Guardian Australia’s journalism has been nominated in eight separate categories of the Walkleys, the nation’s top journalism awards.
The groundbreaking Deaths Inside interactive and a series of related articles were nominated in two categories – for coverage of Indigenous affairs and for journalistic innovation. In the series, Indigenous affairs editor Lorena Allam, data editor Nick Evershed and reporter Calla Wahlquist created a database to track every known Indigenous death in custody from 2008 to 2018, filling a yawning information gap since the Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commission report in 1991.
Melbourne reporter Lisa Martin was recognised in two categories – investigative journalism and scoop of the year – for her dogged investigation of Peter Dutton’s controversial visa approvals for two au pairs, in stories that appeared both on AAP and Guardian Australia.
Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey, David Marr and podcast producer Miles Martignoni are finalists in the radio audio category for their podcast series on the royal commission into sexual abuse of children, The Reckoning. Davey and picture editor Carly Earl are also finalists in the long feature writing category for an exclusive investigation into medical malpractice by disgraced doctor Emil Gayed.
Martignoni, Allam, Earl and Guardian reporter Helen Davidson teamed with Taylor Fuller and Miles Herbert from 2SER to produce a podcast series, articles and a photographic essay on the death in custody of David Dungay, nominated in a category recognising coverage of a major event or issue.
Dr Ranjana Srivastava was also nominated in the commentary, analysis and critique category for her regular column about medicine and her work as an oncologist.
The Daily Telegraph’s front page story by Sharri Markson about Barnaby Joyce expecting a baby with his former staffer Vikki Campion has been nominated for scoop of the year.
A joint investigation by Fairfax and the ABC’s which revealed that former Nine star Don Burke sexually harassed and bullied multiple female employees was also a finalist in that category along with Fairfax’s Nick McKenzie for his story about former senator Sam Dastyari and links to China.
The finalists for Print/Text News Report are: Sharri Markson, Christopher Dore and Kylar Loussikian; Kate McClymont, Lorna Knowles, Tracey Spicer and Alison Branley; Nick McKenzie. #Walkleys pic.twitter.com/pwcoEPwsfL
— Walkley Foundation (@walkleys) October 18, 2018
The Walkley winners will be announced at a dinner on 22 November.
