An interview with the 2019 Nikon-Walkley Portrait Prize-winner. “I liked the scope that the camera offered in terms of acting as a tool to document people.” — Winner of the 2019 Nikon-Walkley Portrait Prize Justin McManus, The Sunday Age, “Landon and Joey” The judges praised the softness and fragility of Justin McManus’ portrait of Yindjibarndi man Landon Punch with a joey. …

Get to know the Edith Cowan University students who will be bringing you all the news from our journalism festival in Perth. — With our journalism festival “Shining A Light On The Truth” kicking off in Perth on November 2, we’re giving a handful of student reporters the run of the event. We encourage them to pester attendees, let their festival curiosity run wild and pitch story ideas. The work they do is…

The 2019 Student Journalist of the Year on finding reporting so fun she “accidentally on purpose forgot to apply for Law”. — Winner of the Student Journalist of the Year category at the 2019 Walkley Young Australian Journalist Awards. Matilda Boseley, Monash University, The Age and Mojo News, “‘I had no way of getting home’: Calls for changes to liquor laws,” “Grey Area: Let’s Talk About Rape” and “ZOE — Vegans Invade a Melbourne Slaughterhouse”

“We take the side of the people we’re interviewing. We want to stand in their shoes,” says the You Can’t Ask That series producer and 2019 Media Diversity Australia Award winner. — Media Diversity Australia Award Aaron Smith, Kirk Docker, Loni Cooper, Pauline Ernesto and Josh Schmidt, ABC and ABC iview, “You Can’t Ask That — Deaf, African Australians and Intersex” In the very first year of the Media Diversity Australia Award, the judges had lots of great entries to choose from. They decided to award…

“I’m proud of the incredible people, mostly women, who had their voices heard because of these stories,” says the 2019 Young Journo winner for Shortform Journalism. — Winner of the Shortform Journalism category at the 2019 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards. Isabella Higgins, ABC News 7pm bulletin, ABC TV and ABC Online, “Life in the grips of a suicide crisis” “Strength in the suicide community” and “The fight of our lives”

“Journalism isn’t just about journalists. It’s about the communities we work in,” says the 2019 Young Journo winner for Community/Regional journalism. — Winner of the Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs category at the 2019 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards. Henry Zwartz, ABC News Regional, “‘This is Tasmania’s Ballarat’: Abuse survivors speak out” Henry Zwartz won this year’s Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award for best Coverage of Community and Regional Affairs. …

“Within about four months of the story Rockpool paid back their workers $1.6million for one year’s underpayment,” says the 2019 Industrial Relations Reporting Award-winner. — Industrial Relations Reporting Award Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar, The Age, “SourDough: Australia’s High-End Restaurant Scandal” Presented in commemoration of journalists Helen O’Flynn and Alan Knight, the Industrial Relations Reporting Award is an all media award for outstanding journalism that captures the complexities and the importance of a robust industrial relations ecosystem for Australian…

“I’m always looking for the silver lining, for someone who’s fighting against a problem in an interesting, innovative way,” says the 2019 Freelance Journalist of the Year. — 2019 Freelance Journalist of the Year Yaara Bou Melhem, Witness, Al Jazeera English and Foreign Correspondent, ABC, “Maria Ressa: War on Truth” and “The Oasis” This year Yaara Bou Melhem became the first person to win our Freelance Journalist of the Year award twice, having previously taken out the title in 2016. …

“Being able to reflect on the good, important and often hard work people did was really rewarding,” says the 2019 Arts Journalism Prize winner. — All media: Arts Journalism Prize Jane Howard, ABC, “How Australian theatre rebalanced its gender disparity” Jane Howard’s longform essay traces the last ten years at Australia’s eight best-funded theatre companies, members of the Major Performing Arts Group, from an industry where 24% of lead artists were women, to an industry which has reached gender parity.