The annual Gold Walkley, considered the highest honour in Australian journalism, was won by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett for their investigation into failures in the childcare system. The pair also won the Walkley for television/video current affairs in the short and long-form categories.
“It is a source of immense pride in our newsroom that The Age and our work is consistently recognised by our peers as some of the country’s best journalism,” Age editor Patrick Elligett said.
Erin Patterson, who was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years.Credit: Marta Pascual Juanola
Leongatha mother-of-two Erin Patterson was found guilty of the 2023 murders of her former father-in-law and mother-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, in July after an 11-week trial in Morwell. Erin Patterson is appealing the verdict.
Elligett thanked readers who supported the important work carried out by his staff at The Age.Credit: Justin McManus
On the mushroom trial coverage, Elligett said: “This was truly a team effort that involved many reporters, photographers, editors and producers, all who worked tirelessly over weeks.”
Nine’s Andrew Probyn won the television/video news reporting category for his report into Russian gangsters and the Medibank hack, while The Australian Financial Review’s Primrose Riordan and Lisa Murray took home the Walkley for feature writing in the long category for their reporting on Twiggy Forrest and Fortescue.
The AFR’s Lucy King, Joshua Peach, Fiona Buffini and Bryan Cook won the Walkley for explanatory journalism for their work on Australia’s $11 billion charity stockpile, while Neil Chenoweth and Mark DiStefano won the business journalism Walkley for their reporting on Chris Ellison and MinRes.
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Staff from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald were nominated a total of 15 times across 12 of 30 categories spanning news, photography, feature writing and long-form television journalism.
“Thank you to the wonderful Age subscribers who support this important work and to the hard-working production teams that bring this work to our audience with care, but don’t always receive the accolades they deserve,” Elligett said.
More than 1000 works were entered in this year’s awards, with winners decided by an array of leading journalists and judged on strict criteria.
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