Journalists at The Age, Sydney Morning Herald win big at Walkleys
The annual Gold Walkley award, considered the highest honor in Australian journalism, was won by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett for their investigation into failings in the childcare system. The duo also won the Walkley award for television/video current affairs in the short and feature categories.
“This is a great source of pride for our newsroom.” Age and our work is consistently recognized by our colleagues as among the best journalism in the country.” Age editor Patrick Elligett said.
Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years.Credit: Marta Pascual Juanola
Mother-of-two Leongatha Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of the 2023 murders of her former father-in-law and mother-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, following an 11-week trial in Morwell. Erin Patterson is appealing the decision.
Elligett thanked readers for supporting the important work his team is doing at The Age.Credit: Justin McManus
“This was truly a team effort involving many reporters, photographers, editors and producers who worked tirelessly for weeks,” Elligett said of the mushroom experiment.
Nine’s Andrew Probyn won the television/video reporting category for his report on Russian gangsters and the Medibank hack. Australian Financial Review‘s Primrose Riordan and Lisa Murray took home the Walkley award for feature writing for their reporting on Twiggy Forrest and Fortescue.
AFRLucy King, Joshua Peach, Fiona Buffini and Bryan Cook won the Walkley award for explanatory journalism for their work on Australia’s $11 billion aid stockpile, while Neil Chenoweth and Mark DiStefano won the Walkley award for business journalism for their reporting on Chris Ellison and MinRes.
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Employee Age And Sydney Morning Herald It was nominated a total of 15 times in 12 of 30 categories covering news, photography, feature television journalism and feature television journalism.
“Thank you to the wonderful Age “The subscribers who support this important work and the hard-working production teams who diligently bring this work to our audiences do not always receive the praise they deserve,” Elligett said.
More than 1,000 works entered this year’s awards; The winners were chosen by a group of leading journalists and judged according to strict criteria.
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