December 6, 2023

Copyright Agency members celebrated in The Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

Last month, The Walkley Foundation hosted the 68th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. Dubbed ‘The Walkleys’, the ceremony recognises and rewards the best in the journalism craft. Finalists are selected by eminent journalists and photographers and overall winners judged by the Walkley Judging Board. Find out more […]

May 5, 2022

New longform writing initiative announced

Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI) and Penguin Random House (PRH) to provide practical experience and mentoring to the next generation of Australian longform writers, culminating in the opportunity to publish a piece in a Penguin Random House anthology. The […]

July 24, 2018

2018 Walkley Mid-Year Awards winners announced

The Walkley Foundation named its Young Australian Journalist of the Year, two new Arts Journalism Awards, a Women’s Leadership in Media Award and the Jacoby-Walkley Scholarship at its mid-year awards in Sydney on 18 August. The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund supported the Arts Journalism Award and the Walkley-Pascall Award for Arts Criticism, providing $5,000 to […]

December 5, 2017

Walkleys, Stanleys celebrate written and visual journalistic excellence

Awards for our leading journalists, photographers and cartoonists have flowed thick and fast in the past few weeks. Walkley Awards On Wednesday 29 November, the 62nd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism were held in Brisbane. Fairfax Media’s Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty won the coveted Gold Walkley Award​ for their extraordinary work, “Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul”. Kate Geraghty was […]