2017 Walkley Awards nominees announced

Finalists in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were announced last night at simultaneous events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

This year marks the 62nd annual Walkley Awards. Journalists around the nation submitted more than 1,200 entries, which were judged by more than 100 senior industry representatives.

Award winners will be announced on Wednesday November 29 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre in partnership with Tourism & Events Queensland.

The awards will be broadcast live on the Sky News Public Affairs Channel, A-PAC (channel 648), from 8pm AEDT and livestreamed on walkleys.com and a-pac.tv.

PRODUCTION

The Australian Digital Team and In Films, The Australian Online, “The Queen & Zak Grieve”

The Fairfax Multimedia Team, theage.com.au, smh.com.au, watoday.com.au and canberratimes.com.au, “Surviving IS: Stories from Mosul”

The Siege Team, Four Corners, ABC TV, “The Siege”
The Siege: Part one ; The Siege: Part two

COVERAGE OF A MAJOR NEWS EVENT OR ISSUE

Award Partner: Lion

Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty,  The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Stories of Mosul”
Surviving IS: Stories from Mosul; They don’t make any exception for children; Kindness for human shields; Mosul’s most house-proud man; The idea of Iraq itself needs to be rebuilt; The war has just started

Louise Milligan, 7.30, ABC TV & Melbourne University Publishing, “George Pell Investigation”
Police interview George Pell in Rome over child abuse allegations; Pell failed to care for abuse victims, royal commission told; Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell; Cries of ‘witch-hunt’ ring hollow for Catholic clergy survivors; Australia reacts to news of the George Pell charges

Peter Ryan, AM, PM & The World Today, ABC Radio, ABC News 24 & BBC World Service, “Commonwealth Bank Scandal – accused of 53,000 breaches of anti-money laundering and terror financing laws”
Breaking News – CBA risks massive fines over anti-money laundering & terrorism financing law breaches; CBA chief executive Ian Narev in first broadcast interview re scandal – tells Peter Ryan “mistakes were made” but not resigning; CBA cuts Ian Narev’s bonus to “zero” as a result of Austrac money laundering allegations; ASIC to investigate CBA disclosure to stock exchange. When did it know about money-laundering risks?; Ian Narev to retire by 30 June 2016 as CBA chief executive; APRA announces independent inquiry into CBA; ASIC to investigate CBA disclosure to stock exchange. When did it know about money-laundering risks?; Ian Narev to retire by 30 June 2016 as CBA chief executive; APRA announces independent inquiry into CBA

FEATURE WRITING SHORT (UNDER 4,000 WORDS)

Award Partner: Fairfax

Michael Bachelard, Kate Geraghty and The Age Multimedia Team, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, “Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul”

Chip Le Grand, The Australian, “Melbourne rampage” (paywall)

The Tragedy of Aviana Team, smh.com.au, theage.com.au and Sun-Herald, “The tragedy of Aviana”

BUSINESS JOURNALISM

Award Partner: ING

Neil Chenoweth, David Marin-Guzman and Les Hewitt, Australian Financial Review, “Plutus: The Gen Y crime wave”
ATO tax fraud: Behind a $191m Gen Y crime wave; Sex, tax and Instagram; The bug that caught Cranston

Adele Ferguson and Mario Christodoulou, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Domino’s Pizza Expose”
Boxed In What life is really like inside pizza giant Domino’s; Domino’s Scandal – Franchisees ‘selling visas’; A small serve Domino’s deal not so fair

Leo Shanahan, Sky News Business, “Budget Bank Levy Exclusive”

TELEVISION/VIDEO: CAMERAWORK

Award Partner: Australian Super

Daniel Fallshaw, Guardian Australia, “The Fight”

Aaron Hollett, ABC TV Four Corners, “Highway to Hell – The Battle for Mosul”

Aaron Smith, TheAustralian.com.au, “The Queen & Zak Grieve – Eps 1, 3 & 6”
The Queen & Zak Grieve – The Murder (ep1); The Queen & Zak Grieve – Zak (ep3); The Queen & Zak Grieve – The Missing Man (ep6)

TELEVISION/VIDEO: NEWS REPORTING

Award Partner: Seven

Sophie McNeill, 7pm news, ABC TV, “Mosul coverage”
Mosul offensive begins (clip not found online); The children who live under ISIS(article with clip); Desperate families flee Mosul (article with clip)

Sally Sara, ABC News, “Six Days in Somaliland”

Bryan Seymour and Megan Miller, Seven News, Seven Network, “Australia’s Child Brides”

TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS SHORT (LESS THAN 20 MINUTES)

Award Partner: SBS

Dimity Clancey, A Current Affair, Nine Network, “Malcolm Naden Confession”

Matt Doran, Sunday Night, Seven Network, “Haiti Undercover”

Nathan Morris, ABC News, ABC TV and ABC Online, “The Leonora Undertaker”

TELEVISION/VIDEO CURRENT AFFAIRS LONG (MORE THAN 20 MINUTES)

Tara Brown, Grace Tobin and Sean Power, 60 Minutes, Nine Network, “Bitter Deal”
Bitter Deal: Part one ; Bitter Deal: Part two; Bitter Deal: Part three

Winsome Denyer and Sophie McNeill, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Khaled Naanaa – The Road From Damascus”

Kirstin Murray and Roger Carter, Australian Story, ABC TV, “Tough Love”

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Award Partner: Bayer

Linton Besser, Mary Fallon and Lucy Carter, Four Corners , ABC TV and ABC News Online, “Pumped”
Pumped; Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Taxpayer-purchased water intended for rivers harvested by irrigators; Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Irrigation lobbyists offered access to confidential government documents

Rachael Brown and the Radio National Team, ABC Podcast/ABC Radio, “Trace Podcast”

Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert and Klaus Toft, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, “The Retirement Racket”
Villages of the Damned (not online); The Retirement Racket (part 3); Some things can’t be forgiven (not online)

COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS, OPINION AND CRITIQUE

Award Partner: Three Plus

Laurie Oakes, Nine News, “Unrivalled Analysis”
Live Cross on Prime Minister’s major speech; Live Cross on same-sex marriage proposal vote; Live cross on retirement and future of Australian Politics

John Silvester, The Age and The Saturday Age, “Naked City”
Tough-guy laws: brave or stupid?; PSOs: Victoria’s dumbest policy?; Knight condemned by his own hand

Chris Uhlmann, Insiders, ABC TV, ABC Online & The Australian,  “Trumped”
Trump at the G20; Bob Carr fascinates with with sins of omission on Chinese influence (paywall); Tony Abbott could try to wound Malcolm Turnbull if hopes of becoming prime minister fade

WALKLEY BOOK AWARD LONGLIST

Award Partner: Media Super

Graham Archer, Unmaking a Murder: the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney, Penguin Random House Australia

Julia Baird, Victoria: The Queen, HarperCollins Publishers

James Boyce, Losing Streak, Black Inc.

Troy Bramston, Paul Keating: The Big Picture Leader, Scribe

Steve Cannane, Fair Game: The incredible untold story of Scientology in Australia, ABC Books/HarperCollins Publishers

Joe Gorman, The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, University of Queensland Press

Louise Milligan, Cardinal: The rise and fall of George Pell, Melbourne University Press

Madeleine O’Dea, The Phoenix Years, Allen & Unwin

Jenny Valentish, Woman of Substances, Black Inc.

CARTOON

Award Partner: Banki Haddock Fiora

Matt Golding, The Age, “The Sensible Centre”

David Pope, The Canberra Times, “Murray-Darling Nation”

Cathy Wilcox, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, “Low-cost housing, London”