The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for the 66th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The Walkley Awards, Australia’s pre-eminent national journalism awards, recognise and reward the best in the craft and set the industry standard for excellence.
Chief executive of the Walkley Foundation, Louisa Graham, says, “Our warm congratulations to this impressive array of finalists, who have set the standard for best-practice, ethical journalism in Australia in another disrupted year.
“This is work that makes a difference, that creates change, holds the powerful to account and holds a mirror up to our nation and its culture. It will be a longer wait than usual to announce our winners, but we want to have the best chance at celebrating together as an industry, so we are looking forward to gathering in Tamworth in February 2022.”
Finalists are selected by panels of peers on the basis of overall merit and journalistic excellence and this year there were 1280 entries.
Finalists in the Radio awards are
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
- Camille Bianchi and Marc Wright, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Acast.com, “The Nurse”
- Angus Grigg and Lap Phan, The Australian Financial Review, “The Sure Thing”
- Alexander Mann, Kevin Nguyen and the Background Briefing team, Background Briefing, ABC Radio National, “The Base Tapes”
The full list of finalists is here.
Well this is surreal! Definitely do not feel worthy of being included in this list but honoured to be nominated alongside some of the best names in journalism! https://t.co/QcbSTcItJt
— Victoria Pengilley (@vicpengilley) October 20, 2021