Journalists from The Age have been recognised for their work at this year’s Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, with winning entries spanning across a range of categories including investigative reporting, headline writing and photography.
The Age reporter Nick McKenzie and Nine colleague Joel Tozer won the Walkley for investigative journalism and long television current affairs program for the Nazis Next Door series, which explored Australia’s neo-nazi movement and its recruitment tools.
An image of the National Socialist Network from the Nazis Next Door series.
The Age’s associate editor Duska Sulicich won the Walkley for headline and caption writing for the headlines: “Michael rolled, the vote assured, Hallelujah!“, “It’s all a bit cray-cray” and “The Art of the Steal”. It’s not the first time she has been recognised for her headline-writing skills.
Photographer Kate Geraghty won the Nikon Photo of the Year, a prize administered by the Walkley Foundation on behalf of Nikon, for her image “Fighting COVID-19 Delta” which showed the reality of patients suffering inside a Sydney coronavirus intensive care unit.
The Sydney Morning Herald investigative reporter Kate McClymont received the print and text news report award for her reporting of the disappearance of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick. And Herald photographer Brook Mitchell won the news photography gong for his images of Sydney’s anti-lockdown protest.
Walkley judging board chair Michael Brissenden praised the range and depth of this year’s winning entries, which were chosen from a pool of more than 1200 submissions.
Kate Geraghty won the Photo of the Year prize for this image of a patient with COVID-19 in the intensive care ward of Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital in July 2021.Credit:Kate Geraghty
“This year, the judges had a difficult job picking winners among so many high-quality entries across the 30 award categories that covered an incredibly broad range of subjects from COVID-19 to the war in Afghanistan, mental health, underprivileged Australians, sexual harassment, racism and the Tokyo Olympics,” he said.
“The winning entries showcase the pinnacle of Australian journalism, long-form writing and photojournalism.“
The Age lands accolades at Walkley Awards for journalism
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