND). #walkleys pic.twitter.com/q65ikST4QE
— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) October 17, 2019
