The Young Australian Journalist of the Year award was launched in Australia in 2008 by the
Walkley Foundation for Journalism
The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...
, as a companion to its
Walkley Awards for journalism.
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/ref> The latter is known as an Australian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
.
Awards are in five categories: print, television, radio, online and photography, to recognise the best work from Australian journalists aged 26 and under. From these category winners, the Board will choose one candidate who will be named the inaugural Young Australian Journalist of the Year.[
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2008
The awards were announced on 24 July 2008:
*Inaugural: Sophie McNeill
Sophie McNeill is an Australian journalist, television presenter, author and human rights activist. She is best known for her work reporting from conflict zones.
She was a reporter with the ABC's investigative program Four Corners and is a fo ...
of SBS-TV
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World ...
*Print: Ben Doherty, ''The Age''
*Television: Sophie McNeill
*Radio: Michael Atkin, Triple J's "Hack"
*Online: Asher Moses, a reporter on the ''Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
s website, for his story about politicians editing Wikipedia"Herald journalist gonged"
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*Photography: Andrew Quilty, ''The Australian Financial Review''
2009
The awards were announced on 25 June 2009:
*Young Australian Journalist of the Year overall winner: Julia Medew, ''The Age''
*Print: Julia Medew, ''The Age''
*Television: Yaara Bou Melhem, SBS-TV
*Radio: Michael Atkin, Triple J "Hack"
*Online: Nic MacBean, ABC Online
*Photography: Sandie Bertrand, ''The West Australian''
References
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Australian literary awards
Australian journalism awards
Awards established in 2008